21 September 2015 VT-9 Pilots-in-Training Qualify Aboard Ike Pilots-in-training assigned to Training Squadron (VT) 9 achieved at-sea flight qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)(Ike), Sept. 15-20...
21 September 2015 NMCB 4 Completes Water Well Training Seabees assigned to U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, based in Port Hueneme, California, completed training on developing a functional water well in Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Aug. 28...
21 September 2015 Missile Defense Facility Accepts First Permanent Building The U.S. Navy accepted ownership of the command headquarters building at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, Sept. 3, the first permanent building completed at the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Facility (AAMDF)...
21 September 2015 USS Ramage Provides Assistance to Stranded Mariners Guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61), part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, rendered aid to a distressed vessel, Sept. 18...
21 September 2015 Continuing Promise 2015 Team Performs First Interventional Radiology Procedure at Medical Site A medical team assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) performed their first mobile interventional radiology (IR) procedure at a medical site established at the Admiral Killick Coast Guard Station during Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15), Sept. 12...
21 September 2015 Truman Reaches Mid-Point of COMPTUEX The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group's (HSTSG) Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) reached its midpoint Sept. 18...
21 September 2015 Oklahoma City Navy Week Begins The Sooner State will host the world's largest Navy during Oklahoma City Navy Week, Sept. 21-27 for a week-long series of community and outreach events...
21 September 2015 Pacific Submarine Force Conducts Successful Clandestine Mine Exercise The U.S. Navy's Pacific Submarine Force successfully tested its operational proficiency in clandestine mine deployment during a Submarine-Launched Mobile Mine Exercise (SLMM-Ex) conducted earlier this month off the coast of Kauai at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)...
19 September 2015 T-6 Crashes Near Las Cruces; Pilots Eject Safely At approximately 10 a.m. MDT Sept. 19, a T-6A Texan II tandem-seat, turboprop trainer, assigned to Training Wing 4, based at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, crashed in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after the pilots conducted a controlled ejection during a routine training flight...
19 September 2015 USS Ronald Reagan Enters 7th Fleet Area of Operations The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) entered the 7th Fleet area of operations, Sept. 17...