04 January 2021 USS St. Louis Scholarship Fund Provides Grants to Support Crew and Family Members The USS St. Louis Commissioning Committee established a $500,000 scholarship fund to be used by the crew and family members of USS St. Louis (LCS 19)...
17 December 2020 Navy COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, Reserve Force Guidance The Navy issued COVID-19 vaccine guidance to combat the coronavirus pandemic with NAVADMIN 327/20 Dec. 16. ...
19 November 2020 Air Defense Commander Integrates Into Ford Strike Group Off the Coast of Virginia, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 8 are conducting the first-ever fully integrated carrier strike group operations for a Ford-class carrier, under the leadership and operational control of Carrier Strike Group 12...
06 November 2020 U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Commanders Sign Integrated Maritime Campaign Support Plan Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO), and Brig. Gen. Phillip Frietze, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South (COMMARFORSOUTH), signed the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) Maritime Campaign Support Plan (MCSP) in a...
03 November 2020 Kearsarge Announces Sailor of the Quarter, 4th Quarter of FY20 Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jennifer McAdams, from Newburgh, New York, joined the Navy to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps. Now, with nearly six years of active-duty service, McAdams, assigned to USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), is fulfilling her goals...
03 November 2020 U.S. Navy Joins Regional Allies in Ecuador for 61st UNITAS Exercise Naval forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States commenced UNITAS LXI, an annual multinational exercise, Nov. 2 in Manta, Ecuador...
02 November 2020 Acting Navy Under Secretary Visits Naval Special Warfare Acting Under Secretary of the Navy Gregory J. Slavonic visited Naval Special Warfare Command and its West Coast components, Oct. 28-29...
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...
25 September 2020 Reserve Sailors Sharpen Skills, Bolster Defenses in Valiant Shield Joining an estimated 11,000 personnel from each branch of the U.S. military were Navy Reserve Sailors who demonstrated flexibility and capability during exercise Valiant Shield 2020. ...
15 September 2020 NAVWAR Discusses Revitalization Project at San Diego Economic Development Meeting Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Executive Director John Pope spoke at a San Diego Economic Development Corporation (EDC) meeting Sept. 4 where he emphasized the importance of the Navy Old Town Campus (OTC) Revitalization Project to NAVWAR’s high-tech mission and rapidly growing...