15 February 2022 USS Anchorage, 1st Marine Division Exercise Waterborne Capabilities of ACVs PACIFIC OCEAN – U.S. Marines assigned to the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion (3D AABN), 1st Marine Division (1stMarDiv) participated in a waterborne training evolution with Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) in the Pacific Ocean, Feb...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home From Deployment SAN DIEGO - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14...
10 February 2022 COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Evolving Guidance & Procedures In recent months, the Department of the Navy (DON) has taken significant steps to counter the ongoing threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the health and safety of the Fleet. On 31 Aug 2021, NAVADMIN 190/21 announced the Navy’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy...
09 February 2022 VCNO Visits San Diego Commands; Emphasizes Get Real, Get Better Principles to Advance Navy’s Maritime Edge SAN DIEGO -- Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher visited San Diego-based Navy commands Feb. 7-9...
09 February 2022 IDWST Launches Website for Presenting Drinking Water Data JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Interagency Drinking Water System Team (IDWST) launched a website to provide post system flushing status and drinking water sampling data. This website supplements the primary online resource for information about the interagency response at:...
08 February 2022 Congress Establishes USNCC; Grants Conditional Degree-Granting Authority WASHINGTON - The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 signed into law Dec. 27, 2021, establishes the United States Naval Community College...
08 February 2022 Air Wing of the Future Strengthens Joint Force during Indo-Pacific Exercise PHILIPPINE SEA – The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) participated in Exercise Noble Fusion, a joint and combined naval expeditionary exercise including multiple elements of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, in support of a...
07 February 2022 Under Secretary Visits Naval Oceanography STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – The Honorable Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment and performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy visited various Naval Oceanography commands at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, February 3...
06 February 2022 USS O’Kane Returns Home from Deployment SAN DIEGO–The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane(DDG 77) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month independent deployment to the U.S.5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 6...