14 April 2022 USS Lassen Holds Change of Command MAYPORT, Fla. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) held a change of command ceremony while on board Naval Station Mayport, Fla...
13 April 2022 Laser Trailblazer: Navy Conducts Historic Test of New Laser Weapon System ARLINGTON, Va.—The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the laser beam...
13 April 2022 NRL partners to advance anthrax treatments WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists partnered with researchers from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) and University of Washington to develop and investigate a treatment for multidrug-resistant anthrax...
13 April 2022 USS Spruance Holds Change of Command SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) held a change of command ceremony on the ship’s forecastle while underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
13 April 2022 NMCB-11 Integrates with U.S. Marine Corps Engineers for Winter Pioneer 22 CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - U.S. Navy Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 participated in “Winter Pioneer 22” aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina...
12 April 2022 JBPHH hosts chief board package workshop JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Chief petty officers from across the island of Oahu gathered at the Beeman Center onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to provide a selection board package review workshop for selection board eligible first class petty officers to provide mentorship and...
12 April 2022 Navy Unveils New AEGIS Virtual Operator Trainer YOKOSUKA, Japan - Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC), in conjunction with SCSTC Detachment Western Pacific (WESTPAC), held a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the AEGIS Weapon System Virtual Operator Trainer (VOT) onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 8...
12 April 2022 VP-46 Arrives on Station in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS - The “Grey Knights” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 along with Mobile Tactical Operations Center (MTOC) 2 and MTOC 6 arrived on-station for a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet Areas of Responsibility...
12 April 2022 Navy Sails into Dayton for Navy Week MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to Dayton, Ohio during the week of July 25-31, and concluding with participation in the Dayton Airshow...
11 April 2022 CIWT Restores Language Testing in Hawaii and Japan PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Center for Information Warfare Training is pleased to announce the restoration of testing under the Navy Defense Foreign Language Testing Program (N-DFLTP) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Yokosuka, Japan...