18 August 2017 Navy Completes First LRASM Free Flight from B-1B Lancer The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin conducted the first free flight launch of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a B-1B Lancer Aug. 16 over Point Mugu Sea Range in California...
18 August 2017 Truman Completes CART II Sailors aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) completed the Command Assessment of Readiness and Training (CART) II, Aug. 18...
18 August 2017 First CVW-5 Jet Squadrons to Relocate to Iwakuni this Fall The U.S. Navy announced Aug. 18, that the first jet squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 will relocate to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI) later this fall...
18 August 2017 Navy Awards Government of Japan-Funded Contract for Marine Corps Relocation Project on Guam Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $164.89 million contract, Aug. 17, to Granite-Obayashi for services for design and construction of utilities and site improvements for the future Marine Corps Base Guam on Naval Computer and Telecommunications Site (NCTS) Finegayan...
18 August 2017 NAVFAC Pacific Awards $235 Million Contract to Small Businesses Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $235 million maximum, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract, Aug. 17, to Bering Sea Eccotech, Inc. and BERS-Weston Services JVC, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska; Engineering/Remediation Resources Group, Inc. of...
18 August 2017 Constitution Sailors to Participate in Portland Navy Week Sailors assigned to USS Constitution will participate in Portland Navy Week in Portland, ME, Aug 21-27...
18 August 2017 USS San Diego Arrives In Phuket, Thailand The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) arrived in Phuket, Thailand as part of a routine visit during San Diego's deployment and for the crew to have an opportunity to experience Phuket, Aug. 17...
18 August 2017 NAVFAC Pacific Awards $30 Million Architect-Engineering Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded today an indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum amount of $30 million to Jacobs Government Services Co., of Fort Worth, Texas...
18 August 2017 USNS Spearhead Conducts Narcotics Detection, Monitoring as Part of SPS 17 Sailors aboard the expeditionary fast transport USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) performed detection and monitoring patrols in the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility, to assist in the interdiction of illicit drug trafficking, during Southern Partnership Station 2017 (SPS 17)...
17 August 2017 7th Fleet Announces USS Fitzgerald Accountability Determinations The commanding officer, executive officer and command master chief of the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) were relieved of their duties by Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, Commander, 7th Fleet Aug, 18...