27 August 2021 U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Transit Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) and legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) conducted routine Taiwan Strait transits Aug. 27 (local time) through international waters in accordance with international law. The ships'...
27 August 2021 Sailor Among Those Killed in Kabul Attack WASHINGTON - One Sailor was killed during the August 26 attack at the Abbey gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. We mourn the loss of this Sailor and we offer our deepest condolences to the loved ones of our fallen shipmate. The name of the Sailor will be released 24 hours after...
27 August 2021 Commissary and Exchange Joint Buying Alliance Saves Military Community Over $75 Million Since its founding in late 2019, the military resale joint buying alliance has saved the military community more than $75 million...
27 August 2021 NEXCOM Participates in Virtual Textile and Clothing Technology Workshop The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM), its business line Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility (NCTRF) and its parent command, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) executed its first virtual webinar from Aug. 25-26, highlighting textile and uniform technology area. The workshop...
24 August 2021 CNO Visits San Diego, Meets with Sailors Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited San Diego to meet with Sailors and see first-hand the work they are doing, Aug. 23-24...
23 August 2021 Berger named PTDO UNDER SECNAV Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro selected the Honorable Meredith Berger to perform the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy...
22 August 2021 Joint Force Command Norfolk, U.S. 2nd Fleet Change of Command Joint Force Command Norfolk and U.S. 2nd Fleet held a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 20...
20 August 2021 Navy to Christen Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Fort Lauderdale The Navy will christen its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi...
19 August 2021 MQ-25 Achieves Another First, Conducts Air-to-Air Refueling with E-2D Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. - The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program completed its first aerial refueling flight with an E-2D aircraft Aug.18 at Mid-America Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois...
18 August 2021 Navy Identifies Sailor Who Died of COVID-19 Related Complications WASHINGTON – Aviation Support Equipment Technician 2nd Class Robert Antonio McMahon died Aug. 14, while hospitalized due to complications associated with COVID-19...