18 March 2022 A Centennial of Achievement PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as...
18 March 2022 Navy Helicopters Rescue Downed Civilian Pilot in Florida PALATKA, Fla. - Two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, assigned to the “Spartans” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 70, responded to a distress call from a downed civilian aircraft near the Palatka Municipal Airport on Monday, March 14, 2022...
18 March 2022 Shipboard Preventive Medicine Event occurs during Obangame Express 22 GHANA - U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVEUR/NAVAF) Force Medical coordinated a five-day Traveling Contact Team (TCT) event in support of Exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE 22)...
18 March 2022 Truman and Cavour and Charles de Gaulle Conduct Joint Operates in Ionian Sea IONIAN SEA - Naval forces from France, Italy and the U.S. conducted tri-carrier operations in the Ionian Sea, Mar. 17, in direct support of NATO security operations...