10 July 2023 Navy Authorizes Command at Sea Designation for Qualified O-5 Reserve Surface Warfare Officers Commanding Security Boat Companies VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - For the first time in over a decade, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s (NECC) Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) is authorizing O-5 Reserve surface warfare officers command at sea opportunities, and the qualified officers who command Reserve Security Boat...
07 July 2023 Nuclear Propulsion School First – Three Royal Australian Navy Officers Graduate the Program GOOSE CREEK, S.C. – Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers graduated from the United States Navy’s Nuclear Power School (NPS) today, marking a significant step in Australia’s goal to operate conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs)...
05 July 2023 Whidbey SAR Conducts Rescues Over Holiday Weekend NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island performed two rescues over the Independence Day holiday weekend...
05 July 2023 U.S. Prevents Iran from Seizing Two Merchant Tankers in Gulf of Oman GULF OF OMAN - On July 5, U.S. forces prevented two attempted commercial tanker seizures by the Iranian Navy after the Iranians had opened fire in one of the incidents near the coast of Oman...
30 June 2023 IWTC San Diego Celebrates Spring Enlisted Advancement SAN DIEGO (June 9, 2023) – Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) San Diego marked the end of the spring advancement cycle by frocking Sailors selected for promotion during a ceremony on June 9, 2023...
30 June 2023 United States hands over command of NATO maritime task group to United Kingdom TARANTO, Italy (June 30, 2023) – Commodore Paul Stroude of the Royal Navy has assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in Taranto, Italy on June 30, 2023. Commander of Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), Vice Admiral Mike Utley CB OBE, presided over the handover ceremony...
28 June 2023 USS Wasp Arrives in The Bahamas to Celebrate Nation's 50th Year of Independence NASSAU, The Bahamas - (June 28, 2023) On June 28, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in Nassau, The Bahamas for a port visit aimed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of U.S. - The Bahamas relations and the 50th anniversary of Bahamian independence...
27 June 2023 Navy Medicine Microbiologist Joins NASA Efforts to Prepare for Mars Surface Missions HOUSTON - Lt. Anca Selariu, a microbiologist with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) INDO-PACIFIC, along with three other volunteers, began a simulated Mars mission on June 25 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...
26 June 2023 U.S. and Republic of Singapore Navies Conduct Exercise Pacific Griffin 2023 PHILIPPINE SEA - The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies are conducting combined naval training near Guam during exercise Pacific Griffin, June 16-29...
26 June 2023 U.S. and Republic of Singapore Navies Conduct Exercise Pacific Griffin 2023 PHILIPPINE SEA - The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies are conducting combined naval training near Guam during exercise Pacific Griffin, June 16-29...