23 December 2024 USS COLE Returns From Deployment to Fifth and Sixth Fleets NORFOLK, Va. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 23, after being deployed for more than seven months to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe – Africa and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command areas of operation...
27 April 2023 Broward Navy Days Salutes Women in the Military with a Luncheon FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Nearly 80 Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen attended a luncheon at the Lauderdale Yacht Club honoring the service of women in the military and to socialize with professional women from throughout the Fort Lauderdale area...
12 October 2021 21st Cole Commemoration Held Aboard Naval Station Norfolk NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - A commemoration ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the bombing of USS Cole (DDG 67) was held this morning at the Cole Memorial aboard Naval Station Norfolk...
30 October 2020 USS Cole Holds Change of Command Cmdr. J. Vincent Libasci, III, relieved Cmdr. Edward Pledger as USS Cole (DDG 67) commanding officer Oct. 30, in front of special guests and crewmembers at Naval Station Norfolk...
13 October 2020 Naval District Washington Commemorates 20th Anniversary of Attack on USS Cole A wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attack on USS Cole (DDG 67) was held at the United States Navy Memorial Burke Theater in Washington, Oct. 12...
12 October 2020 Finding Meaning in Tragedy: What the attack on USS Cole means to Our Navy, Our Nation and Our Adversaries As we mark the solemn milestone of 20 years since the insidious attack on USS Cole, we should continue to reflect on where meaning is found in this tragedy...
12 October 2020 Carrier Strike Group 11 Honors USS Cole in U.S. 5th Fleet Throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 and accompanying ships commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) and honored the 17 lives lost...
08 October 2020 USS Cole Sailor Creates 20th Anniversary Logo Monday, Oct. 12, marks 20 years since the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 17 brave Sailors and injured 39 others...
05 October 2020 CNO Asks Fleet for Moment of Silence in Honor of USS Cole 20th Anniversary Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday sent a message to the fleet asking for a moment of silence on Oct. 12, at 11:18 a.m. to honor the Sailors who died, and who bravely saved their ship after the terrorist attack on the USS Cole (DDG 67) 20 years ago...
24 September 2020 History Informs Memorial to Sailors Killed in USS Cole Attack Exactly one year after and with a promise to never forget, the U.S. Navy dedicated the USS Cole monument to honor and remember the 17 Sailors killed in the tragic bombing that took place to the Norfolk-based destroyer in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000...