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...

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...

PHILIPPINE SEA – Sailors assigned to the “Warlords” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 Detachment 3, currently attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) and conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, received a maritime...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. – The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) received the 2021 Battle Efficiency Award for a West-Coast based aircraft carrier from Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, March 16, 2022...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Under Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Meredith Berger, whom is also the ship’s sponsor, visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Fort Lauderdale at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard, Mar. 25...

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. 5th Fleet and the Israeli Navy kicked off a 10-day maritime exercise March 27 that will take place in and off the coast of Israel...

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced March 26 that Romania has joined a multinational maritime coalition established in 2019 to deter attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday attended and delivered remarks at the christening ceremony for the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, March. 26...

WASHINGTON - It takes honor, courage and commitment to leap into danger at a moment’s notice — which is why Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) recognizes stellar individuals with the calendar year 2021 Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Awards Program...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces (NECF) operated alongside the United States Marine Corps (USMC) off the coast of Camp Lejeune to conduct Fleet Battle Problem (FBP) 22-1 March 16-21...