MAYPORT, Fla. - USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) held a change of command ceremony Jun. 25 on the ship’s flight deck at Naval Base Mayport. Cmdr. Jeffrey Servello, a native of Hollywood, Md., assumed command of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer from Cmdr. Lennard Cannon, a native of...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Surface Line Week 2021 came to a close after several days of spirited competition between different sea- and shore-based commands, June 25...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) hosted Surface Line Week events from June 14-25, 2021. This year, a special emphasis was placed on self-sufficiency, as demonstrated at the welding competition on June 16...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - In order to significantly accelerate pre-deployment material readiness, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), stood up the Surface Maintenance Operations Center (S-MOC), June 16, in the command’s headquarters onboard Naval Station Norfolk...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - As selected by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) was presented the USS Arizona Memorial Trophy on June 9 by RADM Brendan McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic (SURFLANT)...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - In order to educate shipboard engineering teams about best practices during full power evolutions, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, (SURFLANT) hosted a Waterfront Symposium on the topic May 17-18, aboard Naval Station Norfolk...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), announced the FY2020 SURFLANT Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year during a ceremony, Apr. 23...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Cmdr. Houssain “Sam” Sareini relieved Cmdr. Donald J. Curran III as the commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) during an Apr. 9 change of command ceremony. The ceremony took place aboard the ship at National Steel and Shipbuilding...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - 180 midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy (USNA) visited Naval Station Norfolk, April 10-11. This is the first of several fleet orientation weekends in April which will introduce more than 500 midshipmen to the surface and amphibious warfare force...