23 July 2019 NECC Hosts Expeditionary Leadership Symposium Leaders from the U.S. Navy expeditionary community gathered at Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) headquarters on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia for a three-day symposium...
23 July 2019 New NROTC Midshipmen Graduate from New Student Indoctrination at Navy's Only Boot Camp Nearly 400 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen candidates from across the United States completed New Student Indoctrination (NSI) July 1-22 at the Navy's only boot camp, Recruit Training Command (RTC)...
23 July 2019 U.K. Sailors Earn ESWS aboard USS Carney United Kingdom sailors on temporary duty to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) earned their Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) warfare devices, July 21, 2019...
22 July 2019 Navy Encourages Participation in Sea Service Affinity Group Conferences Navy emphasized the importance of its longstanding relationships with the sea service affinity groups (SSAG) the Association of Naval Services Officers (ANSO), the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) and the Sea Services Leadership Association (SSLA) in NAVADMIN 165/19, released July...
22 July 2019 Future USS Tripoli Completes Builder's Trials The Navy's newest America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), successfully completed Builder's Trials June 19. The ship returned to the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)-Ingalls Shipbuilding Division's shipyard following four days underway in the Gulf of Mexico...
22 July 2019 Future USS Oakland Launched The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) launched July 21 at Austal USA's ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. This event marked thefirst time the ship floated in the water as it is prepared for delivery nextyear...
22 July 2019 IWTC San Diego Trains Sailors in Automated Digital Network Systems Information Warfare Training Command San Diego graduated nine students after the conclusion of an Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) mobile training team course (MTT) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 19.ADNS represents the backbone of the Navy's ability to exchange...
22 July 2019 Sailors, Guam Celebrate 75th Liberation Day More than 50 Sailors from Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen joined the local community and other branches of service to celebrate Guam's 75th Liberation Day with a parade, July 21...
22 July 2019 NMCB 5 Holds Change of Command Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 held a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme, California, July 12. Cmdr. Ryan Carey relieved Cmdr. Omarr Tobias as commanding officer of NMCB-5...
22 July 2019 Walking Blood Bank Gives Back The human body holds between nine to 12 pints of blood. Approximately 60 pints were donated to save the lives of two personnel in the middle of the night aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) due to an activation of the ship's Walking Blood Bank...