18 December 2021 Water Distribution System Recovery Plan Agreement Signed in Joint Ceremony JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The U.S. Navy, Hawaiʻi State Department of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency jointly signed the Water Distribution System Recovery Plan agreement Friday, Dec. 17 at 11:00 a.m...
18 December 2021 Navy, French Marine Nationale Sign Strategic Interoperability Framework Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Bill Merz and his French counterpart, Vice-Admiral Christophe Lucas, Marine Nationale, Director of International Engagements, co-hosted a strategic dialogue via video teleconference Dec. 17...
18 December 2021 NPS Professor Wins Big in “Jeopardy!” Professors Tournament Final Who is Dr. Sam Buttrey?The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) professor will forever be memorialized as a trivia answer – phrased, of course, in the form of a question – for avid fans of the hit TV quiz show “Jeopardy!”Buttrey, an associate professor in NPS’ Operations Research department, was the big...
17 December 2021 Hawaii Dept. of Health, Navy, Army, EPA Establish Interagency Drinking Water System Team, Sign Water Sampling Plan HONOLULU – Today, the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH), the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established an Interagency Drinking Water System (IDWS) Team to restore safe drinking water to affected Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) housing...
17 December 2021 MQ-4C Triton UAS Arrives in Mayport MAYPORT, Fla. - The Navy's MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) arrived in Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, following its initial deployment in the Pacific theater...
16 December 2021 U.S. Navy Rescues Mariners Smuggling Illicit Drugs BAHRAIN - U.S. Navy personnel rescued five mariners Dec. 15 after a fire caused an explosion aboard their vessel, which was smuggling illicit drugs while transiting the Gulf of Oman...
15 December 2021 USS Portland Tests High Energy Laser Weapon System in Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain - Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden...
14 December 2021 Navy and Local Dignitaries Welcome First and Only Directed Energy Lab to Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu The Navy’s exclusive Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL) is officially open for business at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu as Navy senior leaders, and local officials, including Camarillo Mayor Charlotte Craven and representatives from Harper Construction Co. Inc. attended...
14 December 2021 Harry S. Truman Strike Group Transits the Strait of Gibraltar The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) partnered with the Royal Moroccan Navy’s Sigma-class frigate Allal Ben Abdallah (F 615) to transit the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean Sea during a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Dec. 14,...
13 December 2021 USS Iwo Jima arrives in Norfolk after Homeport Shift NORFOLK, Va. – Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), conducted a homeport shift from Mayport, Fla. and arrived at its new homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Dec. 13...