14 June 2022 Supplanting to Take Effect at Navy Child Development Centers, School Age Care WASHINGTON - In an effort to prioritize childcare access for families with higher needs, the Navy Child and Youth Programs will reinstate supplanting at Child Development Centers and School-Age Care beginning in June...
11 June 2022 USS Forrest Sherman Departs for Mediterranean NATO Deployment NORFOLK - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed on deployment from its home port of Norfolk, June 11...
04 June 2022 Keel Laying Ceremony Held for First Columbia-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine QUONSET POINT, R.I. – General Dynamics Electric Boat conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, June 4...
29 May 2022 USS Sioux City Makes Historic Arrival to U.S. 5th Fleet MANAMA, Bahrain - USS Sioux City (LCS 11) arrived in the U.S. 5th Fleet region May 28, marking the first time a littoral combat ship has deployed to the Middle East...
28 May 2022 Navy commissions USS Oregon (SSN 793) GROTON, Connecticut – The Navy commissioned the fast-attack submarine USS Oregon (SSN 793) in a traditional ceremony held Saturday, May 28, at Naval Submarine Base New London...
23 May 2022 Navy Dedicates Rescue Swimmer Training Pool and Presents Posthumous Award to WWII Hero’s Family SAN DIEGO - The Navy dedicated a surface rescue swimmer training pool located at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) in honor of Steward’s Mate 1st Class Charles Jackson French Saturday, May 21, 2022...
21 May 2022 USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) Commissions The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) in Duluth, Minnesota, May 21, 2022...
17 May 2022 SECNAV, CNO visit USS George Washington NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Newport News, Va. today to meet with Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73)...
16 May 2022 Littoral combat ship completes first land attack missile exercise USS Montgomery fired three Longbow Hellfire missiles to strike a land-based target as part of the littoral combat ship surface-to-surface mission module...
14 May 2022 USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Commissions CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121), May 14 in Charleston, South Carolina...
05 May 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24), 22nd MEU arrive in Greece for bilateral training VOLOS, Greece - The San Antonio-class dock landing ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Volos, Greece for a scheduled port visit in support of the U.S.- Greek (Hellenic) bilateral training exercise Alexander the Great 2022 (ATG22), May 4,...
25 April 2022 USS Donald Cook Returns to Naval Station Mayport JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) returned to Naval Station Mayport following a three-month deployment, April 24...
18 April 2022 USS The Sullivans Returns Home After Back-to-Back Deployments JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) returned to Naval Station Mayport after a three-month deployment to the European theater of operations, April 18...
16 April 2022 USS Mitscher Returns to Norfolk After Surge Deployment NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 300 Sailors arrived home to Naval Station Norfolk aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) following a surge deployment to the European theater of operations, April 16...
13 April 2022 USS Forrest Sherman Returns to Norfolk NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) returned home to Naval Station Norfolk following a surge deployment, April 13...
02 April 2022 President, First Lady celebrate commissioning of USS Delaware (SSN 791) WILMINGTON, Delaware – President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, celebrated the commissioning of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) Saturday, April 2, in a ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware...
30 March 2022 Norfolk-based E-2 Hawkeye Crashes, Two Injured, One Fatality NORFOLK, Va. – A Navy E-2D Hawkeye assigned to an East Coast Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va., March 30. One crew member has died and two have been injured...
17 March 2022 U.S. Navy Concludes ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The U.S. Navy is concluding its Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 this week, wrapping up nearly three weeks of research and training on, above and below Arctic Ocean ice...
17 March 2022 Navy Supports Scientific Research at ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The ice chunks drifting on Arctic waters are inhospitable and, for most people, inaccessible. As a result, gathering accurate information about the environment in this harsh – but important – region of the world is challenging for researchers...
17 March 2022 Elements of Kearsarge ARG and 22nd MEU Deploy NORFOLK, Va. - Elements of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Naval Station Norfolk and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for a regularly scheduled deployment, March 16...
09 March 2022 Under Secretary of the Navy visits ICEX 2022 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The Hon. Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, visited the U.S. Navy’s Ice Camp Queenfish, built on a sheet of Arctic ice floating 160 nautical miles offshore, and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) on March...
08 March 2022 International community works together at U.S. Navy’s ICEX 2022 Joining U.S. military forces at Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 are personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy, as well as the United Kingdom Royal Navy.“Our ICEX 2022 team includes key contributors from the British and Canadian armed forces,” said Rear Adm. Richard Seif, commander of the U.S...
06 March 2022 Navy launches Ice Exercise 2022 in the Arctic Ocean U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean on Friday, March 4, after the building of Ice Camp Queenfish and arrival of two U.S. Navy fast attack submarines...
18 November 2021 Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) MARINETTE, WIS. – The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard Nov. 18...
19 August 2021 USS Arlington Departs Norfolk for Haiti Disaster Relief Mission The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) departed Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Haiti in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAIDled mission, Aug. 17. The mission forms part of an...
20 April 2021 Italian Aircraft Carrier ITS Cavour Departs Norfolk, Completing F-35B Certification The Italian Navy flagship, the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), departed Naval Station Norfolk April 16 after Joint Force operations with U.S. military forces in the Atlantic Ocean...
19 April 2021 USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) Deploys in Support of British Carrier Task Group 21 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), departed Mayport, Apr. 19, for deployment to participate in HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) Strike Group...
09 April 2021 U.S. Navy Opens Second COVID-19 Vaccination Site In Hampton Roads A high through put COVID-19 vaccination site opened onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana April 9...
31 March 2021 IKE Supports Operation Inherent Resolve from Eastern Mediterranean Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group began flight operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, March 31, 2021...
16 February 2021 U.S. Navy Issues Standardized Operational Guidance 4.0 The Navy issued COVID-19 Standardized Operational Guidance (SOG) Version 4.0 to combat the coronavirus pandemic with NAVADMIN 037/21 Feb. 16...
13 February 2021 Ships of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE CSG) carrier strike group ships will start receiving the first dosage of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination starting today through Feb 17...
12 February 2021 Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Before Deployment USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) Sailors will receive their first dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine Feb. 13, while the ships are pier side at Naval Station Norfolk...
12 October 2020 Cole Holds Ceremony on 20th Anniversary of Terrorist Attack USS Cole (DDG 67) hosted a pierside ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk Oct. 12, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Cole, to honor the Sailors killed and to celebrate the heroism of the ship’s crew...