NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – Capt. Elizabeth Somerville became the Navy’s first woman to command Naval Test Wing Atlantic after a change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Aug. 11...

GROTON, Conn. - The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) returned to its homeport of Naval Submarine Base New London on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, after a deployment of more than six months...

GROTON, Conn. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Frable was away from his beloved for more than six months while deployed aboard USS Indiana (SSN 789). When he returned to her Wednesday, he asked her for a lifetime together...

ARLINGTON, Va. - This past week, the 25th Annual RoboSub competition occurred at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. RoboSub is an international robotics competition where student teams design, build, test and operate their own robotic submarines — autonomous underwater vehicles...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) arrived in Valencia, Spain for a scheduled port visit, August 10...

Commander, Carrier Strike Group 10, George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) deployed aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) from Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 10...

NAVSAFECOM now has the authority to direct commands to take corrective action against identified unsafe practices and, when necessary, suspend specific activities until corrective actions are completed and risks are mitigated...

NORFOLK, Va. - The crew aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) completed Afloat Team Tailored Training July 22 honing their damage control (DC) responses...

Cmdr. Justin Banz was relieved by Cmdr. David Bizzarri during a change of command ceremony for the “Airwolves” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 40 onboard Naval Station Mayport on Aug. 04.  Bizzarri assumed all duties and responsibilities as the commanding officer of...

NORFOLK, Va. - Divers across the naval enterprise will be safer, thanks in part to thorough assessments by the Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM), resulting in an update to diving operations and maintenance by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).The update was published July 11, 2022, and addresses...

 Continuing a time-honored tradition aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58), a bell baptism service was celebrated Aug. 5 on the ship’s foc'sle for the great-great- grandnephew of the ship’s namesake, Capt. John Francis Laboon. A tradition that dates back centuries to the British Royal Navy, baptisms were...

 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - With plank owners and former crew members looking on, the crew of USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) decommissioned their ship at a Naval Station Norfolk, ceremony Aug. 4. The event comes just months before the ship’s 29th commissioning anniversary. Hundreds gathered in the August...

The crew of amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD1) celebrated the grand reopening of the mess decks with a surf and turf lunch, July 19, 2022...

NAPLES, Italy - On Aug. 3, the U.S. Navy successfully recovered the F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), embarked aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) that blew overboard due to unexpected heavy weather in the Mediterranean Sea July 8, 2022...

MAYPORT, Fla. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) from Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Aug. 6...

The Battenberg Cup has been awarded annually since 1977 to the ship or submarine selected by the fleet commander as the best all-around in the Atlantic Fleet, based on accumulation of crew achievements. ...

The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in multiple Baltic Sea ports for scheduled port visits to allied and partner nations, August 5, 2022...

Personnel from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) visited the Lee County Mosquito Control District (LCMCD), Lehigh Acres, Fla. July 24-29, 2022 to learn more about mosquito control and surveillance.As part of their readiness training, three Navy Entomologists embarked on helicopters to...

NORFOLK, Virginia - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) departed Naval Station Norfolk Aug. 4, commencing the ship’s scheduled homeport shift to Rota, Spain as part of the U.S. Navy’s long-range plan to gradually rotate the Rota-based destroyers. ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) departed Naval Station Mayport on the ship’s inaugural deployment, Aug. 2...

NORFOLK, Va. - The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, July 28, 2022, after spending nearly 18 months in dry-dock selected restricted availability (DSRA)...

BALTIC SEA - The U.S. Navy identified the Sailor assigned to USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) lost overboard while operating in the Baltic Sea August 1, as North Carolina native Seaman Recruit David L. Spearman...

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), with embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), returned to the Baltic Sea, August 2, to strengthen interoperability with key NATO allies and partners...

SUFFOLK, Va. - The second annual Information Warfare (IW) Community summer cruise got underway in Suffolk, Va., in early June with the first of three waves of U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) First Class Midshipmen touring various IW commands...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – San Jose will host the city's first Navy Week since the creation of the Navy Week program when the Navy visits the area for a week of events Aug. 15-21, in conjunction with the Italian Family Festa...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) conducted search and rescue efforts for a man overboard while operating in the Baltic Sea, Aug. 1, 2022...

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations this fall as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 mission...

Naval forces from Israel and the United States began a four-day maritime exercise in the Red Sea, Aug. 1...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Amphibious Transport Dock ship USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) July 30, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - The crew of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) rounded out a month of relationship building and companionship with their canine companions with a visit from another special dog here, July 27...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – The United Through Reading Program’s mobile story station visited the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), July 26-27, 2022.The mobile story station, which is a library and video studio on wheels, provided the Sailors of George H.W. Bush and Carrier...

Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), attended the graduation of Junior ROTC Flight Academy cadets at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, July 28. ...

WASHINGTON - The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) is performing a series of planned test events assessing autonomous capabilities integrated into the shipboard configuration, demonstrating that a large ship can become a self-driving platform...

NORFOLK, Va. - Commander, Submarine Forces hosted the inaugural Submarine Conference of the Americas (SCOTA) onboard Naval Station Norfolk, July 26-27...

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS), a critical component of the Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies, has achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC)...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Commander, Destroyer Squadron 22 held a Theater Undersea Warfare Symposium and a digital fleet synthetic training (FST) exercise to coordinate homeland defense across multiple platforms at Naval Support Activity Oceana Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Naval Station...

The Navy accepted delivery of the lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), July 27...

AKSAZ, TURKIYE - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) arrived in Aksaz, Turkiye for a scheduled port visit, July 29, 2022...

Representatives from International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Republic of Korea toured Naval Meteorology and Oceanographic Command for an overview of operational capacities, July 28, 2022.IHO’s visit reaffirms a partnership with the United States Navy spanning over 100-years,...

Littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet operating area May 28, marking the first time a littoral combat ship deployed to the Middle East...

ATLANTIC OCEAN — The Civil Service Mariners (CIVMAR) who crew Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) took the ship to sea in the Atlantic Ocean to perform Shipboard Qualification Trials (SQT), July 14-17...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Department of Defense (DOD) Diversity Management Operations Center recently named an intern at Military Sealift Command (MSC) as a recipient of the 2022 Judith C. Gilliom Award for Outstanding Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) Participant...

A new 988 telephone number became operational July 16, designated as the new three-digit dialing code that routes callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) now offers a variety of pre-made meals for Sailors departing the ship prior to regular chow times...

The Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock ship is transporting the Navy’s newest connectors to their new homeport, highlighting the significant capabilities being delivered to the Navy from the Gulf Coast.  Ship to Shore Connector, Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 103 and 104, received a lift of...

The Navy’s “pay boss” is getting real.Rear Adm. Stu Satterwhite, commander, MyNavy Career Center, spoke to command pay and personnel administrators attending the MyNavyHR Career Development Symposium, held at Naval Station Norfolk July 13 and Naval Air Station Oceana July 14, to announce several new...

The French Navy Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate FS Languedoc (D 654) and Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class FREMM frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) joined the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the Harry S. Truman carrier strike group (HSTCSG) in the Mediterranean Sea in July...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) arrived in Aksaz, Turkey for a scheduled port visit, July 18, 2022...

NORFOLK, Va. (July 17, 22) – Nearly 360 Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) departed Naval Station Norfolk on a scheduled independent deployment, July 17...

WASHINGTON - Vice Adm. John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force announced Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Calhoun’s “Leveraging Mobile Technology to Streamline Mobilization” as the winning entry of the inaugural i3 Waypoints in a streaming broadcast July 14...