13 March 2015 More Than a Thousand Abraham Lincoln Sailors Participate in Region-wide COMREL More than 1,300 Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) volunteered in the Hampton Roads region, March 13, marking the command's fourth time to give back to the local area in mass...
13 March 2015 SECNAV Announces Ship to Be Named After First MCPON, Delbert D. Black Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced that the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG 119) will be named USS Delbert D. Black after the first master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON) at a ship naming ceremony held at the Navy Memorial in Washington March 13...
13 March 2015 Iowa State NROTC Midshipmen Attend Notre Dame Naval Leadership Weekend Ten midshipmen from the Iowa State Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Cyclone Battalion traveled to the University of Notre Dame to attend the 20th annual Naval Leadership Weekend, Feb. 26-28...
13 March 2015 USS Jason Dunham Arrives in Montenegro The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrived in Bar, Montenegro, for a scheduled port visit March 13...
13 March 2015 DoD Authorizes Global War on Terrorism Medals for Operation Freedom's Sentinel The Department of Defense announced March 12 that Operation Freedom's Sentinel is now a qualifying operation for award of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal...
13 March 2015 First Afghan Woman Pilot Flies with Blue Angels The Afghan Air Force's first female fixed-wing pilot visited the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, and flew in a Blue Angel's jet at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, March 11...
13 March 2015 USS Cole Wraps up Deployment, Returns to Norfolk The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) returned to Naval Station Norfolk after a seven-month deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations (AOO)...
13 March 2015 Sexual Assault Reports: Week of March 2-8 This week's overview of alleged sexual assaults was compiled based on seven initial reports across the Navy from March 2-8...
13 March 2015 Sexual Assault Reports: Week of March 2-8, 2015 This week's overview of alleged sexual assaults was compiled based on seven initial reports across the Navy from March 2-8...
13 March 2015 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Completes Motor Generator Restoration Ahead of Schedule Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) completed restoration of the motor generator set for the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) three days ahead of schedule Feb. 23...