07 December 2015 Urgent Provider Exercise Prepares Reservist for Humanitarian Planners More than 25 reserve and active duty Sailors from multiple commands participated in Urgent Provider, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief planning exercise...
07 December 2015 USS Jackson (LCS 6) Commissioned The crew of USS Jackson (LCS 6) ushered in a new era in naval warfare, Dec. 5, as the ship was brought to life before a crowd of nearly 10,000...
07 December 2015 USS Ross Conducts PASSEX with Romania, Turkey, Ukraine The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) participated in a bilateral passing exercise (PASSEX) with ships from the Romanian, Turkish and Ukrainian Navies, Dec. 6...
06 December 2015 Navy Re-awards Guam Base Operating Support Services Contract Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $39.6 million cost-plus-award-fee contract with award options to DZSP 21 LLC, a large business of Marlton, New Jersey, for base operating support services at Joint Region Marianas, Guam, Dec. 4...
06 December 2015 SECNAV visits USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus visited Sailors aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) as the ship continues its pre-deployment work-up cycle off the coast of Florida, Dec. 4...
06 December 2015 U.S., Japanese WWII Vets honor fallen with Blackened Canteen spirits World War II veterans from the United States and Japan joined in silent prayer and poured bourbon whiskey into Pearl Harbor's hallowed waters during the Blackened Canteen ceremony in observation of Pearl Harbor Day, Dec. 6...
06 December 2015 CNO Identifies 4 Core Attributes to Guide Navy Leaders In his latest podcast, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson discussed what he describes as the Navy 'core attributes.'...
06 December 2015 Anzio Arrives in Croatia Guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio arrived in Split, Croatia for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 6...
05 December 2015 San Antonio Corpsmen Wrap Fourth Toy Drive in Honor of Fallen Comrade Navy Medicine Training Support Center (NMTSC) Sailors wrapped their fourth annual holiday toy drive on the Medical Education and Training Campus (METC), Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, Dec. 4, in fellow killed-in-action hospital corpsman's honor...
05 December 2015 For Whom the Bird Flies As the ship makes its way through choppy waters, the flight deck is alive with color and commotion. Jets land and take off every few minutes; sprinkles of red, green, purple, yellow, white and brown move about theatrically. Everything has its place and moment...