10 November 2020 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Commences First-ever Integrated Operations Under the leadership of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) along with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, CSG-12’s Air and Missile Defense Commander, Commanding Officer of USS Gettysburg (CG 64), and CSG-12’s Information Warfare Commander...
10 November 2020 Virtual Musical Entertainment to Celebrate Veterans Day the NEX Way The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) and MWR Navy Entertainment have joined forces to create an evening full of virtual concerts to celebrate U.S. military Veterans. The evening’s concerts will include a variety of musical acts and feature a genre for all generations...
10 November 2020 SECNAV Names Future Expeditionary Sea Base USS John L. Canley Secretary of the Navy announced that a future U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) class ship will be named in honor of Medal of Honor Recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Major (Retired) John L. Canley...
10 November 2020 USS Wayne E. Meyer Successfully Departs Dry Dock Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on Nov. 5...
09 November 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Conducts Port Visit in Bahrain Elements of the Nimitz Carrier Strike group, including the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) pulled into Manama, Bahrain for a scheduled port visit in support of logistics and maintenance Nov. 4-8...
06 November 2020 Scientific Development Squadron 1 Holds Change of Command Cmdr. Ian Lilyquist relieved Cmdr. Jared Tharp as commander of NRL’s Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland...
05 November 2020 Navy Starting Construction on Columbia Class WASHINGTON - Navy awarding $9.5 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Corporation to construct and test the lead and second ships of the COLUMBIA Class, SSBN 826 and SSBN 827...
05 November 2020 NAVFAC Updates Name to Better Reflect Technical, Acquisition Mission Capabilities Naval Facilities Engineering Command changed its name to Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Nov. 3...
04 November 2020 U.S. Navy Updates Guidance to Combat COVID-19 The latest guidance updates the previously issued COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance guidance and is intended to protect the health of individuals and units while preserving operational readiness...
04 November 2020 Experts at Naval Supply Systems Command Speed Up Resource Planning, Earn Excellence Award The 57-person Navy Civil Service team from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, received the award for migrating Navy enterprise reource planning, the Department's financial systems of record, from an on-site hosted service to a commercial-cloud service in record time...