15 January 2025 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits to Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) following historic deployment PORTSMOUTH, Virginia – The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) to commence a scheduled Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) period after completing a historic nine-month deployment, Jan 8. The maintenance phase ensures the...
13 January 2025 US Navy EOD Participates in Black Sea Exercise Poseidon Alongside New MCM Task Group BURGAS, Bulgaria – Under Commander Task Force (CTF) 68, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 along with EOD technicians from the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group participated in the mine countermeasures (MCM) exercise Poseidon, Oct. 31-Nov. 10, 2024 in Burgas, Bulgaria. U.S...
07 January 2025 Navy awards $3.5B contract to Northrop Grumman to develop successor to E-6B Mercury aircraft NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD -- The U.S. Navy announced today that it has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a $3.5 billion contract to conduct the mission-systems integration for the E-130J, which will be the successor to the E-6B Mercury for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission...
18 December 2024 NATO Allies and the U.S. Navy Strengthen Interoperability in Denmark and France with VLS Reloads Naval Cargo Handling Battalions 10 and 1 reload vertical launching systems for USS Gettysburg (CG 64) in Skagen, Denmark and USS Stout (DDG 55) in Brest, France. ...
22 October 2024 Remembering Two Trailblazing Aviators: Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman will be remembered as role models, trailblazers, and women whose influence touched countless people on the flight deck and well beyond...
24 September 2024 NAVFAC Volunteers Help Develop Future Engineers as part of NAS Oceana Outdoor STEM Laboratory VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic (LANT) and Mid-Atlantic (MIDLANT) volunteers supported the Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show and Outdoor STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Laboratory, Sept. 20...
24 June 2024 IKE Carrier Strike Group Arrives in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Components of the Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean after an eight-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), June 22, 2024...
13 May 2024 WASP ARG and 24th MEU Complete Joint Force’s Most Complex Training Atlantic Ocean – The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (WSP ARG-24th MEU) completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), May 12, 2024. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) completed their COMPTUEX alongside...
26 April 2024 IKE Carrier Strike Group Arrives in the Eastern Mediterranean ARABIAN SEA - The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean while on a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment, April 26...
01 April 2024 Charting a Course for Public Health: Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command Volunteers Lead the Way at Portsmouth Middle School STEAM Expo PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Volunteers from the Navy and Marine Corps Force Health Protection Command (NMCFHPC) participated in the Portsmouth Public Schools Middle School STEAM EXPO, March 26, 2024, Portsmouth, Virginia.The event was in collaboration with the Middle School Parent and Family Engagement...
22 August 2023 USS Augusta to Commission in Eastport, Maine The future Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Augusta (LCS 34) will join the active fleet with a commissioning ceremony at Eastport, Maine on September 30...
10 January 2023 SWOBOSS Calls on the Surface Force to Get Ready at 2023 Surface Navy Association National Symposium Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, commander, Naval Surface Forces, emphasized readiness and maintaining the Surface Force Competitive Edge during his keynote remarks at the 35th Annual Surface Navy Association National Symposium in Arlington, Va., Jan. 10...
30 November 2022 More than Platitudes: Lasting Relationships in the NATO Alliance The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) transited the Strait of Messina, a historically treacherous chokepoint between Southern Italy and Sicily, Nov. 26, 2022. For Cmdr. Brian Conlan, navigation officer aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), the transit...
25 October 2022 The Press for Time during Medical Emergencies (Oct. 16, 2022) ATLANTIC OCEAN — “When we responded, all we could hear was screaming,” Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Blaine Grandfield, from Merritt, Texas, says, recalling a time a Sailor fell three stories off a scaffolding onto a floating barge while serving aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). A...
18 July 2022 MyNavy Career Center Commander to CPPAs: ‘Get Real, Get Better’ is Here 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...