17 September 2021 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Sept. 17 (local time Taiwan) through international waters in accordance with international law. The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S...
14 September 2021 CNO Hosts International Heads of Navy and Coast Guard for 24th International Seapower Symposium in Newport Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is hosting more than 140 delegates, including the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and international heads of navies and coast guards from more than 100 nations, at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, September 14-17, for the 24th International...
10 September 2021 Honoring Navy Intel’s Fallen on the 20th Anniversary of the Sept. 11 Attacks SUITLAND, Md. – On Sept. 10, 2021, families, friends, and colleagues gathered at the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) to mark the 20th anniversary of the loss of eight Naval Intelligence shipmates serving at the Chief of Naval Operations Intelligence Plot (CNO-IP) during the attacks on...
07 September 2021 Navy Posthumously Advances Sailor Killed in Afghanistan WASHINGTON - As a result of his brave actions in support of fellow service members, the Navy posthumously advanced Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak to the rank of Hospital Corpsman Third Class. He was also awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge...
07 September 2021 Remains of Petty Officer 3rd Class Maxton Soviak to Return to Ohio, Community Members Invited to View Procession ERIE COUNTY, Ohio – The remains of United States Navy Fleet Marine Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, are scheduled to arrive at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Wednesday at about 10:25 a.m...
07 September 2021 Fleet Readiness Center Southeast reduces turnaround time on H-60 aircraft JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) has delivered its first two H-60 aircraft following full implementation of the Naval Sustainment System (NSS) on its Vertical Lift (VL) aircraft production line...
05 September 2021 Norweigan Frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen Arrives in Norfolk Ahead of Operations with U.S. Carrier Strike Group The Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F310) arrived at Naval Station Norfolk to join Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, Sep 5...
05 September 2021 U.S. Navy Identifies 5 Sailors Killed in Helicopter Crash SAN DIEGO—On Sept. 5, the U.S. Navy released the names of the five Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8 crewmembers who died, Aug. 31, when their helicopter crashed into the sea...
04 September 2021 Navy Shifts to Recovery of 5 Sailors in Helicopter Crash SAN DIEGO—The U.S. Navy has declared the five missing crewmembers of an MH-60S helicopter crash, deceased. U.S. 3rd Fleet has shifted from search and rescue efforts to recovery operations, Sept. 4...
04 September 2021 Navy awards 2nd dry dock project for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard modernization NORFOLK, Va. – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) awarded a $63-million construction project Aug. 30 for improvements to the Dry Dock 2 complex at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine...