07 April 2020 Ford's Combat Systems put to the Test USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean...
06 April 2020 Navy Mandates Face Covering: What You Need to Know The Navy will now require the use of cloth face coverings for all military, Navy civilian and contractors as well as family members while on DoD property, installations and facilities when maintaining proper social distancing between people isn't possible...
06 April 2020 Navy Exchange Service Command Donates 240 N-95 Masks to Naval Air Station Pensacola Fire Department An employee of the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) in Pensacola, Fla., discovered a stockpile of N-95 masks in the maintenance supply room and donated them to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Fla., firefighters last week...
06 April 2020 New Class Teaches Engineers, Testers How to "Speak Operator" at NAS Patuxent River A group of scientists and engineers at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River recently had a unique opportunity to participate in an innovative, two-week training course designed to help them better understand how warfighters use the systems they develop and test...
06 April 2020 Cedar Springs Native Receives Navy Commendation Medal Lt. Joshua Bowman, a native of Cedar Springs, Michigan, and Navy Supply Corps officer assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC), in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, April 3...
06 April 2020 Navy Officer Mentors Sailors by Sharing Education Journey As Sailors contemplate submitting applications for tuition assistance (TA) for the upcoming summer term, one Navy officer has some advice to share with anyone who will listen-"never take the TA program for granted."...
06 April 2020 Info Warfare Training Detachment Entertains Base-Bound Sailors While Social Distancing The Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) Det. Goodfellow staff provided a safe and entertaining movie night for the students who are currently restricted to base due to the coronavirus, or COVID-19, March 27.Goodfellow Air Force Base recently upgraded in Health...
05 April 2020 7th Fleet Commander Arrives in Guam during COVID-19 Recovery The Commander of U.S. 7th Fleet visited USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) leadership in port at Naval Base Guam while the aircraft carrier undergoes its COVID-19 recovery efforts April 5...
04 April 2020 U.S., Japan Operate Together in Andaman Sea The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Akizuki-class destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) conducted operations together, while sailing through the Andaman Sea, April 2...
04 April 2020 Rapid Mobilization Process Established for Reservists Supporting COVID-19 Response In support of the Navy's Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response, the Navy has instituted a Distributed Mobilization (DM) process allowing a more efficient path to recall Reserve Sailors to active duty in support of the COVID-19 response...