29 October 2020 Navy’s Newest Yard Tug Delivered to Bremerton The Navy’s first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class tug recently delivered to Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton Annex. Only 17 days after delivery, YT 808 was in the water assisting USNS Richard Byrd (T-AKE 4) as it moved away from the dock at Naval Magazine Indian Island...
29 October 2020 SECNAV Names Newest Columbia-Class Submarine USS Wisconsin Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Oct. 28 that the newest Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin...
29 October 2020 Navy Announces Release of Draft Environmental Assessment for MQ-25A Stingray Home Basing The Navy is proposing to home base a new carrier-based unmanned air system at Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mugu, California. This system is known as the MQ-25A Stingray. The Stingray will serve as a tanker capable of refueling aircraft in flight. The Stingray will also be capable of conducting...
29 October 2020 Contract Awarded for New Taxiway at Joint Base Andrews Naval Facilities Engineering Command Washington on Sept. 23 awarded an $18.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a second taxiway to access Hangar 20 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland...
28 October 2020 JAG Community Provides Dedicated Legal Support to Families in Exceptional Family Member Program The Navy Judge Advocate General community – in collaboration with Commander, Navy Installations Command – is expanding legal assistance and special education support to families enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program...
28 October 2020 U.S. Strategic Command Concludes Key Command, Control Exercise U.S. Strategic Command, once again successfully concluded GLOBAL THUNDER 21, today, after rigorously and realistically testing its forces and validating the safety, security, effectiveness and readiness of the strategic deterrent enterprise...
28 October 2020 NEX’s New Children’s Clothing Lines Feature High Quality at Value Pricing The NEX launched two new private brand children’s clothing lines this year to give customers even more options when purchasing clothes for their children. Wanderling is for newborn and infant and Liberty & Valor features children’s sizes for both boys and girls from 2T – 16/18...
27 October 2020 Charting New Horizons: Naval STEM Launches Virtual Effort to Attract Student Talent Naval Horizons—a new video educational series from the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and outreach program. Naval Horizons will officially launch on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at noon EST. [slideshow] This virtual effort is designed to...
27 October 2020 Military Students Overseas to Receive Free School Meals On Nov. 2, the Navy Exchange Service Command will begin serving meals free of charge to military students enrolled in an overseas Department of Defense Education Activity school...
26 October 2020 Non-deployed Navy Aviation Units Hold Safety Stand Down SAN DIEGO – Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces, directed all non-deployed U.S. Navy aviation units to conduct a safety stand down Oct. 26...