18 July 2023 Naval Medical Forces Atlantic Hones Mentor, Train, and Evaluate Program During a 5-month period in early 2023, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) and U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) employed the Mentor, Train, and Evaluate (MTE) Program on two of the largest ship platforms to improve the deployment readiness of organic fleet medical forces...
04 May 2023 SURFLANT Hosts Commander’s Training Symposium 23-1 NORFOLK, Va. - Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), hosted a bi-annual, two-day Commander’s Training Symposium onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 25-26. The conference provided a venue for leaders to focus on the symposium’s key topics and...
21 April 2023 USFF and CNIC to Conduct Hurricane Response Exercise WASHINGTON - Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) will conduct their annual two-week hurricane preparedness, disaster response and recovery exercise, Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale (HURREX/CG-23) 2023, April 24 – May 5...
03 February 2023 USFF and CNIC to Conduct Annual Force Protection Training Exercise at CONUS Installations WASHINGTON, D.C. - Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), will conduct their annual two-part force protection exercise, Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain (CSSC23), Feb. 6-17, 2023 at all Navy installations in the continental United States...
25 January 2023 MAKO Challenge Increases Warfighting Readiness for Navy Reserve NORFOLK, Va. - Reserve Sailors from U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF), U.S. 2nd Fleet, U.S. 4th Fleet, U.S. 6th Fleet, and U.S. 10th Fleet conducted MAKO Challenge 23, an operational level of warfare (OLW) exercise within a Maritime Operations Center (MOC) scenario, from Jan. 19-22 at the Navy Warfare...
30 September 2022 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Changes Command Rear Adm. Bradley Andros, from Poughkeepsie, New York, relieved Rear Adm. Joseph DiGuardo Jr., from Fallston, Maryland, as commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), during a ceremony at Assault Craft Unit 4 onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. DiGuardo, who...
08 September 2022 USS San Jacinto Returns Home from 9-Month Deployment NORFOLK, Va.-The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) returned to its homeport of Naval Station Norfolk after a nine-month deployment, Sept. 8...
29 August 2022 EODTEU Two Holds Change of Command Ceremony Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 2 welcomed its newest leader during a change of command ceremony at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek- Fort Story, Aug. 25.Cmdr. Paul Mahoney relieved Cmdr. Douglas Alley as commander, EODTEU 2 in front of family, friends...
23 August 2022 Navy and Marine Corps Team Conduct Expeditionary Rapid Airfield Damage Repair CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 and Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 with Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conducted an Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (ExR-ADR) exercise at Camp Shelby, Miss, July...
22 August 2022 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 Hosts Groundbreaking of EOD and Navy Diver Memorial Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2 held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Navy Special Operations Memorial at the EODGRU 2 compound at Joint Base Little Creek-Fort Story Aug. 19.The ceremony featured speakers and leaders from the Navy Explosive Ordnance...
20 May 2022 USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) Changes Command NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – Capt. David-Tavis M. Pollard relieved Capt. George R. Aguilar as Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) during a ceremony May 19, 2022...
29 January 2021 U.S. Fleet Forces Command Pins New Chiefs In a ceremony steeped in tradition, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) held a chief petty officer (CPO) pinning ceremony, Jan. 29, 2021, at the USFFC headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia...
23 January 2021 Fleet Forces Establishes Vaccination Cell to Expedite Vaccine Delivery to the Fleet U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) is taking the lead in the fleet’s fight against the novel coronavirus with the stand-up of a Fleet Vaccination Cell (FVC), Jan. 11, 2021...
14 October 2020 Fleet Forces Commander Visits Center for Surface Combat Systems To observe new, advanced training initiatives and engage with Sailors and civilians, the U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) commander visited the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) and its learning site, AEGIS Training and Readiness Center (ATRC), co-located onboard Naval Support Facility...
09 October 2020 Navy Environmental Stewardship and Oklahoma Aquarium Interview for Tulsa Virtual Navy Week Laura Busch, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) natural resources program manager, and Dr. Ann Money, director of Education Programs and Research at the Oklahoma Aquarium, participated in a “Ship2Shore” live interview as part of the first Tulsa Virtual Navy Week, Oct. 9...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...