16 January 2024 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – The “Fighting Blacklions” of Strike Fighter Squadron 213 (VFA-213) returned to their home base of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on January 15, 2024 following an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG-12) to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of...
16 January 2024 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – The “Tomcatters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 returned to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia, January 15, 2024, following a nine-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation. After completion of a four-week...
16 January 2024 Plan for Red Hill Community Representation Initiative Meetings JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) – As part of their enduring commitment to civil discourse and community engagement, the Department of the Navy (DON) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), in consultation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
15 January 2024 USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Blue Crew Commanding Officer Relieved KINGS BAY, Ga. – On January 12, 2024, Commander, Submarine Group Ten, Rear Adm. Thomas “T.R.” Buchanan, relieved Capt. Geoffry Patterson as commanding officer of USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Blue Crew due to loss of confidence in his ability to command...
12 January 2024 Nuclear Power Training Unit First – Three Royal Australian Navy Officers Graduate the Program MT. PLEASANT, South Carolina – Three Royal Australian Navy Officers graduated the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Charleston today, marking a significant step in Australia’s goal to operate conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs). ...
12 January 2024 Navy Completes Work on Naming Commission Recommendations WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the Department of the Navy completed the renaming of 33 ships, buildings, and streets ahead of the Department of Defense’s 2024 deadline to rename all military property that honored the Confederacy...
11 January 2024 VADM Davids Confirmed As Superintendent At Naval Academy Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, was properly relieved by Vice Adm. Yvette Davids in a change of command ceremony at the Naval Academy on Thursday, January 11...
11 January 2024 Iran Attacks and Seizes Merchant Shipping Vessel GULF OF OMAN - On Jan. 11, The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) unlawfully seized the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker St. Nikolas while the vessel was transiting the international waters of the Gulf of Oman...
11 January 2024 Military Sealift Command Chartered Ships Arrive at Halfway Points in Journey to McMurdo Station Antarctica in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - Two Military Sealift Command chartered ships have arrived at the halfway points in their journeys to journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica and their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024...
10 January 2024 26th MEU(SOC) Begins Exercise “Odyssey Encore”, a MEU(SOC) MAGTF Readiness Sustainment Exercise MEDITERRANEAN SEA - U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), embarked aboard the amphibious warships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG), will participate in a MEU(SOC) Exercise named “Odyssey Encore”, in vicinity of Volos,...