16 April 2021 USS Oakland Commissioning Ceremony WASHINGTON - The Navy’s newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Oakland (LCS 24), will be commissioned at 10:00 a.m. PST on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Oakland, California...
16 April 2021 Inaugural Unmanned Battle Problem 21 to begin April 19 SAN DIEGO – The Navy begins its inaugural multi-domain manned and unmanned capabilities exercise April 19. The exercise will feature unmanned capabilities “Above the Sea, On the Sea and Below the Sea.”...
15 April 2021 NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Issues $99.8M Multiple Award Contract to Small Business Vendors Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk issued a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a total ceiling value of $99.8 million to small-business 8(a) vendors, April 1...
14 April 2021 CNO and MCPON Visit Hampton Roads Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russ Smith visited Hampton Roads, Virginia to take part in a NATO Symposium, meet with Sailors in the region, and visit two of the area’s major shipyards, Apr. 14...
14 April 2021 Navy Identifies Sailor Who Died During Training Exercise PENSACOLA, Fla. - Airman Nathan Burke, age 30, of Lubbock Texas, assigned as a student to Naval Aviation Schools Command, Pensacola, Fla. died at Baptist Hospital on Tuesday April, 13...
14 April 2021 America’s Navy Sails into San Antonio for a Virtual Navy Week MILLINGTON, Tenn. – To help Americans stay connected to their Navy while staying safe at home for many events, the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) will bring a virtual Navy Week to San Antonio, Texas Apr. 19-25...
14 April 2021 American Legion Accepting Spirit of Service Award Packages MILLINGTON, Tenn. - The American Legion will present the Spirit of Service award to an enlisted member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard during an in-person presentation tentatively scheduled for Aug. 2021...
14 April 2021 Egypt Becomes 34th Member Nation of the Combined Maritime Forces NSA BAHRAIN, Bahrain - Egypt has become the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), April 12...
14 April 2021 Safety Professionals Receive First NSP Certificates NORFOLK, Va. - A new naval program now enables safety professionals throughout the Navy and Marine Corps to receive a certificate attesting they have completed the competency development training necessary to perform their duties...
13 April 2021 US, Japan Navy Chiefs Discuss Maritime Security, Continued Cooperation WASHINGTON - U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday conducted a video teleconference with Japan Chief of Staff Adm. Hiroshi Yamamura, April 13...