29 September 2016 Personnel Changes on the Horizon Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Steven Giordano spoke with Sailors and Navy civilians at Naval Station Norfolk during an all-hands call Sept. 29...
29 September 2016 Keeping the Shoreline Clean at NSA Panama City NSA Panama City Public Works Department Environmental Division organized a shoreline restoration and beach cleanup event Sept. 23 along the northern shoreline of the installation in conjunction with the Ocean Conservancy group's International Coastal Cleanup...
29 September 2016 UNDERSECNAV Visits USS Philippine Sea Guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) welcomed Under Secretary of the Navy Dr. Janine Davidson aboard for an overnight visit, Sept. 21...
29 September 2016 USS Coronado Departs Hawaii, Resumes Rotational Deployment to Singapore Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) departed the waters surrounding Hawaii to continue its 16-month rotational deployment to 7th Fleet in support of the Indo-Asia-Pacific rebalance, Sept. 29...
29 September 2016 Commander, US 6th Fleet Visits USS Wasp Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Vice Adm. James Foggo III visited amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Sept. 28...
29 September 2016 Navy Announces Enlisted Rating Modernization Plan Following the completion of its review earlier this year, the Navy announced Sept. 29, it will modernize all rating titles for Sailors with a new classification system that will move towards occupational specialty codes similar to how the other services categorize skill sets...
29 September 2016 Ships of Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group Arrive in Hong Kong for Port Visit Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20, both with embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived in Hong Kong for a port visit, Sept. 29...
29 September 2016 NAVFAC Awards Contract for GIS, Real Estate Cadastral Management Services Globally Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $30 million contract Sept. 28 to SAIC of McLean, Virginia, through an initial task order for $206,203 to monitor and measure the overall implementation of the U.S. Navy GeoReadiness Program...
29 September 2016 Destroyer Squadron 15 Holds Change of Command in Guam Capt. Jeffrey A. Bennett II relieved Capt. Christopher J. Sweeney as commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 during a change of command ceremony aboard forward-deployed, guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) in Apra Harbor, Guam Sept. 26...
28 September 2016 Chief of Naval Personnel Awarded Meritorious Unit Commendation Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) to the Chief of Naval Personnel (CNP), Sept. 27 during an all hands call held at Naval Support Facility Arlington...