02 October 2017 Exercise Joint Warrior 17-2 Commences Exercise Joint Warrior 17-2 began off the coast of U.K. Sept. 30, 2017...
02 October 2017 Naval Surface Forces Commander Visits Sasebo-Based Ships Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces, completed a two-day stop in Sasebo filled with all-hands calls and meetings with Sasebo-based units and area shore commands from Sept. 25-26...
02 October 2017 Ronald Reagan Arrives in Hong Kong The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) anchored in Hong Kong Harbor Oct. 2...
02 October 2017 USS Ashland Arrives in Yokosuka for Training-Focused Stop in Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment The amphibious dock landing ship, USS Ashland (LSD 48), pulled into Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 2, for a training availability and to complete shipboard assessments and certifications...
01 October 2017 Training Air Wing 1 Confirms T-45 Mishap in Tennessee At approximately 9:40 a.m. Oct. 2, Training Air Wing 1, based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi, confirmed the T-45 belonging to Training Squadron (VT) 7 that went missing Sept. 29, has crashed in East Tennessee...
01 October 2017 Bahrain Surface Force Staffs Merge, Provides Better Support to 14 Ships Rear Adm. Jesse A. Wilson, Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (COMNAVSURFLANT), participated in a ceremony to recognize the establishment of commander, Naval Surface Squadron (CNSS) 5 at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 1...
30 September 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Awards $30 Million Engineering Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast awarded a $30 million indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity architect-engineering contract, Sept. 27, to Prosser, Inc., a small business located in Jacksonville for professional planning and engineering services in NAVFAC Southeast...
30 September 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Awards $15.5 Million Contract for Corpus Christi Airfield Repairs NAVFAC Southeast awarded a $15.5 million contract Sept. 28 to CRP Contracting, a small business out of Columbus, Ohio, for airfield repairs at NAS Corpus Christi, Texas and NOLF Cabaniss, Texas which lies approximately eight miles west of NAS Christi...
30 September 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Awards Hurricane Irma Repair Contracts NAVFAC Southeast awarded two task orders, totaling over $16 million, Sept. 28 to URS Group, Inc. of Morrisville, North Carolina to repair Navy and Marine Corps facilities that were damaged in Florida and Georgia when Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida Sept. 9 and 10...
30 September 2017 USS Hopper Departs for Western Pacific and Middle Eastern Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for an independent deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East, Sept. 28...