07 April 2022 U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde Authorities Interdict Large Trans-Oceanic Cocaine Shipment ATLANTIC OCEAN - U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines embarked aboard U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), with support from the Environmental Security Programme of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), assisted Cabo Verde authorities with...
06 April 2022 NAVWAR Highlights the Power of Information for Modern Warfare at Sea-Air-Space 2022 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) joined commands from across the information warfare (IW) community to discuss the power of information on the modern battlefield at the Navy’s IW Pavilion during the 2022 Sea-Air-Space Exposition at the Gaylord National...
04 April 2022 American Legion Accepting Spirit of Service Award Packages MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The American Legion will present the Spirit of Service award to an enlisted member from each branch of the Armed Forces...
02 April 2022 President, First Lady celebrate commissioning of USS Delaware (SSN 791) WILMINGTON, Delaware – President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, celebrated the commissioning of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) Saturday, April 2, in a ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware...
02 April 2022 U.S., Iceland Kick Off Exercise Northern Viking 2022 U.S. Sailors and Marines joined multiple Allied Nations in kicking off U.S. Sixth Fleet’s Exercise Northern Viking 2022 (NV22) in Keflavik, Iceland, April 2, 2022...
01 April 2022 Service Member Killed in E-2D Crash Identified NORFOLK, Va. - On Wednesday, March 30, Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 lost his life when an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye conducting routine flight operations crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va. ...
01 April 2022 MCPON Smith's 129th CPO Birthday Message to the Fleet On this day each year, we gather together around the world to reflect on what it means to be a Chief Petty Officer. 37,000 active and reserve Chiefs consistently display a selfless dedication to the mission, putting our Sailors, our requirements and our Navy ahead of our own needs. We commit...
01 April 2022 U.S. Sixth Fleet Establishes Naval Amphibious Forces Europe Supporting Fully Integrated Navy-Marine Operations and Experimentation U.S. Sixth Fleet stood up Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/ 2d Marine Division (TF-61/2) to synchronize command and control of deployed Navy and Marine Corps amphibious forces and advance the integrated Marine Corps capability in the Sixth Fleet area of operations (AOO) on March 16,...
31 March 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USS Patrick Gallagher The keel for the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), was ceremonially laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW), March 30. The ship is named for Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick Gallagher, who received the Navy Cross for heroism during the Vietnam War when he managed to jump on and throw an enemy...
30 March 2022 Norfolk-based E-2 Hawkeye Crashes, Two Injured, One Fatality NORFOLK, Va. – A Navy E-2D Hawkeye assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., March 30. One crew member has died and two have been injured...