04 December 2020 SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Congress Secretary of the Navy announced that the U.S. Navy’s second Constellation class guided-missile frigate will be named USS Congress...
04 December 2020 USS Sioux City Completes Successful Deployment MAYPORT, Florida – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) returned to Mayport, Fla., Dec. 4, following its deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations...
04 December 2020 Micro Market@Sea Satisfies Sailors’ Cravings On Nov. 30, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) Ships Store Program opened the first Micro Market@Sea onboard the USS San Antonio (LPD 19). Ship personnel will now have access to over 100 snack items with the potential to stay open 24 hours a day/seven days a week when operationally feasible...
04 December 2020 Navy Exchange Service Command Executive Receives Marketing Award In a virtual ceremony Dec. 3, Rich Honiball, executive vice president, global chief of merchandising and marketing officer for the Navy Exchange Service Command, was awarded the Chief Marketing Officer Content Engagement Award...
03 December 2020 Navy, National Park Service to Host Pearl Harbor Commemoration Dec. 7 On Dec. 7, the U.S. Navy and National Park Service will host the 79th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day commemoration to honor the 2,390 American lives lost during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu...
03 December 2020 Navy, Marine Corps Exchange Customers Support Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society In the spirit of giving, Navy Exchange (NEX) and Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) customers donated the highest amount since 2014 to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS). During the nearly month-long campaign, nearly 81,000 tickets were sold for a total of $404,709 by both NEX and MCX customers...
30 November 2020 Navy to Decommission USS Bonhomme Richard After thorough consideration, the Navy has decided to decommission USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, due to the extensive damage sustained during the July fire...
25 November 2020 Navy Exchange Service Command Opens Newest Store in Poland Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) opened its newest NEX location at Naval Support Facility Redzikowo, Poland. The new NEX is the first facility to be open for use on the base...
25 November 2020 Navy Lodge Program Reaches 100,000 Nights of Support to Sailors, Families on Restriction of Movement On Nov. 24, the Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) Navy Lodge Program reached 100,000 cumulative total room nights supporting Restriction of Movement (ROM) guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
25 November 2020 Air Boss Visits AIRLANT, Observes Aviation Readiness Cell SAN DIEGO – Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces and Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet, visited the Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk, Nov. 23, to meet with the AIRLANT commander, Rear Adm. John Meier, and observe the activities of the Maintenance...