18 September 2017 USS Coronado Makes Goodwill Visit to Jakarta, Lays Wreath on USS Houston in Sunda Strait The Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) made a goodwill visit to Jakarta, Indonesia Sept. 14-16 to engage with civic leaders, the diplomatic community, and Navy counterparts from the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL)...
18 September 2017 New Pensacola Area Chiefs Join the Mess Seventy Sailors from commands at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, NAS Pensacola Corry Station and NAS Whiting Field officially joined the chief petty officer (CPO) ranks in two pinning ceremonies Sept. 15...
18 September 2017 Changes to CMS-ID Mean More Opportunities at Negotiation The Navy announced, in NAVADMIN 231/17, that job announcement windows and the period of time Sailors have to negotiate orders are changing within the Career Management System Interactive Detailing (CMS-ID), Sept. 18...
18 September 2017 Making New Chiefs in a Sea of Sand Proudly dressed in combat uniform wearing the insignias distinctive of the U.S. Navy, three seasoned Sailors were pinned with their anchors at a ceremony at the Kandahar Airfield Multinational Medical Unit, becoming the Navy's newest chief petty officers...
18 September 2017 CTF 70 and DESRON 15 Commanders Relieved Due to Loss of Confidence Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, Sept. 18, relieved the commander of Task Force 70 (CTF 70), Rear Adm. Charles Williams and the commander of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON), 15, Capt. Jeffrey Bennett. Both reliefs were due to a loss of confidence in their ability to command...
16 September 2017 Command of 3rd Fleet Changes Hands as Tyson Retires Vice Adm. John D. Alexander relieved Vice Adm. Nora W. Tyson as commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet during a change of command and retirement ceremony held aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Sept. 15...
15 September 2017 N1 Sailors Don the Anchors, Join the Chiefs Mess Three N1 Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer alongside forty other selectees during the chief petty officer pinning ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington D.C. Sept. 15...
15 September 2017 Navy's Newest SWO Department Heads Graduate Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) held a graduation for 55 officers from its Department Head Course in the Admiral Michael G. Mullen Auditorium Sept. 14...
15 September 2017 NIOC Whidbey Island Sailor Wins SECNAV Innovation Honorable Mention Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Phillip Bush recently received an honorable mention for the Department of the Navy Enlisted Innovator Award...
15 September 2017 Las Vegas Education Professionals Visit Training Support Center, Learning Sites Education professionals, from Clark County School District in Las Vegas, taking part in the Educator Orientation Visit (EOV), toured Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes and learning sites (LS), Sept. 14...