NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (July 26, 2023) – The crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and members of Newport News Shipbuilding marked a major milestone in the ship’s refueling, complex and overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period with a mast stepping ceremony, July 26...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Capt. Kathryn Wijnaldum, the officer in charge of the surface propulsion mobile training team assigned to Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), spoke to students attending Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s summer science, technology, engineering, and...

NORFOLK, Va. - Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), presented the first of many Battle Efficiency, or Battle “E,” awards to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 126 and Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81,...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Right place, right time. A Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Oceana student saved a 9-year-old boy caught in a rip current while serving as a lifeguard at Dam Neck Annex beaches June 30...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Mr. Michael Durkin, Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) Director, welcomed Vice Adm. Hiroshi Egawa, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, President, JMSDF Command and Staff College, Thursday, Jul. 20...

ROTA, Spain - The Europe and Africa Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium (EASELS), a three-day conference hosting military senior enlisted leaders (SEL) and national delegates from twenty-five nations, successfully concluded on July 14, 2023 in Rota, Spain...

Ensign Matthew Hedish and Ensign Michael Johnson, both assigned to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Naples and currently embarked aboard USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), assisted with life-saving efforts of a man in distress while visiting the Pablo Picasso Museum in Malaga, Spain,...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Seaman Raul Vega Rodriguez, a 40-year-old father of three, graduated from basic training while his youngest son, 18-year-old Seaman Recruit Kendrick Raul Vega Sanabria, also a recruit in Navy boot camp, watched from the bleachers July 14, at Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall at...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week to Cleveland, Ohio during the week of September 4-10, as the tenth Navy Week of the calendar year...

The paint is still drying on a brand new house completed by a group of Reserve-duty Seabees, who put the finishing touches today on a dwelling built for a family in need as part of a partnership with the Southwest Indian Foundation (SWIF), headquartered here...