27 April 2017 USS Jackson Successfully Completes Missile Test Littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Jackson (LCS 6) successfully fired a SeaRAM missile against an aerial drone, destroying the target in a test off the Southern California coast, April 22...
27 April 2017 Navy to Christen Submarine Indiana The Navy will christen its newest Virginia-class fast attack submarine, the future USS Indiana (SSN 789), during an 11 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, April 29 at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Newport News, Virginia...
27 April 2017 Navy Medicine East Leader Visits Naval Hospital Jacksonville's Six Locations Commander, Navy Medicine East (NME), Rear Adm. Anne Swap visited Naval Hospital Jacksonville, its hospital and five branch health clinics, from April 24 to 26 as part of a tour of NME facilities...
27 April 2017 Pax Sailors Join 'Friends' to Clean Up State Park A group of Sailors from NAS Patuxent River joined high school and community volunteers for a Friends of St. Clements Bay cleanup effort at Newtowne Neck State Park in Leonardtown April 8...
27 April 2017 Hampton Roads Submariners Celebrate 117 Years of Submarine Heritage It has been 117 years since John Holland sold the submersible Holland VI to the U.S. Navy, giving birth to the U.S. Submarine Force. Though only starting out with a single 64-ton submarine manned by a crew of six, it has grown to become the premier undersea force in the world...
27 April 2017 Guam Family Readiness Groups Host Donation Drive Navy Family Readiness Groups (FRGs) across Guam participated in a donation drive benefiting Harvest House from March 15 to April 15...
27 April 2017 Bahrain Sailors, Coastguardsmen Remember Firebolt Brothers' Sacrifice More than 150 service members and civilians gathered at Naval Support Activity Bahrain April 24 to remember three service members from the coastal patrol ship USS Firebolt (PC 10) who made the ultimate sacrifice 13 years ago...
27 April 2017 Submarine Group 7 Strengthens Ties with the Singaporean Submarine Force Rear Adm. Richard A. Correll, commander Submarine Group 7, and his staff, met with representatives from the Republic of Singapore submarine force at Changi Naval Base April 10-12, in order to further bolster the already close relationship between the two navies...
27 April 2017 USS New Mexico (SSN-779) Returns from Deployment The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered, fast-attack, submarine USS New Mexico returned to its homeport at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut after successfully completing a regularly scheduled deployment, April 26...
26 April 2017 Cacique Earns Military Excellence Award at Recruit Training Command Seaman Recruit Kevin Cacique, Division 135, graduated as the top Sailor from Recruit Training Command earning the Military Excellence Award (MEA), April 28...