03 November 2021 NAVSAFECEN School of Aviation Safety Becomes a Command NORFOLK, Va. - The Naval School of Aviation Safety (SAS) was designated an Echelon 3 command under the Naval Safety Center (NAVSAFECEN) during a ceremony last month at the schoolhouse onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida...
02 November 2021 Career Development Symposium Comes to Southwest The first MyNavy Career Development Symposium (CDS) and Trade Show since the COVID-19 pandemic began kicks off Nov. 3 at Naval Base San Diego...
02 November 2021 Sioux City and Dominican Republic Conduct Bilateral Maritime Interdiction Exercise CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) and the Dominican Republic Navy conducted a bilateral maritime interdiction exercise off the coast of Santo Domingo, Oct. 30...
02 November 2021 First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Visits NSA Naples NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - U.S. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited the Naples Middle High School to speak with Department of Defense students and families onboard the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Support Site Nov. 1, 2021. Dr. Biden, who has an extensive background in education,...
01 November 2021 USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Istanbul U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and staff arrived in Istanbul, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, Nov. 1...
01 November 2021 U.S., Indonesia Commence Bilateral Exercise CARAT Indonesia SURABAYA, Indonesia - Military personnel from the U.S. and Indonesia kicked off Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia virtually, in Surabaya and in the waters and airspace of the Java Sea, Nov. 1...
01 November 2021 Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe Destroyers Operate with NATO Allies at Sea BALTIC AND AEGEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and USS Porter (DDG 78) participated in multilateral exercises with Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1 and 2, respectively, Oct. 27-29...
29 October 2021 Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hold Strategic Dialogue WASHINGTON - Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Bill Merz co-hosted a strategic dialogue with his Japanese counterpart, Rear Adm. OMACHI Katushi, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Director General of Operations and Plans Department, here in the Pentagon,...
29 October 2021 Nurse’s Nurse Named Department of Defense Spirit of Hope Award Winner WASHINGTON - On behalf of the Department of Defense, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) presented the Spirit of Hope Award to a Sussex, New Jersey, native who dedicated service to caregivers of the Navy’s wounded, ill and injured, during a ceremony at Washington Navy Yard, Oct. 29...
29 October 2021 Navy Hypersonic Rocket Motor Moves Closer to Flight Testing WASHINGTON - The Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) successfully conducted a second test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on October 28, 2021, in Promontory, Utah, as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic strike capability and the...