06 March 2019 Navy Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the Board of Decorations and Medals The Navy celebrates the centennial of the Board of Decorations and Medals. Founded March 6, 1919, the board was established by order of then-Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to standardize the awarding of medals to service members for extraordinary acts of heroism or distinguished service...
28 February 2019 Sully H.W. Bush Has a New Job at Walter Reed Medical Center Sully, late President George H.W. Bush's service dog, embarked on a new job as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy as the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) welcomed him. Sully had a personalized oath of enlistment at the welcome aboard ceremony...
08 February 2019 Chief Cryptologic Technician Posthumously Promoted On Feb. 8, the Navy announced that a chief petty officer killed in action last month will be posthumously advanced to senior chief petty officer...
05 February 2019 Special and General Courts-Martial Results for August 2018 Results of every Special and General Courts-Martial that convened within the United States Navy in August 2018 announced...
31 January 2019 Navy Awards Contract for Construction of Two Carriers The Navy has awarded a contract for the construction of CVN 80 and CVN 81 to Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) saving about $4 billion as compared to individual procurement contracts...
24 October 2018 Department of the Navy Releases Business Operations Plan to Further Reforms The Department of the Navy (DON) released Oct. 24 its business operations plan, establishing the framework for the department's continuing business reform agenda...
10 October 2018 2018 Cooperative Strategy Forum Focuses on Baltic Sea Security Senior Navy and civilian defense officials from 13 countries and NATO Maritime Command met in Copenhagen, Denmark for the 2018 Cooperative Strategy Forum Oct. 9 and 10 to strengthen and deepen the bonds among allies and partners...
30 September 2018 Under SECNAV Completes Orientation Visit to Guam Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly completed an orientation visit to the island of Guam, Sept. 30, 2018...
29 September 2018 Under SECNAV Visits Federated States of Micronesia for Partnership Building Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly completed a partnership-building visit to the Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 29, 2018...
20 September 2018 Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Kansas City The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Kansas City (LCS 22), during a 10 a.m. (CDT) ceremony Saturday, Sept. 22, in Mobile, Alabama...