The Navy's newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), closed out 2018 on a high note with the acceptance of the ship's first advanced weapons elevator (AWE), setting the tone for more positive developments in the year ahead...

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic awarded the first prototype project agreement (PPA) under the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) Jan. 8 for $1.3 million...

For many Sailors, earning a new rank is the culmination of many factors such as scoring well on the exam, earning high evaluation marks, and gaining support from the chain of command...

Rear Adm. Dave Welch, commander of Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), presented Lt. Jeremy Blanchette a warfare tactics instructor (WTI) patch from the Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC) during a recent ceremony to recognize his achievement...

The Independence variant littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Tulsa (LCS 16) arrived at Naval Base San Diego, Nov. 21, after completing the ship's maiden voyage from the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama...

The construction of the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127) is officially underway at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard...

USS Wisconsin hosts naturalization ceremony...

Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 "Merlins" celebrated reaching 300,000 Class A Mishap-free hours, October 25...

Navy announced that officers in Unrestricted Line (URL) communities must now be screened by administrative boards in order to attend in-residence graduate education (IRGE) programs, in NAVADMIN 263/18, Oct. 25...

A Sailor assigned to USS Warrior (MCM 10) in Sasebo, Japan, was recently named the Association of Minemen's (AOM) 2018-2019 Mineman of the Year (Sea)...