09 June 2015 NAVFAC Contingency Engineering Unit Leveraged Skills As reservists with civilian careers, members of Naval Facilities Engineering Command's Contingency Engineering Unit (NAVFAC CEU) leverage their skills and experiences as engineers, architects and experts in the construction industry to support the needs of the Navy...
09 June 2015 Dynamic Dry-Dock Completes Duel Inspection Phase Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center's (MARMC) Dynamic Dry-dock (AFDL 6) successfully completed a Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) which assessed the dock's structural integrity May 27, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story...
09 June 2015 NWS Yorktown Honors its Namesake at Battle of Midway Commemoration Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Yorktown paused to reflect on the courage and sacrifice of 307 Sailors and Marines who died in defense of our nation at the Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942, during a commemoration ceremony...
09 June 2015 USNAVSO/US 4th Fleet Conducts Conference With Peruvian Navy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSO)/U.S. 4th Fleet Rear Adm. George Ballance was welcomed by members of the Peruvian Navy to the Centro Naval in San Borja, Lima, Peru for the annual U.S. Navy and Peruvian Navy Operational Naval Committee (ONC) conference, June 2-4...
09 June 2015 VAQ-139 Returns Home From Deployment The "Cougars" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island June 4 after a nearly 10-month deployment in support of U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation...
09 June 2015 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Strengthens Bond with Ally France During L'Hermione Weekend Sailors from Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Yorktown demonstrated the strong ties between France and the United States by volunteering their support during the visit of the replica French frigate L'Hermione in Historic Yorktown, June 5-7...
09 June 2015 Building a Better Grunt: ONR-Sponsored Technology to Lighten Marines' Loads Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced June 8 that the organization was presenting the Marine Corps with a 3-D computer simulation program that measures equipment weight, distribution and effects on body mechanics and individual warfighter performance...
09 June 2015 Mercy Volunteers Bring Smiles to Children in Suva, Fiji, During Pacific Partnership 2015 Sailors from the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) visited with children and their parents at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, Fiji, June 7 as part of a community outreach project during Pacific Partnership (PP15) 2015...
09 June 2015 Abraham Lincoln Promotes Ten Senior Chief Petty Officers Ten Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) were advanced to the rank of senior chief petty officer during a pinning ceremony aboard USS Wisconsin (BB 64), June 5...
09 June 2015 USNS Mercy Arrives in Fiji for Pacific Partnership 2015 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Suva, Fiji, June 7 for its first mission port visit of Pacific Partnership (PP15) 2015...