22 August 2022 USS Lewis B. Puller Holds Change of Command MANAMA, Bahrain - Expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) held a change-of-command ceremony Aug. 22 while pierside in Bahrain...
16 August 2022 A Unit Like No Other: The Navy's Keepers and Collectors of History WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The pungent smell of jet fuel overwhelmed his senses, and the constant whirring of machinery throughout shipboard compartments was almost audible outside the hull of the ship. “You can almost hear them yelling as they [Sailors] try to communicate,” said Capt. Bryon Smith,...
04 August 2022 SIOP Contract Awarded for Dry Dock Upgrade, Berth Repairs at NNSY NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic awarded AECOM Technical Services Inc., a $91,484,397 firm-fixed-price with award fee task order July 29 under a previously-awarded multiple-award construction contract for berth repairs at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)...
01 August 2022 NRL Launches Quantum Navy YouTube Series WASHINGTON - The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy...
01 July 2022 Camp Lejeune Family Medicine Residency Program graduates 10 residents, 10 interns Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Family Medicine Residency Program graduated 10 residents and 10 interns during a ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on June 24...
27 June 2022 NRL Announces the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet) WASHINGTON – To advance quantum network capabilities and leadership, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announced work with five other U.S. Government agencies on May 18 to establish the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet) to create, demonstrate and operate...
05 May 2022 Not Just Survivors, but Warriors, Fighting Back Against the Nazis Lt. Ryan Feingold, USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) command deputy judge advocate, from Miami, Florida, has served in the U.S. Navy for five and a half years. He grew up in a Jewish household and his grandparents on both sides of his family were survivors of the Holocaust...
03 May 2022 USS Arlington Sailors and Marines participate in Arctic Circle ceremony ATLANTIC OCEAN - San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) Sailors and Marines gain acceptance into the “Order of the Blue Nose” April 22, days after crossing into the Arctic Circle...
11 April 2022 Ford Gets Locked and Loaded, Receives 541,000 Pounds of Ordnance ATLANTIC OCEAN - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted a conventional ammunition on-load, April 9, in support of workups and training for an upcoming deployment. Ford successfully on-loaded approximately 541,000 pounds of ordnance using both connected transfers and vertical lifts from the dry cargo...
05 April 2022 Ford completes flight deck certification ATLANTIC OCEAN - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) completed its Flight Deck Certification (FDC) and Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) certification on March 29...