14 December 2015 Future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) Launched The future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) was launched at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard Dec. 12...
14 December 2015 PMW 240 Receive Bronze Medal Workforce Development Award The Sea Warrior Program (PMW 240) was honored Dec. 10, at a Pentagon awards ceremony in the Hall of Heroes, receiving the Bronze Workforce Development Award (Small Organizations) and will be featured for the year on the Defense Acquisition Workforce Wall of Excellence at the Pentagon...
14 December 2015 Navy Gold Star Program Honors Families in the San Diego Area "He had just been frocked and I was so happy to hear his voice when he called to tell us the good news," said Tracy Hicks, a Gold Star family member. As tears filled his eyes, he reminisced about his son, Air Traffic Controlman 2nd Class Matthew Hicks. "A week later, Matthew was gone from us."...
14 December 2015 VFA-86 Honors Ike CO The Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 honored their former commanding officer Capt. Paul Spedero Jr.-currently the captain of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike)-by unveiling Spedero's name on the side of one of their jets on Ike's flight deck, Dec 12...
14 December 2015 Top Sailors, Instructors Honored by Navy Training Headquarters The Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) announced the training enterprise's 2015 Sailor of the Year (SOY) and Instructors of the Year (IOY) Dec. 11 at a ceremony in the National Museum of Naval Aviation on board Naval Air Station Pensacola...
14 December 2015 Ike Frocks 225 New Petty Officers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) advanced 225 Sailors to the next pay grade during a frocking ceremony in the ship's hangar bay Dec. 12...
14 December 2015 Adm. Howard Receives France's Highest Award French Chief of Staff Adm. Bernard Rogel awarded Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard the Legion d'Honneur Award at the Crypt of John Paul Jones in the main chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Dec. 10...
11 December 2015 Delayed Arrival of LCS 5 USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) arrived at Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., today following a delay caused by the discovery of metallic debris in the port and starboard combining gear filter systems...
11 December 2015 Capps Relieves as SUBLANT Force Master Chief Force Master Chief (Submarines) Stephen Capps relieved Force Master Chief (Submarines) Wes Koshoffer as Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) Force Master Chief Dec. 10...
11 December 2015 TRIDENT Refit Facility Presented DoD Maintenance Award Gen. Dennis L. Via, USA, commanding general of the U.S. Army Material Command, presented TRIDENT Refit Facility (TRF), Kings Bay, with the trophy recognizing the command as the winner of the 2015 Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award in the field-level-large category...