13 August 2015 USS Essex Conducts Strait of Hormuz Transit The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Arabian Gulf Aug. 6...
13 August 2015 USFF Logistics Sailors Visit Historic French Ship Members of the U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Logistics Support Unit (LSU) took advantage of an extremely rare opportunity to visit the recently constructed French tall ship Hermione June 6, shortly after the ship completed its maiden voyage to the United States from France...
13 August 2015 Commander of US 3rd Fleet Makes First Visit to USS John C Stennis Vice Adm. Nora Tyson, walked through eight rainbow sideboys Aug. 12, exiting USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) flight deck and commencing her first visit to the ship as commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet...
13 August 2015 Blue Ridge Arrives in Busan Strengthening Ties with ROK Allies The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK), Aug. 13, for a port visit in support of embarked Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet's participation in bi-lateral exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG)...
13 August 2015 Take Me Out To The Ball game The day started out overcast and rainy at Harbor Park, but the sun came out long enough for USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Sailors and their families to enjoy "Kearsarge Night" with the Norfolk Tides baseball team, Aug. 11...
12 August 2015 Navy Medical Corps Chief Highlights Future of Navy Medicine Rear Adm. Raquel Bono, the chief of the Navy Medical Corps, visited Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Aug. 11 to speak with Medical Corps officers assigned to commands within Hampton Roads and to meet with those in leadership positions at NMCP...
12 August 2015 Dirty Job Aboard USS Anchorage Below the deck plates of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), engineers turn wrenches and oil engines, ensuring that the mission continues...
12 August 2015 MCPON Speaks at Naval Academy, Makes History "Make no mistake about it: this journey you have embarked upon will be challenging. It will test you. You will have doubts and at times you will be tempted to quit," said Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens...
12 August 2015 DESRON 7 Changes Command, Reflects on Nearly Three Years as part of 7th Fleet FDNF Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony at Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific in Singapore, Aug. 12...
12 August 2015 5th Fleet Commander visits TR Vice Adm. John Miller, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, visited the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Aug. 11, and spoke with the crew during an all-hands call in the ship's hangar bay...