07 March 2016 US, Philippine Navy Staff Talk Increases Cooperation Between Both Nations U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin hosted bilateral staff talks with officials from the Philippine Navy, aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during a scheduled port visit, March 5...
07 March 2016 Stennis Strike Group Wraps Up Routine Operations in the South China Sea The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) has completed routine operations in the South China Sea, and transited into the Philippine Sea through the Luzon Strait...
07 March 2016 Warhawks Hold Airborne Change of Command The Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 executed an airborne change of command overhead USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) March 7 as Cmdr. Matt Doyle relieved Cmdr. Doug Peterson as commanding officer...
06 March 2016 NHCP Celebrates 145th Medical Corps Birthday Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton staff members celebrated the 145th birthday of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps with a cake-cutting ceremony March 3, 2016...
06 March 2016 Boxer Receives 5th Consecutive Battle "E" For the fifth consecutive year, amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) was selected to receive the Battle Effectiveness (Battle "E") Award by Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific...
05 March 2016 USS Stockdale Conducts South China Sea Patrol USS Stockdale (DDG 106) is conducting a routine patrol in international waters of the South China Sea as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet during a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment...
05 March 2016 The Great Green Fleet Operates in the South China Sea The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea. The ships transited the Luzon Strait March 1 and have maintained a location in the eastern half of these international waters for four days...
05 March 2016 Navy's 6th MCPON Passes Away Retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) William "Bill" H. Plackett died peacefully the evening of March 4. He was 78...
05 March 2016 NAVFAC Southeast Volunteers Support MATHCOUNTS Competition Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast celebrated National Engineers Week by volunteering with the Northeast Florida Engineering Society MATHCOUNTS competition February 26 at the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville, Fla...
05 March 2016 Wasp Receives Cremains of Deceased Command Master Chief Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) received the cremains of Master Chief Personnelman Charles L. Claybourn, the commissioning command master chief of Wasp, during a reception of cremains ceremony Feb. 28...