21 July 2017 NAVSUP FLC Jacksonville Announces Meritorious Advancement Program Selection Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Jacksonville announced its meritorious advancement program (MAP) selection in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Forth Worth, Texas, July 5...
21 July 2017 BM "A" School Offers 2nd Class Swim Testing Every Thursday, the Boatswain's Mate (BM) "A" School at Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit (CSCSU) Great Lakes holds testing for students and staff to become qualified as a second class swimmer...
21 July 2017 Navy Presents Family a Piece of Namesake History During recent renovations of Building 781-0 aboard NAS Pensacola, the PWD Requirements Manager Larry Maxwell was given a plaque that was removed from an interior wall of the building. The plaque indicated the building was dedicated to James H.R. (Jim) Stumbaugh in 1979...
20 July 2017 Navy to Commission New First-In-Class Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford The Navy will commission its newest aircraft carrier, the future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, July 22, at Naval Station Norfolk...
20 July 2017 Ocean Giant Departs for Pacer Goose 2017 The Military Sealift Command chartered heavy lift ship MV Ocean Giant departed Naval Station Norfolk in support of Pacer Goose 2017, the annual resupply mission to Thule Air Base, July 16...
20 July 2017 NAVFAC Southeast Awards Fire Suppression, Alarms Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a nearly $900,000 contract, June 28, to W.W. Gay Fire Protection, Inc. of Jacksonville, Florida...
20 July 2017 USS Laboon Returns to Homeport The guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Va., July 20, following a six-month deployment in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility (AOR) as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier strike group...
20 July 2017 International Students Graduate SWOS Courses Twenty-six naval officers representing 14 nations participated in a joint graduation ceremony for the International Surface Warfare Officers School (ISWOS) Department Head and Division Officer Courses, July 14...
20 July 2017 CNO Holds Initial Call with New Chinese Counterpart Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson held a video teleconference (VTC), July 20 with Vice Adm. Shen Jinlong, People's Liberation Army (Navy) Commander...
20 July 2017 NAVSEA Recognizes Carderock Innovators, Partners for Unprecedented Naval Asset Members of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Carderock Division's Disruptive Technology Laboratory (DTL) and their partners were awarded a 2017 Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Commander's Award for Innovation July 19 for achieving an unprecedented feat through additive manufacturing (AM)...