21 September 2017 Naval War College Phasing Out Legacy CD-ROM Course U.S. Naval War College (NWC) will no longer enroll new students in the CD-ROM program offered through the school's College of Distance Education (CDE) after Sept. 30...
21 September 2017 Bataan Celebrates 20 Years of Military Service Turning 20 marks leaving the teenage years behind and taking a first step into adulthood. In some cultures turning 20 is a big deal; in Japan they have "Coming of Age" festivals, marking individuals becoming official adults in their society...
21 September 2017 Task Force 52 Hosts UK/US Mine Countermeasures Exercise The U.S. Navy and Royal navy completed U.K./U.S. Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 17-3, a quarterly bilateral exercise, in the central Arabian Gulf, Sept. 21...
21 September 2017 EOD Petty Officer Awarded Silver Star Medal Explosive Ordnance Disposal 1st Class Jeffrey Thomas was awarded the Silver Star Medal during an awards ceremony, Sept. 20, at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU 3) on board Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California...
21 September 2017 USS Donald Cook Departs Rota, Spain Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed Rota, Spain after conducting preparations for exercise Formidable Shield, Sept. 18...
21 September 2017 USS Makin Island Enters Dry Dock Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) entered a floating dry dock at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), Aug. 25...
21 September 2017 The Battle of Repair Lockers Sailors aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) participated in a Damage Control (DC) competition, Sep. 20 - a training evolution involving the ship's 10 repairs lockers during a General Quarters (GQ) drill...
21 September 2017 COMNAVMETOCCOM DCOM Gets Back to Roots for Navy Week Oklahoma City Oklahoma City is hosting Navy Week Sept. 18-24, and Command, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (COMNAVMETOCCOM) Deputy Commander and Technical Director Dr. Bill Burnett accepted the invitation to attend as the Navy senior leader, which would bring him back to where his career began...
21 September 2017 Power of Integration Tested at 2017 USS Dahlgren Naval Technology Exercise The power of a Navy strike group's interoperability with unmanned vehicles, surface and air assets, guns, missiles, and combat systems was proven at the 2017 USS Dahlgren demonstration, Sept. 13-14...
21 September 2017 SPAWAR Civilian Leaders Receive Presidential Awards Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer awarded three of 10 meritorious executive ranks to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders during the 2016 Presidential Rank Awards ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 14...