31 July 2015 NAVFAC Far East Changes Command Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Far East welcomed a new commanding officer during a change of command ceremony on board Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, July 31...
30 July 2015 MCPON Visits Center for Surface Combat Systems Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens visited the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) and the Aegis Training and Readiness Center (ATRC), on Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren, July 24...
30 July 2015 PCNO Opening Statement Opening Statement by Adm. John M. Richardson, Prospective CNO, at Confirmation Hearing July 30...
30 July 2015 NAVFAC Southeast Awards $17 Million Contract to Small Business to Repair Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at NAS Kingsville Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $17 million contract July 28 to Bristol General Contractors, LLC, a small business out of Anchorage, Alaska, to make repairs to the Aircraft Maintenance Hangar building 3757, at Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas...
29 July 2015 Navy Announces Command Senior Chief Rating NAVADMIN 177/15 released July 29 establishes the Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) rating to provide earlier leadership opportunity for senior enlisted...
29 July 2015 Navy Admiral Meets With Wounded Veterans Foundation Rear Adm. Timothy Gallaudet, commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, met with the leadership of The Wyakin Warrior Foundation at Boise State University, July 27...
29 July 2015 Navy Chaplains Offer Support at Memorial Everyone's eyes stayed focused on the overflowing ring of gifts and trinkets placed on the grassy island in the middle of the strip mall parking lot. Some knelt to get a better look at writings, while others stood still with distant faces. The circle of visitors remained generally unbroken but when...
29 July 2015 USNS Rappahannock Assists Distressed Boat in Pacific The Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) rendered assistance to a distressed sailing boat, while on a routine mission in the western Pacific Ocean, July 25...
28 July 2015 Randall Smith Laid to Rest Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Randall Smith, a victim of the shooting at Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Chattanooga July 16 which also took the lives of four Marines, was laid to rest at the Chattanooga National Cemetery July 28...
28 July 2015 Kearsarge, 26th MEU Successfully Complete NEO Exercise Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) exercise while underway during composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), July 23...