01 April 2015 The 'Iron Nickel' is Decommissioned After 34 Years of Service Hundreds of current and former crew members, 10 previous commanding officers, and their family members crowded onto the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) to bid farewell to the "Iron Nickel" during the ship's decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, March 31...
31 March 2015 CNO Holds All-Hands Call for Pensacola Sailors The Chief of Naval Operations held an all hands call for area Sailors at the Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC) on board Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola March 31...
31 March 2015 CO and CMC of Kandahar Medical Unit Relieved of Duty Rear Adm. James Loeblein, commander, Task Force Individual Augmentee, relieved the commanding officer of the Multinational Medical Unit at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2015, due to loss of confidence in her ability to command...
31 March 2015 Happy 122nd Birthday CPOs! A message from Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Mike Stevens on 122 years of chief petty officer excellence April 1...
31 March 2015 Local Norfolk News Anchor Discusses Black History Month at U.S. Fleet Forces The crashing sound of cymbals and the crisp snap of snare drums were accompanied by fingers melodically dancing across piano keys and pressing saxophone...
31 March 2015 USNS Comfort Deploys In Support of Continuing Promise 2015 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is set to deploy from Norfolk, Virginia, this week to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) from April through October 2015...
31 March 2015 Hampton Roads Sailors Celebrate Women's History Month at Girl Scout's STEM Event The Nauticus Museum hosted its 2nd annual Women in Science Technology and Mathematics (STEM) Day in Norfolk March 14. Sailors volunteered from commands throughout the Hampton Roads region to be a part of the event...
31 March 2015 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Celebrates Women's History Month "Weaving the Stories of Women's Lives" resonated across Naval Weapons Station Yorktown (WPNSTA Yorktown) as the historic roles women have played since the founding of our nation were exemplified, March 20, at the installation's annual Women's History Month program...
31 March 2015 Marquette Midshipmen and Cadets Receive Accolades The Marquette University (MU) Army, Naval, and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) units held their annual Joint ROTC Awards Ceremony to celebrate the end of a semester and the specific achievements of individual cadets and midshipmen, March 28...
31 March 2015 Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Kicks Off Expeditionary Warfare Specialist Program Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 2 commenced the first cycle for its Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist (EXW) qualification program Feb. 3, on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story...