10 July 2024 U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Coordinated with Sister Services to Move Life-Saving Equipment Across Air, Land and Sea in Support of Emergency Services in Okinawa, Japan Okinawa, Japan - The Military Health System (MHS) has undergone a significant transition that has aligned all the medical assets from the different services under the Defense Health Agency's (DHA) guidance...
24 June 2024 BALTOPS 24 Concludes In Kiel, Germany BALTIC SEA — Twenty NATO Allies concluded the 53rd iteration of exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS-24) in Kiel, Germany, June 20, 2024...
18 June 2024 Mass Casualty Exercise Increases Medical Readiness, BALTOPS 24 BALTIC SEA – American, Dutch, and Spanish Sailors and Marines conducted simultaneous medical drills between time zones and geographic boundaries aboard their vessels across the Baltic Region, during exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24), June 14, 2024...
04 June 2024 National Strategy on Aquatic Environmental DNA ARLINGTON, Va. — Today, the White House Office of Science, Technology, and Policy (OSTP) released the “National Strategy for Aquatic Environmental DNA.” The Environmental DNA (eDNA) Task Team had 10 federal agencies participating in drafting the strategy and included significant...
03 May 2024 VRM-40 Welcomes New Leadership During May Change of Command Ceremony NORFOLK, Virginia - Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40 the “Mighty Bison” held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Station Norfolk, May 2. Cmdr. Matthew Boyce, who is from Spokane, Washington was relieved by Cmdr. Mason Fox, who is from Lemoore, California served...
05 April 2024 First East Coast-Assigned Navy CMV-22B Osprey Arrives to Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) CMV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40, arrived to Naval Station Norfolk on April 5...
12 March 2024 NPS, Stanford Collaborate on Ocean and Climate Security Solutions at Workshop MONTEREY, Calif. -- As white-capped waves from an ocean undergoing rapid degradation broke ashore along the picturesque coast of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station, a sense of urgency filled students, faculty and staff from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the Stanford Doerr...
11 January 2024 USNS Mercy Arrives in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA - On January 10, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, in support of Pacific Partnership 24-1...
18 December 2023 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installation, and Environment visits Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central NAPLES, Italy — The Honorable Brendan Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment visited Naval Support Activity Naples (NSA Naples) and Naval Air Station Sigonella (NAS Sigonella) to meet with leaders and discuss critical base infrastructure...
08 December 2023 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Marks Designation of the First U.S. Navy-led Level II Trauma Center PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the designation of the medical center as a Level II Trauma Center, Dec. 8...