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...
31 March 2022 Vice Adm. Kitchener Visits USS Princeton Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, right, speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Scott Margolis, the operations officer aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), during a scheduled visit to the ship...
31 March 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Patrick Gallagher The keel for the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), was ceremonially laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), March 30. The ship is named for Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Gallagher, who received the Navy Cross for heroism during the Vietnam War when he managed to jump on and throw an enemy...
29 March 2022 Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Coveted Battle “E” Award NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. – The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) received the 2021 Battle Efficiency Award for a West-Coast based aircraft carrier from Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, March 16, 2022...
29 March 2022 Under Secretary of the Navy Visits Future USS Fort Lauderdale PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Under Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Meredith Berger, whom is also the ship’s sponsor, visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Fort Lauderdale at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard, Mar. 25...