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...
30 September 2017 Pearl Harbor Welcomes USS Chicago The Pearl Harbor submarine community welcomed the crew and families of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Chicago (SSN 721) to Hawaii following a homeport change from Guam, Sept. 28...
30 September 2017 Alaska Blue Changes Command The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Alaska (SSBN 732) Blue crew held a change of command at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, Sept. 29...
30 September 2017 USS Wasp Rescues Airplane Crash Survivors A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 (HSC-22) attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) rescued two civilians from French Guadelupe and Antigua whose private plane crashed several miles off the coast of Dominica, Sept. 28...
29 September 2017 USNS Comfort Departs for Puerto Rico The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), departed Naval Station Norfolk today and is now underway and making final preparations to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico...