02 October 2020 USFF Unveils New Interactive, User-Friendly Websites U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command completed a migration, consolidation and modernization strategy of more than 400 official public-facing websites to the Defense Media Activity’s Department of Defense Public Web (DoDPW) web hosting and content management system, American Forces Public Information...
01 October 2020 CJOS COE Transfers from USFF to C2F Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE), a NATO-accredited, multi-national military think tank, transferred directorship from the deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command to commander, U.S. 2ndFleet (C2F), Oct. 1...
17 September 2020 NATO’s New Command in the Atlantic Reaches Its First Operational Milestone NATO’s newest command, Joint Force Command Norfolk, has reached its initial operational capability (IOC) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 17, 2020. In reaching IOC, the JFCNF commander has determined that the command is ready to take on initial tasking from NATO’s operational headquarters in...
04 September 2020 USFFC Visits NASSCO Norfolk for Maintenance Avail Updates, Tours Kearsarge and Gravely Adm. Christopher W. Grady, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, visited the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Aug. 31 to speak with shipyard and Navy leadership, and tour NASSCO facilities and ships currently undergoing maintenance availabilities...
21 August 2020 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 Receives Safety Award The “Red Rippers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11 were presented the 2019 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award by Rear Adm. John F. Meier, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic in a ceremony at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Aug. 19...
10 August 2020 USS Bataan Receives Energy Excellence Award The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) received the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Award, afloat large amphibious category, for actions performed during fiscal year 2019 while preparing for deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater...
05 August 2020 Navy, Marine Corps Team Focus on Increasing Lethality During Naval Integration TTX The Navy and Marine Corps teams from U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT) joined together to participate in a Naval Integration Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Aug. 5-6...
05 August 2020 Navy, Marine Corps Team Focus on Increasing Lethality During Naval Integration TTX The Navy and Marine Corps teams from U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT) joined together to participate in a Naval Integration Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Aug. 5-6...
24 July 2020 USS Cole Supports Marine Mammal Study The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) received an unusual assignment while at sea July 15, to help monitor migrating whales...
24 July 2020 USS Cole Supports Marine Mammal Study The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) received an unusual assignment while at sea July 15, to help monitor migrating whales...
08 June 2020 South Brunswick Native Promoted to Director, Fleet Installations and Environmental Readiness Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Tracy Veltre Riker, a native South Brunswick, New Jersey and current resident of Virginia Beach,Virginia, was promoted to the position of director, Fleet Installations and Environmental Readiness at U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) command in Norfolk, Virginia, June 8, 2020...
08 June 2020 South Brunswick Native Promoted to Director, Fleet Installations and Environmental Readiness Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Tracy Veltre Riker, a native of South Brunswick, New Jersey, was selected to the federal senior executive service and promoted to the position of director, Fleet Installations and Environmental Readiness at U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA)...
03 June 2020 USFF Hosts 2019 Sea and Shore Sailor of the Year Award and Pinning Ceremony President John F. Kennedy once said that “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” His words ring true today as the leadership, talent, and toughness of two of the Navy’s best Sailors were recognized as the 2019 U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command Sea and Shore Sailor of the Year...
02 June 2020 USFF Hosts 2019 Sailor of the Year Award and Pinning Ceremony Adm. Christopher W. Grady, USFF commander, recognized Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Carolina Berrio as the 2019 USFF Sea SOY, and promoted her to the rank of chief petty officer, and recognized Navy Counselor 1st Class Rebecca Beck as the Shore SOY during a ceremony at the Center for Naval...
19 May 2020 CSG-10 Bids Farewell to Schlise, Welcomes McLane during Change of Command at Sea Rear Adm. Brendan McLane relieved Rear Adm. Paul Schlise as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 during a ceremony aboard the CSG’s flagship, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) (CVN 69) while the ship is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), May 19...
17 May 2020 USFF Commander Commissions 52 New Military Officers in Notre Dame Virtual Ceremony Notre Dame's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) class of 2020 may have dreamed of a commissioning ceremony with bells, a band, full-dress uniforms, and their loved ones in attendance, but they probably never imagined the creative way it would play out due to COVID-19 and social distancing...
16 May 2020 Notre Dame, USFF Commander Commission 52 New Military Officers in Virtual Ceremony Notre Dame’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) class of 2020 may have dreamed of a commissioning ceremony with bells, a band, full-dress uniforms and their loved ones in attendance, but they probably never imagined the creative way it would play out due to COVID-19 and social distancing...
05 May 2020 CJOS COE Hosts Virtual Maritime Security Regimes Round Table Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE), a NATO-accredited military think tank, hosted their 5th annual Maritime Security Regimes Round Table virtually onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads, April 30 - May 1...
22 April 2020 USFF/NECC Introduce New Online Resource for Mobilizing Sailors Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) and U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command Individual Augmentee (IA) global force management team published an online resource for mobilizing Sailors, April 16...
08 April 2020 COVID-19 Message for Individual Augmentee (IA) Sailors As we face the impact of COVID-19 on our global missions and our lives, know that you are on our radar; regardless of which phase you are in on your mobilization...
21 March 2019 USFF Hosts 2019 Senior Enlisted Executive Leadership Symposium U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command hosted the 2019 Senior Enlisted Executive Leadership Symposium (ELS) on Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia, March 18-20...
01 June 2018 Wear Test of Two-Piece Flame Resistant Variant Begins Based on a strong demand signal from the fleet, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command, on May 14, began fitting Sailors for a wear test to prototype a two-piece flame resistant organizational clothing variant...
17 January 2017 USFF Announces Approval of Improved Flame Resistant Variant (IFRV) Coverall Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command announced the authorization of the Improved Flame Resistant Variant (IFRV) coverall as an approved fleet organizational clothing item Jan. 19 via ALFLTFORCOM/ALPACFLT 191900Z JAN 17. The approval came after a review of the results from recently completed...
03 February 2012 Bold Alligator 2012 to Conduct a Nighttime Amphibious Raid on Ft. Story More than 100 Marines operating from Navy ships offshore will take part in a night training raid against targets at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Ft. Story Feb. 5, as part of a certification exercise (CERTEX) for Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24...
01 February 2012 Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Returns from Deployment Nearly 2,000 Sailors aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) are scheduled to return to their homeports Tuesday, Feb. 7 following a 10 1/2-month deployment supporting operations in the U.S. Navy's 5th and 6th Fleets areas of responsibility...
06 February 2011 Bold Alligator 2012 Tests Navy/Marine Ability to Execute and Control Long Range Sea to Shore Raid More than 150 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group will conduct a simulated air-toground assault raid against targets at Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 7, as part of Bold Alligator 2012...