15 April 2022 USFFC Deputy, CTF-80, Shares Lessons of Leadership with Future Naval Officers In an hour-long discussion at Old Dominion University, Vice Adm. James Kilby shared personal struggles and successes throughout his 36-year career with about 220 midshipmen and officer candidates of the Hampton Roads Naval ROTC...
13 April 2022 Navy Reserve launches i3 Waypoints to fast-track ideas from deck plates to the Chief of Navy Reserve ARLINGTON, Va. -- Vice Adm. John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, launched i3 Waypoints on April 13, 2022, to fast-track transformative ideas from across the U.S. Navy to the highest levels of the Navy Reserve, without filters, administrative friction or...
13 April 2022 USS Spruance Holds Change of Command SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) held a change of command ceremony on the ship’s forecastle while underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
13 April 2022 Submarine Group 7 Holds Change of Command Ceremony YOKOSUKA, Japan – Submarine Group 7 held a change of command ceremony at the Fleet Theater onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 13, 2022...
12 April 2022 Navy Conducts Battle Damage Repair Exercise VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two (MDSU2) and Naval Sea Systems Command activities took part in a battle damage repair exercise on the ex-USS Boone (FFG-28) to test their emergent repair capabilities March 22- 29 while underway in the Atlantic and at Joint Expeditionary Base...
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...
08 April 2022 USS Alaska Takes Trophy 5th Time in Decade KINGS BAY, Ga. — The crews of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732) were recently announced as the recipients of the 2021 U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Omaha Trophy...
07 April 2022 NPS Scores High Marks in Annual Grad School Rankings, Again MONTEREY, Calif. - When “U.S. News and World Report” (USNWR) released its well-known annual rankings of U.S. graduate schools, March 29, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) once again maintained high marks in several programs, including a program tied for #1 overall...
05 April 2022 Judge Advocates Support Composite Training Unit Exercise ATLANTIC OCEAN - Several Navy and Marine Corps judge advocates took part in the Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in January and February of this year...
04 April 2022 CNIC Urges Sailors and Civilians to Respect, Protect and Empower Others Against Sexual Assault WASHINGTON - Vice Admiral Yancy B. Lindsey, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), signed a proclamation in support of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) on March 24...