17 January 2020 Navy Executes Hiring Initiative for Privatized Housing The Navy is on track to hire more than half the existing number of housing staff to provide better support for families living in privatized Navy housing...
16 January 2020 Aircraft Compatibility Testing Begins Aboard USS Gerald R. Ford The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed its homeport of Norfolk, Jan. 16 to begin Aircraft Compatibility Testing (ACT) off the East Coast as the first aircraft, an E-2D landed, on board...
14 January 2020 Surface Forces Boss Discusses Three Lines of Effort to Own Future Fight Vice Adm. Richard Brown, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, explained his strategy for the future of the Navy's surface fight at the 32nd Annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) Symposium Jan. 14...
13 January 2020 Keel Laid for Future USS John Basilone The keel of the future USS John Basilone (DDG 122) wasceremoniously laid at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard, Jan.10...
20 December 2019 Future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) Completes Acceptance Trial The future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) successfully concluded its acceptance trial on Dec. 13 after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations on the Great Lakes for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey...
20 December 2019 Construction Starts on Future USNS Harvey Milk Construction on the Navy's future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) was marked by a ceremony held at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard, Dec. 13...
18 December 2019 Weapons Systems Supply Leader Talks Sustainment at Maintenance Conf. NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support's (NAVSUP WSS) Vice Commander, Lynn Kohl spoke on a materiel readiness panel during the Department of Defense (DoD) Maintenance Symposium in Spokane, Wash. Dec. 10...
09 December 2019 JFK Sailors Reflect on Christening Second Ford-Class Carrier Sailors assigned to the new USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, reflected on the milestone event in the ship's construction Dec. 7...
05 December 2019 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Undocks USS Wyoming USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) successfully undocked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Nov. 6, a key milestone in the boat's Engineered Refueling Overhaul ERO...
25 November 2019 NAS Whiting Field Milestone: 35,000th Helicopter Pilot winged MILTON, Fla. - Training Air Wing (TRAWING) 5 celebrated a milestone in Naval Aviation when the 35,000th rotary wing student naval aviator walked across the stage at Naval Air Station Whiting Field to receive his coveted "Wings of Gold" Nov. 22...