07 September 2017 Naval Station Mayport Sends Ships to Sea Ahead of Hurricane Irma As a precautionary measure, U.S. Navy ships home ported at Naval Station Mayport are getting underway in anticipation of Hurricane Irma...
07 September 2017 NAVFAC Pacific Awards Contract for Work on Wake Island Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $12.4 million firm-fixed price contract to Black Construction Corp. of Harmon, Guam, Sept. 6, for the construction of an insulated, pre-engineered, single-story, metal building on Wake Island...
07 September 2017 Small Business Awarded Contract for Environmental Support Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum amount of $40 million to Element Environmental LLC, a small business of Aiea, Hawaii, Sept. 6...
07 September 2017 Chirkis Earns Civilian Service Award Rear Adm. Brian Corey, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division commander, presented Ken Chirkis with a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award during a surprise ceremony, Aug. 29, at China Lake, California...
06 September 2017 Capt. Mark Edelson Assumes Command of NAVFAC Southwest Capt. Mark Edelson succeeded Capt. John J. Adametz as commanding officer of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest Sept. 6 in a change of command ceremony held aboard the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego...
06 September 2017 NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Donates School Supplies to Local School Personnel from Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Jacksonville and Mayport worked jointly to support a school supply donation drive and orientation carnival during early August...
06 September 2017 Navy Announces Plan to Survey Wreck of WWI Cruiser San Diego The Navy announced plans Sept. 6 to survey the wreck of the World War I U.S. Navy cruiser San Diego (ACR 6), on which six American Sailors lost their lives when she was sunk as a result of enemy action off the coast of New York on July 19, 1918...
06 September 2017 Florida Navy Bases Prepare for Irma Navy installations throughout Florida are preparing for heavy weather as Hurricane Irma approaches South Florida...
06 September 2017 USS Leyte Gulf Conducts Historic Mission with Close Ally Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and U.K. fleet oiler RFA Wave Knight (A389) successfully executed the northernmost underway replenishment (UNREP) by a U.S. Navy warship since the 1980s, Aug. 25...
06 September 2017 US, Indonesian Navies Embrace Longstanding Partnership, Advance Training Objectives During CARAT The U.S. and Indonesian navies will come together for the 23rd Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) bilateral exercise and skills exchange, Sept. 7-13...