21 October 2019 NAVFAC Southeast announces 2020 Engineers of the Year Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast Commanding Officer Capt. Mike Monreal announced his selections for the 2020 Military and Civilian Engineer of the Year, Oct 1...
18 October 2019 NTTC Meridian Marks First Graduation of Retail Services Specialists The first Retail Services Specialist (RS) "A" school class received course completion certificates as they graduated from Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC) Meridian during a ceremony Oct. 9, 2019. The Navy changed the rating name from ship's serviceman, which...
18 October 2019 CNO Meets Naples Sailors, Highlights Readiness, Importance of Free, Open Maritime Commons Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited Naval Support Activity Naples to meet with forward-deployed Sailors in the region and listen to their concerns, Oct. 18...
18 October 2019 SMWDC Visits USS Whidbey Island Rear Adm. Scott Robertson, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), visited the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) at Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 16, 2019...
18 October 2019 Naval Aviation Garners SECNAV Award for Readiness Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer acknowledged the efforts and proactive role Sailors, civilians and contractors played in achieving an overall 80% mission-capable rate for fiscal 2019 F-18 aircraft that form the backbone of the Navy's tactical air power...
17 October 2019 Navy to Christen Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) The Navy will christen the Expeditionary Sea Base USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 19, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego...
17 October 2019 CNO Gives Keynote Address at 2019 Regional Seapower Symposium Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mike Gilday gives the keynote address at the 12th Regional Seapower Symposium in Venice, Oct. 17. The symposium's theme is "Shaping our Navies for the Blue Century," and aims to identify the possible future of modern navies...
16 October 2019 SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in Honor of US Navy Medal of Honor Recipient Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, DDG 134, in honor of U.S. Navy Hospitalman John E. Kilmer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service during the Korean War...
15 October 2019 RDML Danelle Barrett Visits IWTC Virginia Beach Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett, director of the Navy Cyber Security Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, visited and spoke with students attending the Information Professional Basic and Naval Officer Intelligence Basic courses offered by Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC)...
15 October 2019 Ike Sailors Receive Leadership Awards in Kansas Hometown of President Eisenhower Two Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) received the 2019 Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Awards, presented at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, on Oct. 12...