31 October 2017 New Pilots Qualify Aboard Lincoln The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) hosted 24 student pilots, from Commander, Naval Air Training Detachment for their first landings on an aircraft carrier...
30 October 2017 Nightcrawlers As the sun begins to set, a voice comes over the 1 Main Circuit (1MC) calling for darken ship. White lights change to an eerie red as day crew makes their way to their racks. Night crew emerges like spiders crawling out of a crack transiting through passageways to get to their work stations...
28 October 2017 USS Nimitz First Carrier to Visit Sri Lanka in 32 Years The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for a port visit Oct. 28...
27 October 2017 Mount Whitney Returns to Homeport Gaeta, Italy The Blue Ridge-class command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), flag ship of U.S. 6th Fleet, arrived at its forward-deployed port in Gaeta, Italy, Oct. 27, after completing a 10-month shipyard maintenance evolution at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia...
26 October 2017 Sailors Contribute to Children's Learning at Bahrain School Sailors from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Naval Security Forces Bahrain spent the day with local children during a volunteer service project at the Regional Institute for Active Learning (RIA) School, Sept. 28...
25 October 2017 Nimitz Plays Vital Role in Operation Inherent Resolve The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) has performed a vital role in Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) since July 25, having launched 1,322 sorties and dropping 903 pieces of ordnance in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations...
25 October 2017 USS Shoup Builds Multinational Partnerships During Intrepid Sentinel A multinational trio of ships conducted the trilateral exercise Intrepid Sentinel in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 20-21...
24 October 2017 Farragut to Truman: Fill 'er Up Sailors aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) performed a simulated replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with USS Farragut (DDG 99) Oct. 23, as part of Truman's Tailored Shipboard Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP)...
23 October 2017 Princeton Earns Battle "E" Award Rear Adm. Gregory Harris, commander, Carrier Strike Group 11, presented the Battle "E" Award to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) during an all-hands call on the ship's fo'c'sle Oct. 8, in the Arabian Gulf...
23 October 2017 More Than Paperwork Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) are constantly hard at work, whether it be in the air, on the flight deck or below decks. Every job is essential to the mission, and it is important that each Sailor is taken care of to ensure that...