06 September 2016 John Finn Successfully Completes Alpha Trials The future USS John Finn (DDG 113) successfully completed initial builder's sea trials Aug. 30 following three days at sea...
06 September 2016 USS New Orleans Returns to Pearl Harbor Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) returned to Hawaii Aug. 29 for their first U.S. port visit in six months...
05 September 2016 Surface Force Commander Orders Engineering Stand Down, Retraining for LCS Engineering Depts Following the recent engineering casualty on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Vice Adm. Tom Rowden, ordered an engineering stand down for every LCS crew to review procedures and standards for their engineering departments...
02 September 2016 NETC Force Master Chief Visits Dahlgren Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) Force Master Chief (AW/SW/FMF) Mamudu Cole visited the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) and AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC), co-located onboard Naval Support Facility (NSF) Dahlgren, Aug. 22...
02 September 2016 U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps Team Up to Support Sasebo Disaster Drill A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transported medical personnel and evacuated a simulated patient from a remote island during Sasebo's annual emergency drill, Sept. 1...
02 September 2016 USS Whidbey Island Visits Victoria, Seychelles Amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and its embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines pulled into Victoria, Seychelles for a port visit, Aug. 29...
02 September 2016 Patrol Squadron FOUR returns from Aloha Deployment The first wave of "Skinny" Dragons from Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 returned home Thursday, Sept. 1 from a demanding, yet highly successful tri-site deployment...
02 September 2016 Welcome to the Mess: Chief Petty Officer Selectees Learn Teamwork and Heritage Aboard 'Old Ironsides' "Two six, heave! Two six, heave!" Wooden wheels squeak under the three-and-a-half-ton weight of the replica 24-pound long gun as six chief petty officer selectees haul on a line...
02 September 2016 Carrier Strike Group 12 Changes Command Carrier Strike Group TWELVE (CSG-12) held a change of command ceremony at The Pennsylvania House on Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 1, 2016...
02 September 2016 Navy Medicine Recognized as Leader in Financial Management Navy Medicine was recognized as a leader in financial management at an awards ceremony Aug. 30...