11 April 2016 NMCB 5 Seabee Receives Stethem Award Builder 1st Class Mark A. Wells, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, was awarded the Steelworker 2nd Class Robert D. Stethem award during a ceremony, March 5...
11 April 2016 VP-9 Golden Eagles Return from Overseas Deployment Following a seven-month deployment, the last P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, belonging to the "Golden Eagles" of Patrol Squadron 9, touched down, April 4, and Sailors were joyfully reunited with friends and family at Marine Corps Base Hawaii...
11 April 2016 Navy Announces 2016 Navy Leadership Award Recipients The Navy has selected five Sailors from a field of 115 nominees as the Capt. Joy Bright Hancock and Master Chief Anna Der-Vartanian Leadership Award winners, April 11...
11 April 2016 Ships Depart for Underway Portion of IMCMEX Coalition ships sailed to begin the underway portion of the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise, April 10...
11 April 2016 Secretary Mabus Names Next Destroyer Carl M. Levin Today, during a ceremony in Detroit, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the next Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, DDG 120, will be named Carl M. Levin in honor of the longest serving senator in Michigan history...
11 April 2016 Vice Adm. Braun Announces Reserve Sailor of the Year The 2015 Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year (RSOY) was announced during a ceremony at the United States Navy Memorial April 8...
11 April 2016 Mississippi Visits Yokosuka during Western Pacific Deployment Virginia-class attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 11, for a routine visit as part of its maiden deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific...
11 April 2016 Purple Heart Awarded to Marine in MARDET Newport Ceremony Marine Maj. Kimberly Rhodes, commanding officer, Marine Corps Det. Newport awarded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Richard P. Lawson the Purple Heart, April 8, for injuries he sustained while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II...
11 April 2016 PCU Gerald R. Ford Holds Change of Command Pre-commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) held a change of command in the ship's hangar bay, April 8...
11 April 2016 USS Emory S. Land Returns to Guam, New Homeport The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) returned to its homeport in Guam, April 11, following a six-month deployment...