06 December 2016 McCallister Takes Reins of Gunslingers The Gunslingers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 conducted an airborne change of command ceremony above the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 5...
05 December 2016 Ike Hosts 5K Underway to Raise Funds for CFC Every day of deployment, Sailors run back and forth across the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve...
05 December 2016 56 New Department Heads Complete Training at SWOS The Navy's newest department heads completed training during a ceremony at Admiral Michael Mullen auditorium at the Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS), Naval Station Newport Dec 1...
05 December 2016 Seal Beach Again Picked as Best Small Navy Installation in the Southwest Sailors and civilians from Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach celebrated Dec. 2 following the announcement their base had been named winner of the 2017 Commander, Navy Region Southwest Installation Excellence Award for Small Installations...
03 December 2016 Sailors Honor Fallen Pearl Harbor Heroes During a wreath-laying ceremony at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl in Honolulu Dec. 2, USS Arizona survivors were joined by their families, service members and civilians to honor their fallen shipmates lost during the Pearl Harbor attack...
02 December 2016 O'Neill Officer of the Year Award Goes to MQ-4C Triton Project Officer Lt. Alyssa Wilson, MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System project officer with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20, is this year's recipient of the Adm. Merlin O'Neill Officer of the Year Award, which recognizes the most outstanding junior officer at Naval Air Station Patuxent River...
01 December 2016 Makin Island ARG, 11th MEU Depart 7th Fleet after Successful Series of Mil-to-Mil Exchanges The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations after concluding several port visits and exchanges with partner militaries Nov 30...
01 December 2016 Wasp ARG Departs 5th Fleet, Enters Mediterranean Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) and amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) with embarked Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) transited the Suez Canal and entered the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations, Dec. 1...
01 December 2016 Admiral Michelle Howard Visits Camp Lemonnier Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, Admiral Michelle Howard and Fleet Master Chief Raymond Kemp, Jr. came to Camp Lemonnier (CLDJ) to visit with deployed service members and tour the installation and tenant commands Nov.20-21...
01 December 2016 Camp Lemonnier Celebrates Grand Opening of New Navy Exchange Navy Exchange Service Command Enterprise, Camp Lemonnier, and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa leadership were present for a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the grand opening of CLDJ's brand new Navy Exchange...