02 March 2016 Solar Ground Breaking Ceremony Held at Mississippi Navy Base The Department of the Navy and Mississippi Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, broke ground March 2 on a large-scale solar facility at Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport...
02 March 2016 Notre Dame NROTC Hosts 21st Annual Naval Leadership Weekend Seminar The University of Notre Dame Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) hosted its 21st annual Naval Leadership Weekend Seminar to discuss issues critical to their roles as future leaders in the Navy and Marine Corps Feb. 26-27...
02 March 2016 Ford Chief Petty Officers Selected for Command Master Chief and Command Senior Chief Results from the fiscal year 2016 Command Master Chief (CMDCM) and Command Senior Chief (CMDCS) Selection Boards were released Feb. 24...
02 March 2016 George HW Bush Celebrates African American History Month USS George H.W. Bush's (CVN 77) American Diversity Heritage Observance Committee (ADHOC) and its crew celebrated National Black History Month on the ship's foc'sle, Feb. 29...
02 March 2016 USS New Orleans Conducts Live Fire, AT/FP Training Exercises Amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) completed live-fire training exercises in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 24...
02 March 2016 US Forces, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Complete Fleet Synthetic Training Commander, Task Force 70, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, and Army and Air Force assets from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) participated in Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint (FST-J) exercise 16-71, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) and other Japan command centers Feb. 22-26...
02 March 2016 Hawaii's Navy Engineers Celebrate National Engineers Week Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific employees ended their National Engineers Week celebration by participating in an educational community outreach event at the Sacred Hearts Academy, Honolulu, Feb. 26...
02 March 2016 Mount Whitney Participates in SAR Exercise The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and the Republic of Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Lanarca conducted a combined search and rescue (SAR) exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 29...
02 March 2016 RDC Roadshow Visits Hampton Roads Recruit Division Commanders (RDC) from Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes visited various bases in the Hampton Roads area as part of the RDC Roadshow from Feb. 16-18...
01 March 2016 Medal of Honor Awardee Inducted into Pentagon's Hall of Heroes Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers Jr. joined the more than 3,460 other Medal of Honor recipients listed in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes March 1, during an induction ceremony in the Pentagon Auditorium...