19 November 2020 Navy Exchange Service Command Ships 60 Turkeys to U.S. Embassy in Time for Thanksgiving The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) shipped 60 turkeys to the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, for Thanksgiving. NEXCOM arranged all the coordination and provided door-to-door service for 60 turkeys packed in dry ice...
18 November 2020 SECNAV Names Two Future Virginia-class Submarines Tang, Wahoo Secretary of the Navy announced that two future Virginia-class attack submarines will be named USS Tang and USS Wahoo...
18 November 2020 Navy Exchange Shoppers Can Now Buy Online, Pick Up in Store The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) rolled out its new buy online, pick up in store program at several NEX locations Nov 5. The Pick/Up Program currently allows authorized customers to order over 200 items perfect for gift giving this holiday season on myNavyExchange.com/PickUp and pick it up...
18 November 2020 Naval Supply Systems Command Modernizes Forklift License Process Information technology specialists at NAVSUP Business Systems Center released the Material Handling Equipment application for testing at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Oct. 28. The web-based application eliminates paper-based processes and provides a secure, auditable system to...
17 November 2020 CNO Visits Navy Sailors, Civilians at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday visited Sailors and civilians during a day-trip to Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Virginia, Nov. 17...
17 November 2020 U.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test Against Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Target The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3)...
17 November 2020 NEX Locations Again Closed Thanksgiving Once again this year, NEX locations will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, so customers as well as NEX associates can spend the day with loved ones...
17 November 2020 Nimitz Strike Group Participates in Malabar With Australia, India, Japan Sailors and Marines assigned to Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, joined Australian, Indian, Japanese maritime forces for Phase II of Malabar 2020 in the Northern Arabian Sea, Nov. 17...
16 November 2020 USS Ross Enters Baltic Sea, Visits Swedish Waters in Bilateral Exercise The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) entered Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea to participate in a bilateral land, air, and sea exercise between Sweden and the United States, Nov. 13...
14 November 2020 USS Blue Ridge: 50 Years of Committed Service U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) commemorates her 50th anniversary on Nov. 14. 2020...