14 February 2024 50 Years of Building and Restoring Maritime Capabilities: Celebrating the Underwater Construction Teams Anniversary The Navy’s Underwater Construction Teams (UCT) One and Two will celebrate half a century of subsurface construction progress and prowess Feb. 15...
09 November 2023 MSRON 2 Masters-at-Arms Earn Navy Security Forces Breast Insignia The Master-at-Arms assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 2’s Echo Company pinned eight Sailors as Navy Security Force (NSF) specialists, senior specialists and master specialists...
23 August 2023 Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces enable distributed maritime operations during LSE 2023 Sailors and Marines assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) refined their warfighting concepts and tactics in live, virtual, and constructive training events throughout the month of August during Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023. NECC’s operations center provided command and...
18 August 2023 U.S. Navy Riverine Vietnam Veteran Posthumously Awarded Bronze Star with Valor Virginia Beach, Va. The Navy posthumously recognized Lt. j.g. William Collins, a Vietnam War veteran and former officer-in-charge of a swift boat, during a ceremony today onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Collins’ wife Estella and his family accepted the award on his...
01 August 2023 Diving deep into naval history, Navy Diving Executive Steering Committee celebrates origins of U.S. Navy diving community VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – They may dive the world over, but the humble beginnings of U.S. Navy divers first began on August 1, 1882 in local waters off of Newport, Rhode Island according to Navy leaders who recently voted on establishing an official birth date for the community...
13 February 2023 NECC Recovery Care Management Program Critical to Expeditionary Multidisciplinary Care Team Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) continues to demonstrate its commitment to the care and resiliency of its members across the force, by focusing on mental health and other critical care areas. The force uses the Recovery Care Management (RCM) program, which provides assistance to injured and...
01 February 2023 Fourth Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment Decommissions After 17 Years of Service Fourth Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (NELR) held the command’s decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Jan. 20, 2023.Attendees of the ceremony included Rear Adm. Dennis Collins, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group; Capt. Andrew Duessel, Commodore,...
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...
06 September 2022 NECC Hosts NMRTU OIC, Stress Dog During Monthly Training VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) hosted the Navy Medicine Readiness & Training Unit (NMRTU) officer in charge (OIC) and her facilities dog, during Professional Development (PRODEV) training onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Fort Story (JEBLCFS) Aug. 19,...
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...
24 August 2022 Navy Week Program returning to Houston MILLINGTON, Tenn. – The U.S. Navy is preparing to bring a Navy Week back to Houston during the week of October 24-30, as the 12th Navy Week of the calendar year...
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...
08 August 2022 Naval Safety Command Ensures Safe Diving Fleetwide 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...
21 March 2022 Navy, Coast Guard test unmanned rescue craft Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 4 and United States Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill, evaluated the Unmanned Diesel Greenough Advanced Rescue Craft (UD-GARC) in the Chesapeake Bay, Feb. 8, during Exercise Solid Curtain 2022.The joint team tested the technology during a simulated...
12 April 2021 Navy Expeditionary Forces Secure the Operating Environment Across the Competition Continuum Hidden under the cover of darkness or operating in plain sight, your Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) Intelligence Exploitation Teams (IETs) and Expeditionary Exploitation Unit 1 (EXU-1) Sailors operate at the tactical edge of expeditionary missions. From their forward position, these...
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...