17 November 2020 U.S. Successfully Conducts SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test Against Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Target The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Finn (DDG-113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer, intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3)...
10 November 2020 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Commences First-ever Integrated Operations Under the leadership of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) along with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, CSG-12’s Air and Missile Defense Commander, Commanding Officer of USS Gettysburg (CG 64), and CSG-12’s Information Warfare Commander...
10 November 2020 USS Wayne E. Meyer Successfully Departs Dry Dock Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on Nov. 5...
02 November 2020 Learning, Development Roadmaps Updated With Reserve Career Pathways, Now Total Force Tool The Navy completed an annual review of its Learning and Development Roadmaps Nov. 2...
22 October 2020 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Receives 2020 Summit Award From N.C. Military Business Center Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic was announced as this year’s recipient of the North Carolina Military Business Center 2020 Summit Award as part of the 2020 Southeast Region Federal Construction, Infrastructure and Environmental Summit, Oct. 21-22...
19 October 2020 USS Zumwalt Successfully Completes First Standard Missile Shot The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully executed the first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile (SM-2) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, Oct. 13. ...
12 October 2020 Department of Defense Awards Tranche 1 5G Prototypes The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) announced the awards of the Tranche 1 5G prototypes, on October 8...
30 September 2020 Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers receives SECNAV Emerging Safety Center of Excellence Award The Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC) Safety and Compliance (S&C) Group is taking employee safety to the next level, and winning the recent Emerging Safety Center of Excellence Award from the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) shows they are on the right path...
26 September 2020 U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS Delbert D. Black Joins the Fleet The U.S. Navy commissioned Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) today.Due to public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the commissioning was a private event. ...
30 June 2020 Task Force One Navy Established to Combat Discrimination in the Navy The Navy stood up a special task force June 30, to address the issues of racism, sexism and other destructive biases and their impact on naval readiness. ...