21 September 2016 Arlington, Bainbridge Hold Joint Chief Pinning Ceremony The amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) advanced 13 Sailors to the rank of chief petty officer during a joint ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story, Sept. 16...
20 September 2016 Kearsarge Advances Six Sailors to Chief Petty Officer Six Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) joined the respected ranks of chief petty officer (CPO) during a pinning ceremony Sept. 16, held aboard decommissioned battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in Norfolk...
20 September 2016 SRB Update Released The Navy released an update to the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) award plan for active component (AC) and full time support (FTS) Sailors Sept. 20 in NAVADMIN 212/16...
20 September 2016 Sexual Assault Reports: August 2016 This month's overview of alleged sexual assaults is compiled based on 103 initial reports across the Navy from August 1-31...
20 September 2016 Secretary of the Navy Names Next Fleet Replenishment Oiler in Honor of Robert F. Kennedy Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus announced today that the next ship of the next generation of fleet replenishment oilers will be named USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208)...
20 September 2016 NMCB 11 Det. Cameroon Starts Construction Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 recently turned over a multipurpose building project to 27 Seabees from NMCB 11 in support of exercise United Focus 17...
20 September 2016 Exercise Silent Response 2016 Underway The U.S. 6th Fleet has begun exercise Silent Response 2016, a regularly scheduled training exercise...
20 September 2016 Fort Meade Holds Chief Pinning Ceremony Forty-six servicemembers from area commands donned anchors and combination covers for the first time during a ceremony held at the Fort Meade Pavilion, Sept. 16...
20 September 2016 USS Ross (DDG 71) Departs Toulon, France The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Toulon, France Sept. 19, 2016 to continue operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations...
20 September 2016 Bonhomme Richard Launches NATO Missile Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) successfully engaged a target drone with a NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile during a fleet firing exercise off the coast of the U.S. territory of Guam as part of the exercise, Valiant Shield 2016 (VS16), Sept. 18...