17 September 2015 USS Kauffman to be Decommissioned After nearly 28 years of Naval service, friends, family members, former and present crewmembers will gather at Naval Station Norfolk to decommission USS Kauffman (FFG 59), Norfolk's last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, Sept. 18...
17 September 2015 Southern Partnership Station-Joint High Speed Vessel 15 Arrives in Cartagena, Colombia The joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), operated by the Military Sealift Command, arrived in Cartagena, Colombia for the Southern Partnership Station-Joint High Speed Vessel 2015 (SPS-JHSV 15) mission, Sept. 16...
17 September 2015 ONR S&T Demonstration Prepares to Showcase AUVs Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division personnel are making final preparations for a two-week demonstration of the U.S. Navy's emerging autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), to be held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS PAX) Sept. 12-25...
17 September 2015 JEB-Little Creek-Fort Story, NECC Pins Anchors on 17 Chief Petty Officers A boatswain's mate whistle piped ashore 17 newly pinned chief petty officers at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLC-FS), Sept. 16, officially promoting a new crop of chiefs...
17 September 2015 News Chiefs Pinned at Naval Hospital Bremerton There were feelings of relief, honor and completion of achieving a Navy milestone like no other at Naval Hospital Bremerton as three new Navy chief petty officers received their anchors, Sept. 16...
17 September 2015 NEPMU 5 Holds Change of Charge Ceremony Cmdr. Shelton L. Lyons II relieved Capt. Jason S. Spillman as officer in charge, Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 5 during a change of charge ceremony held aboard the USS Midway (CV 41) Museum at Navy Pier in San Diego, Aug 21...
16 September 2015 SECNAV Names the Next Joint High Speed Vessel Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the next joint high speed vessel will be named USNS City of Bismarck (JHSV 9) during a ceremony at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck today...
16 September 2015 NECC Holds Annual Suicide Awareness Training Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) held its annual suicide awareness training at their headquarters in Virginia Beach, Sept. 14...
16 September 2015 Rushmore Arrives in Bahrain The amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), along with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived at port Mina Salman for a scheduled port visit Sept. 14...
16 September 2015 USS Donald Cook Departs the Black Sea The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed the Black Sea, Sept. 13 after participating in Exercise Sea Breeze 2015...