05 February 2020 F-35 Program Executive Officer Visits USS Nimitz Lt. Gen. Eric T. Fick, program executive officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, visited the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Feb. 1...
05 February 2020 Warfare Tactics Instructor Named One of US Navy's Top Instructors of 2019 Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) announced Lt. Aaron Van Driessche, an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI), as its 2019 Military Instructor of the Year (MIOY) at a ceremony onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola 23 Jan...
05 February 2020 NMCSD Earns Navy Retention Excellence Award for FY19 Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) was one of 29 Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) commands to receive the Retention Excellence Award (REA) for fiscal year 2019 (FY19)...
05 February 2020 Navy Awards First Performance-Based Logistics Contract to Supply H1, Other Helos Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) recently awarded the first Performance Based Logistics contract in support of the H-1 platform...
05 February 2020 USS Lake Erie Sailor Honored as Missile Defender of the Year The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance honored Fire Controlman (Aegis) First Class Mario Amaro as the Navy recipient of the Missile Defender of the Year award during an annual banquet for his outstanding efforts in Alexandria Va., Jan. 10...
05 February 2020 VCNO Addresses Notre Dame NROTC at Naval Leadership Weekend The University of Notre Dame Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) hosted their 25th annual Naval Leadership Weekend (NLW) seminar, Jan. 30-Feb.2...
05 February 2020 USS Gerald R. Ford Passes Aircraft Compatibility Testing The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) completed Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) on Jan. 31, following 16 days at sea, during which the crew launched and recovered 211 aircraft, testing five different airframes, using first generation, state-of-the-art flight deck systems...
04 February 2020 IS2025: First Intelligence Specialist "A" and GEOINT "C" School Sailors Graduate Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Virginia Beach graduated Sailors from updated curriculums of Intelligence Specialist (IS) "A" and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) "C" schools, an effort to modernize material in support of the Navy's Ready Relevant...
04 February 2020 USS Whidbey Island Gets Underway for Sea Trials The dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) departed Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Feb 3, 2020 to complete type commander (TYCOM) sea trials and execute Mariner Skills Week...
04 February 2020 PCU JFK Sailors reenlist for $2.3 million Thirty-nine Sailors from Reactor Department stationed aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) reenlisted on the deck of the USS Wisconsin for a combined 232 years...