17 June 2021 Carrier Strike Group 12 Holds Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. - In a time-honored naval tradition, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 held a change of command ceremony aboard USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) in port Naval Station Norfolk, Jun. 17...
17 June 2021 Navy’s 2021 PFA Cycle Window Starts July 1 –Updates You Need to Know Navy personnel officials confirmed the resumption of fitness testing while releasing additional guidance and program updates June 16 in NAVADMIN 129/21. The service has not conducted an official PFA cycle since 2019, excusing both 2020 cycles to mitigate Sailor exposure to the COVID-19 virus...
10 June 2021 NIWC Atlantic Prototype Rolls Open Source Data, Sentiment into One Dashboard CHARLESTON, S.C. - NIWC Atlantic recently unveiled a new dashboard technology called Integrated Visualizations for Operations Running in an Information Environment (IVORIE) that provides Marines increased battlespace awareness by collecting and making sense of endless streams of open source...
08 June 2021 NAVFAC Issues Public Works Department Management Guide to Enhance 'Front Lines of Service' WASHINGTON - The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) issued its enterprise-wide Public Works Department (PWD) Management Guide in May, introducing a reference tool for all Navy PWDs at Navy installations worldwide...
06 June 2021 Blended Retirement System CY 2022 Continuation Pay Announced All Sailors enrolled in the Blended Retirement System qualify for incentive pay at the 12-year “mid-career” point...
06 June 2021 VP-40 Conducts Harpoon Launch during Joint Missile Defense Exercise KEFLAVIK, Iceland - The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron FOUR ZERO (VP-40) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-4 using two Air to Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge near Andøya Space Defense, Norway during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield...
04 June 2021 U.S. 3rd Fleet Changes Command SAN DIEGO - Vice Adm. Steve Koehler relieved Vice Adm. Scott D. Conn as commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, June 3...
03 June 2021 Midway, Momentum and Manpower - The Navy's Bureau of Personnel in World War II War is a team sport. To get the complete picture of the Battle of Midway and what it meant for the war effort, you need to know what happened behind the scenes in Washington, 5,523 miles away. The combination of Nimitz's warriors stopping the Japanese advance in 1942, and the parallel stubby pencil...
02 June 2021 Truman Presented 2020 Battenberg Cup Award, Recognized as Best Ship in the Atlantic Fleet The crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) received the 2020 Battenberg Cup Award in a ceremony aboard the ship, June 1, 2021...
02 June 2021 Truman Presented 2020 Battenberg Cup Award, Recognized as Best Ship in the Atlantic Fleet NORFOLK, Va. - The crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) received the 2020 Battenberg Cup Award in a ceremony aboard the ship, June 1, 2021...