05 May 2015 Blue Angels Name 2016-2017 Commanding Officer The U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, announced the commanding officer for the 2016-17 seasons during a press conference at the National Naval Aviation Museum on board Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, May 4...
04 May 2015 USS Mitscher Returns Home The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) returned home to Naval Station Norfolk May 4 completing a seven-month independent deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility...
04 May 2015 Quad Cities Kicks Off Navy Week Quad Cities Navy Week kicked off May 4 with a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) presentation at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa, and United Township High School in East Moline, Illinois...
04 May 2015 Good Sailors Don't Go Unnoticed Good Sailors, just like good ideas do not go unnoticed for long! That was the case after three Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi (NHCCC) individuals found their photos on Facebook April 30, 2015 after being declared Sailors of the Quarter (SOQ), 2nd Quarter FY15...
04 May 2015 Mount Whitney Leaves Dry Dock Staging Area The U.S. 6th Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) departed the Viktor Lenac dry dock staging area in Rijeka, Croatia, April 30 for the first time since staging began Jan. 15, 2015...
04 May 2015 Abraham Lincoln Sailors Visit the Land of Lincoln on the 150th Anniversary of Namesake's Funeral Capt. Ron Ravelo, commanding officer, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), Command Master Chief Lee Salas and five other Sailors visited the "Land of Lincoln" to commemorate the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral, May 1-4...
04 May 2015 Fort Worth Makes Stop in the Philippines The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) stopped in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, May 4 to resupply and refuel before continuing routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility...
04 May 2015 2015 Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen EOD Technicians The Naval School of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (NAVSCOLEOD) hosted the 46th annual Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Memorial Ceremony May 2 at the EOD Memorial next to the Kauffman EOD Training Complex on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida...
04 May 2015 GHWB Tests MAGIC CARPET The "Salty Dogs" of Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 tested for the first time on an aircraft carrier the Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies (MAGIC CARPET)...
04 May 2015 New Gold Star Program Supports Families of Deceased Service Members Anniversaries can celebrate special milestones and happy events in our lives, but they can also be times when we remember more somber occasions...