17 August 2017 George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Returning Home More than 7,000 Sailors from the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) are scheduled to arrive to their homeport Aug. 21...
17 August 2017 MCPON Addresses Navy's Newest Sailors Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Steven S. Giordano addressed more than 560 of the Navy's newest Sailors graduating from Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy's only boot camp, Aug. 11, in Great Lakes, Ill...
17 August 2017 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Museum of the US Navy Partner to Host Solar Eclipse Fair The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the National Museum of the U.S. Navy (NMUSN) have teamed up to host a solar eclipse fair Aug. 21...
17 August 2017 Atsugi Chief Selectees Summit Sulfur Island Chief petty officers (CPO) and CPO selectees from Naval Air Facility Atsugi completed a climb to the top of Mt. Suribachi on the Japanese island of Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima, or Sulfur Island, Aug.16...
17 August 2017 Vanguard Conducts Aerial Mountainous Terrain Exercise Sailors assigned to the Vanguard of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fourteen (HM-14) participated in an aerial mountainous terrain qualification exercise at the Camp Dawson Army National Guard Facility in West Virginia, July 30, 2017...
17 August 2017 Surface Warriors and Industry Experts Convene, Discuss Warfighting Innovation Subject matter experts from military, industry and civilian organizations affiliated with the surface warfare community gathered to discuss various emergent surface warfare areas at Naval Base Point Loma's Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center, August 15-17...
17 August 2017 USS Oscar Austin Departs Theoule-Sur-Mer The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) departed Theoule-Sur-Mer, France, Aug. 16, following a scheduled port visit where Sailors participated in events commemorating the liberation of southern France by allied forces during World War II...
17 August 2017 Halsey Reaches Midpoint of COMPTUEX The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) reached the midpoint of its composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) ahead of an upcoming scheduled deployment...
16 August 2017 Navy to Commission USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) The Navy will commission the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a 5 p.m. AST ceremony Thursday, Aug. 17, at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain...
16 August 2017 NSWC Dahlgren Division Future Combat Systems Leader Honored with Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal A senior Navy engineer specializing in future combat systems was honored with the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) leadership forum, the command announced Aug. 16...