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...
24 November 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Concludes Cooperative Deployment with Royal Australian Navy The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of USS Nimitz (CVN-68), Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) conducted a cooperative deployment with Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat (FFN 155) of the Royal...
24 November 2020 U.S. Navy CNO Takes Part in Inter-American Naval Conference Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday participated in the 29th Inter-American Naval Conference (IANC) virtually, along with other heads of navy from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and...
23 November 2020 Overseas NEX Supports Sailors on Thanksgiving Day Select overseas NEX locations will participate in various events, giveaways and open on Thanksgiving Day to support Sailors not able to travel or be with loved ones. In addition to coordination with base leadership, in most instances, those NEX locations will be partnering with MWR and the USO to...
23 November 2020 Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support Named EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support was named an Environmental Protection Agency Safer Choice Partner of the Year during a recent virtual ceremony...
22 November 2020 USS New York Arrives in Norfolk The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Nov. 22, 2020 concluding the ship’s homeport shift from Mayport, Florida to Virginia...
22 November 2020 Student Naval Aviators in Texas Get Look at High-Performance Fleet Aircraft Navy and Marine Corps student naval aviators got a firsthand look at high-performance tactical aircraft during Training Air Wing 2’s Fleet Fly In aboard Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, Nov. 19...