16 January 2025 SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Medium Landing Ship LSM 1 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Jan. 16, USS McClung (LSM 1) as the name for the first ship in the new McClung-class of medium landing ships...
16 January 2025 SECNAV Del Toro Names Future John Lewis-class Oilers T-AO 215 and T-AO 216 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the names of two future John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oilers, T-AO 205-class, to be the future USNS Joshua L. Goldberg (T-AO 215), the future USNS Thomas D. Parham Jr. (T-AO 216)...
16 January 2025 Groundbreaking Ceremony Launches Construction of Nuclear Regional Maintenance Facility at Kings Bay NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE KINGS BAY, Ga. -- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the construction of a new facility for the Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department (NRMD) at Naval Submarine Base (NSB) Kings Bay, Georgia. The facility...
16 January 2025 C-130 Hercules 70 Years Strong and Growing PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The ever-enduring C-130 Hercules celebrated 70 years of unwavering service last year. Since its inception in 1954, the Hercules continues to be used in over 70 countries with more than a million flight hours and growing...
15 January 2025 SECNAV Del Toro Names Destroyers and Frigate at the 37th Surface Navy Association (SNA) National Symposium Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Jan. 15 the names of three guided missile destroyers -- the future USS Ray Mabus (DDG 147), the future USS Kyle Carpenter (DDG 148), and the future Robert R. Ingram (DDG 149). Del Toro also named a future guided missile frigate after Everett Alvarez...
15 January 2025 Navy Office of Community Outreach Releases its 2025 Navy Week Schedule MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The Navy Office of Community Outreach recently announced the 15 locations it will visit in 2025 as part of the Navy’s signature outreach program known as NavyWeeks. Navy Weeks provide an opportunity for communities to better understand how the Navy delivers power for...
15 January 2025 The Department of the Navy Office of Strategic Assessment is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of the Naval Strategic Studies Group Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro selected six members for this group, who will undertake a strategic studies capstone project and learn to navigate strategic challenges through a series of senior leader engagements. This full-time assignment will run through September. ...
14 January 2025 USS Higgins and HMCS Ottawa Conduct Bilateral Operations SOUTH CHINA SEA - The U.S. Navy (USN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the South China Sea, Jan. 8-11...
14 January 2025 SECNAV Del Toro Announces Navy Expeditionary Medal for U.S. Fifth Fleet Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal to U.S. Fifth Fleet for exceptional leadership and achievements from June. 25 , 2021, to Sept. 30, 2024 during Operation Unified Takedown today, Jan. 14...
14 January 2025 Ex-USS John F. Kennedy to Commence Final Transit, Jan. 15 PHILADELPHIA—The ex-John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is scheduled to commence its final transit from the U.S. Navy’s Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling, Jan. 15.Upon departure early on Wednesday morning, the ship will be visible from the waterfronts...