28 March 2022 U.S. and Israeli Navy Begin Exercise Intrinsic Defender 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...
26 March 2022 Romania Joins Major International Maritime Security Coalition in Middle East 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...
26 March 2022 CNO Delivers Remarks at Christening Ceremony for Future USS Jack H. Lucas 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...
21 March 2022 CNIC honors past heroes, recognizes today’s Fire and Emergency Services champions 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...
21 March 2022 Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces Lead Joint Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations During Fleet Battle Problem 22-1 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...
18 March 2022 Safe Drinking Water Restored to All 19 Zones on Navy Water System JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) today amended the health advisory for the last four zones on the Navy water system, declaring water in all 19 affected zones safe to drink. The DOH amendment is located here...
18 March 2022 A Centennial of Achievement PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as...
18 March 2022 Navy Helicopters Rescue Downed Civilian Pilot in Florida PALATKA, Fla. - Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the “Spartans” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, responded to a distress call from a downed civilian aircraft near the Palatka Municipal Airport on Monday, March 14, 2022...
18 March 2022 Truman and Cavour and Charles de Gaulle Conduct Joint Operates in Ionian Sea IONIAN SEA - Naval forces from France, Italy and the U.S. conducted tri-carrier operations in the Ionian Sea, Mar. 17, in direct support of NATO security operations...
17 March 2022 U.S. Navy Concludes ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The U.S. Navy is concluding its Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 this week, wrapping up nearly three weeks of research and training on, above and below Arctic Ocean ice...