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...
16 August 2017 TSC Names 3rd Quarter Top Sailors, 2nd Quarter Top Civilians Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes awarded its 3rd quarter selections of Instructors of the Quarter and Sailors of the Quarter and 2nd quarter selections of Civilians of the Quarter during a ceremony, Aug. 16...
16 August 2017 NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka Team Played Key Role During Talisman Saber 17 Exercise Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka played a key role during the Talisman Saber 17 (TS17) exercise in the Shoalwater Bay Training and Mount Bundy Training Areas near Australia...
16 August 2017 Deceased Fitzgerald Sailors Posthumously Advanced The Navy announced Wednesday that the seven Sailors who died aboard USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), were posthumously advanced to their next rank...