07 January 2019 National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office Announces Annual Award for MDA Excellence Directors of the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center and the Joint Regional Intelligence Center-Los Angeles have become the recipients of the annual National Maritime Domain Awareness Executive Steering Committee (MDA ESC) Award...
06 January 2019 USS Fort McHenry en route to the Black Sea The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), began its north-bound transit of the Dardanelles Strait, en route to the Black Sea, Jan. 6, 2019...
04 January 2019 SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Honor of US Senator from Alaska Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who represented Alaska from 1968 to 2009...
04 January 2019 SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War POW Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, Navy Cross recipient, and former U.S. Senator from Alabama, Admiral Jeremiah Denton...
03 January 2019 USS Porter Departs Aksaz, Turkey Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departed Aksaz, Turkey Jan. 3, 2019 following a regular scheduled port visit on its sixth forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF) patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations...
28 December 2018 HSM-75 Holds Change of Command Ceremony Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 75, held a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), Dec. 11...
28 December 2018 March 2019 E4-E6 Advancement Cycle Announced The March 2019 Navy-wide enlisted advancement examination (Cycle 243) testing dates for Active Duty, Full-Time Support and Canvasser Recruiter Sailors who are advancement eligible to the paygrades of E4-E6 was announced in NAVADMIN 318/18, released Dec. 27...
28 December 2018 Navy Increases Nuclear Limited Duty Officer Incentive Pay The Navy announced an increase in career annual incentive pay (AIP) for select nuclear limited duty officers (LDO) in NAVADMIN 317/18, Dec. 27. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, eligible lieutenant commander and commander nuclear LDOs will receive $20,000 in AIP...
28 December 2018 USS Mobile Bay Holds Change of Command The guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) held a change of command ceremony on the ship's flight deck, Dec. 22...
27 December 2018 Littoral Combat Group 1 returns from South America Sailors and Marines from Littoral Combat Group One (LCG-1) returned home to Naval Base San Diego and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in the International Maritime and Naval Exhibition for South America, known as EXPONAVAL...