31 August 2017 NWU Type III Wear Rules and Distribution Plan Announced The Navy announced Thursday in NAVADMIN 214/17 the wear rules and Fleet distribution plan for the Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III along with a list of approved boots Sailors can wear with the uniform...
31 August 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Awards $10.6M Contract to Upgrade Hangar at NAS Jacksonville Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a nearly $10.6 million contract, Aug. 30, to Desbuild Inc. of Hyattsville, Maryland, for upgrades to Hangar 124 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida...
31 August 2017 NHRC Shares Research that Supports Warfighter Readiness at MHSRS Scientists from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) attended the 2017 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHRSRS), Aug. 27-30, to share their latest research that supports the readiness and health of U.S. warfighters...
30 August 2017 USS Kearsarge and USS Oak Hill to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Phil Davidson, has ordered the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) to get underway...
30 August 2017 Small, Large Businesses Support Warfighter Mission at DON Gold Coast Procurement Event The Department of the Navy (DON) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) along with National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) held its annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Procurement Event at the Town and Country Convention Center in San Diego Aug. 22-23...
30 August 2017 Wasp Departs to be Forward Deployed to Japan Amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departed for Sasebo, Japan, Aug. 30, where it will assume duties as the forward-deployed flagship of the amphibious force of the U.S. 7th Fleet...
30 August 2017 NECC Forces Hold Operational Pause Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) forces took a pause from operations as part of a Navywide initiative in response to recent operational incidents in the western Pacific...
30 August 2017 USS John Paul Jones Aegis BMD System Intercepts Target Missile The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a complex missile defense flight test, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target using Standard Missile 6 guided missiles during a test off the coast...
30 August 2017 USS Mississippi Awarded Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) was named the Pacific Fleet's recipient of the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy for 2016...
30 August 2017 Navy Squadrons Rescue 227 on First Day in Houston Two Navy helicopter squadron detachments have relocated to Easterwood Airport today after making 227 helicopter rescues while flying from Fort Worth just yesterday...