11 December 2019 P-8A Poseidon to Support Chilean-Led Search for C-130 The Navy deployed P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft to Punta Arenas, Chile to support the South American nation's ongoing search for a Chilean Air Force C-130 Hercules that went missing in the Drake Passage while transporting 38 passengers and crew to the Antarctic...
11 December 2019 Training Explores Domestic Violence Features, Resources Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes held a staff training focused on domestic violence Dec. 10...
11 December 2019 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Puerto Rico The Navy accepted delivery of its 11th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), from Austal USA Dec. 10...
11 December 2019 Operational Health Support Unit Jacksonville Changes Command Operational Health Support Unit (OHSU) Jacksonville held its change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Jacksonville's pavilion on Dec. 6...
10 December 2019 Acting Secretary of the Navy Visits NAS Pensacola First Responders The Honorable Thomas Modly, acting Secretary of the Navy, and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith visited Naval Air Station Pensacola Dec. 10 following the active shooter incident Dec. 6...
10 December 2019 CNO Gilday and Chairman Courtney Visit Quonset Point; CNO Emphasizes Columbia as Top Acquisition Priority CNO Gilday and Congressman Joe Courtney, Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, visited General Dynamics Electric Boat together in Quonset Point, R.I., Dec. 10...
10 December 2019 Acting SECNAV Posthumously Awards Wings of Gold to NAS Pensacola Shooting Victims The Navy posthumously awarded Wings of Gold Dec. 10 to all three Sailors killed during the Dec. 6 shooting at Naval Aviation Schools Command aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida...
10 December 2019 Assault Craft Unit FOUR Holds Change of Command Ceremony Capt. Erik Nilsson transferred leadership of Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 to Capt. Tony DeFrias during a change of command ceremony held aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Dec. 5, 2019...
10 December 2019 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic Awards Contract for Portal Crane at Puget Sound Shipyard NAVFAC Atlantic has awarded a $46,014,523 firm-fixed-price contract to provide one 175-ton portal crane at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to Konecranes Nuclear Equipment and Services LLC, of New Berlin, Wis...
10 December 2019 Tactical Air Control Squadron 21 Holds Change of Command Ceremony Cmdr. David W. Whetstone transferred leadership of Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 21 to Cmdr. Kyle C. Read during a change of command ceremony held at Brashear Conference Center, on board Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Dec. 5, 2019...