12 July 2016 Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Enters US 5th Fleet Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), the flagship of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG), entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, July 8...
12 July 2016 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 7 Celebrates First Change of Charge Cmdr. Karen Corson relieved Capt. Juliann Althoff as officer-in-charge of Navy and Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) 7 at Naval Station Rota July 8...
12 July 2016 USS Freedom Departs for RIMPAC SOCAL 2016 The Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departed Naval Base San Diego July 9 to participate in the world's largest international maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016...
12 July 2016 SWRMC Participates in Beach Cleanup Ten Sailors from Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) participated in San Diego's Adopt a Beach Program as volunteers at the Imperial Beach Cleanup event June 25...
11 July 2016 Blue Angels Announce New Solo Pilot U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, announced their selection of a prior Blue Angels pilot to serve as the new Blue Angel #6 Opposing Solo pilot...
11 July 2016 Michigan Undocks, Ending Historic Refit Although USS Michigan (SSGN 727) only moved a few dozen yards July 8 when it left Dry Dock 2 for nearby Pier 5, the brief journey was a major step forward for the sub, the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, and the Navy...
11 July 2016 Chief of Naval Personnel Visits Jacksonville, Kings Bay Sailors Chief of Naval Personnel, Vice Adm. Robert Burke is conducting his first fleet engagement this week since becoming CNP and is visiting Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Station Mayport, and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia...
11 July 2016 Lincoln Meritoriously Advances 30 Sailors Thirty Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) received advancement through the Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP) during a surprise frocking ceremony July 8, in the ship's aft galley...
11 July 2016 Lincoln Sailors Return from Stennis Deployment Twenty-four Sailors assigned to aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) returned home July 7, following their six-month deployment aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)...
11 July 2016 Tides Host Kearsarge Night at Harbor Park The Norfolk Tides hosted Sailors of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for Kearsarge Night at Harbor Park, July 7...