NAVAL BASE CORONADO, Calif. - Decades of collaborative conservation efforts on U.S. Navy-owned San Clemente Island resulted in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement today that five species – San Clemente Island paintbrush, lotus, larkspur and bush-mallow plants and

KEKAHA, Hawaii - Pollinators play a vital role in life on Earth. Seventy-five percent of the world’s flowering plants and approximately 35% of the world’s food crops depend on pollinators to reproduce. One of the world’s top eight pollinators is bees.

DENVER - Rear Admiral Ron J. Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC) and other Naval Oceanography Sailors and Civilians—attended the 103rd annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Jan. 7-12. 

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Department of the Navy (DON) today submitted to the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) a comprehensive analysis of alternatives for closure of the Red Hill underground storage tanks. Based on that analysis, the DON is formally requesting DOH approve

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The northern shoreline of the St. Johns River is a lovely spot, with oak trees dripping Spanish moss at the waterline. Except, that is, for the trash that regularly washes ashore – especially after big weather events.

WASHINGTON – On Dec. 20, 2022, the Department of the Navy (DON) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) signed a new Administrative Consent Order with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to address the defueling and closure of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF), and

Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) earned state recognition for its environmental efforts when North Carolina Secretary of the Environment Elizabeth Biser presented the depot with the P2 Award for pollution prevention. FRCE received the award during the North Carolina Department of Environmental

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Rear Adm. Ronald Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), and his staff hosted a visit by Rear Adm. Rhett Hatcher, Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer for United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), to CNMOC

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece - On Sept. 10, volunteers from Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, including the 2022 Chief Selects, participated in an outdoor beautification project at the Daily Care Center for Children and Young Adults of Chania.