27 December 2021 Holidays Made Merrier After NEX Layaway Balances Paid Military families at several NEX locations had an early holiday surprise when their layaway balances were paid off. In all, 700 families at NEX Norfolk, Virginia; NEX San Diego; NEX Pearl Harbor; NEX Charleston, South Carolina; and NEX Orlando, Florida, had their layaway balances totaling nearly...
24 December 2021 USS Milwaukee Remains in Port as Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY -- USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), a Freedom variant littoral combat ship, remains in port as some Sailors test positive for COVID-19. The crew is 100% immunized and all COVID-19 positive Sailors are isolated on board and away from other crew members. A portion of those infected...
21 December 2021 Navy Identifies Reserve Force Sailor Who Died of Coronavirus-Related Complications SAN DIEGO – Lt. Ivey Quintana-Martinez, age 35, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., assigned to Navy Reserve Center San Diego, died of COVID-related complications at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California Dec. 18...
20 December 2021 Commanding Officer of Navy Reserve Center Toledo Relieved TOLEDO, Ohio – Capt. Billy D. Franklin, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Reserve Component Command Great Lakes, relieved Cmdr. Jennifer Reid as commanding officer of Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Toledo on Dec. 20 due to a loss of confidence in Reid’s ability to perform her duties...
16 December 2021 Department of the Navy Provides Aircraft Sound Monitoring Report to Congress The Department of the Navy submitted its report to Congress on real-time aircraft sound monitoring at two Navy west coast air stations, in accordance with Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act...
14 December 2021 NEXCOM to end its Afloat Personal Telecommunications Service After 26 years, the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is officially ending its Afloat Personal Telecommunications Service (APTS) on Dec. 31, 2021. APTS provided personal calling on board select deployed U.S. Navy ships, using high quality satellite connectivity. Phone service will continue to...
08 December 2021 Secretary of the Navy Pauses Operations to Address Water Issues at Red Hill WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro directed the pause of all operations at the Red Hill Underground Storage Tanks until the completion of the ongoing Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet led investigation into the source of petroleum products affecting the water system...
08 December 2021 SEAL Team 8 Tragically Loses CO in Training Incident SAN DIEGO - Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois, 43, commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, died on Dec. 7 at Norfolk Sentara General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, after sustaining injuries during training on Dec. 4 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. ...
07 December 2021 USFFC Holds Change of Command, Welcomes 43rd Commander Adm. Christopher Grady was relieved by Adm. Daryl Caudle as commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFFC), in a ceremony aboard aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 7...
07 December 2021 Navy to Commission Guided-Missile Destroyer Daniel Inouye The Navy will commission the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, during a 10:00 a.m. (HST) ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Dec. 8...