02 August 2021 USS Mount Whitney Departs Croatia for Large Scale Exercise 2021 The U.S. Sixth Fleet flag ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and U.S. Sixth Fleet staff departed Split, Croatia, after a port visit July 30 – August 2, 2021, a day before the start of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021...
02 August 2021 Chief of Naval Operations Visits Guam, Highlights LCS Integration, Capability NAVAL BASE GUAM - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) during his visit to Joint Region Marianas (JRM) and Naval Base Guam (NBG), July 30...
01 August 2021 USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Concludes Participation in Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA- USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), after two weeks of large-scale multinational maritime operations and exercises, alongside partner nations and allies, concluded Talisman Sabre 21, July 31...
31 July 2021 Navy Christens future USS Hyman G. Rickover GROTON, Connecticut – The Navy’s newest Virginia-class attack submarine, future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795), was christened during a ceremony at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat shipyard facility in Groton, Connecticut, July 31...
30 July 2021 VCNO Partners With Florida Commands To Enhance Warfighting Readiness WASHINGTON - Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher traveled to Florida July 29-30 to hear from Sailors and meet with key leaders in Orlando, Jacksonville, and Mayport...
30 July 2021 USS Independence (LCS 2) Decommissions After Distinguished Service SAN DIEGO – The crew of USS Independence (LCS 2), the lead ship of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, recognized more than a decade of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, July 29...
29 July 2021 Navy Conducts First MQ-4C Triton Test Flight with Multi-Intelligence Upgrade NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER, Md. - The Navy conducted its first test flight of the MQ-4C Triton in its upgraded hardware and software configuration July 29 at NAS Patuxent River, beginning the next phase of the unmanned aircraft’s development...
28 July 2021 16th Pacific Partnership Begins in the Manila MANILA, Philippines – Pacific Partnership 21, the annual U.S-led multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific, kicked off with a medical subject matter expert exchange at Manila Naval Hospital, July 28...
27 July 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Vice Commander Attends Bilateral Signing in Seychelles PORT LOUIS, Seychelles - Rear Adm. Jeffrey Spivey, director, Maritime Partnership Program, U.S Naval Forces Europe-Africa, vice commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, attended the official signing of the bilateral agreement between the United States and Seychellois Governments on Countering Illicit...
27 July 2021 Mount Whitney and Sixth Fleet Underway for Large Scale Exercise GAETA, Italy - USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and embarked Sixth Fleet staff sailed from Gaeta to prepare for Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021, July 27...