The Wounded Warrior Patriots’ Inn and administrative complex at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth commemorated its third anniversary Feb. 13. Since the $5.2 million facility opened Feb. 12, 2010, more than 312 service members have passed through its doors, with 10 residents currently calling it home.
A Navy chaplain visited guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) on Ash Wednesday to provide religious services and visit crew members. Lt. Peter Ott, a chaplain assigned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), commenced observance of the 40-day season of Lent by offering r
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) competed in a core conditioning contest, Feb. 15. Both male and female Sailors competed against one another in a variety of core-oriented exercises such as planks, suicide planks, sit-ups, and bicycles. “It was great to se
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded CSC and 11 other companies a portion of its $11 billion contract to provide support services for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will compete for task orders to provide acquisition program management support for desig
Distinguished visitors participated in a one-day embark aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013 (CG 13), Feb. 14. The guests arrived on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262 and had an opportuni
Sailors from the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and Marines from assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) Feb. 17. COMPTUEX is designed to prepare and assess the ships in the ARG individually and as a unit prior to deployment.
USS Florida (SSGN 728) was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation Feb. 15 at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. Presented by Rear Adm. Joseph Tofalo, commander, Submarine Group 10, the award was given for the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine crew’s partnership with U.S., joint and coalition forces suppo
USNS Spearhead Pays Maiden Visit to Port of St. Petersburg Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) first joint high-speed vessel, USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), made its first port visit to the Port of St. Petersburg Feb. 10. AGHAM Calls for Naval, Ship-Building Self-Reliance In light of the recent Tubbataha i
The Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel, USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), made a brief stop at Naval Station Mayport Feb. 14 to introduce the ship to Commander, U.S. 4th Fleet on its way to its new homeport in Little Creek, Va. The port call is an opportunity for senior officials and military personnel fro
The President of the Association of Naval Services Officers announced the cancellation of their convention Feb. 14. NAVADMIN 029/13 announces the official cancellation of the ANSO Convention which was scheduled to take place from May 6-10 in Arlington, Va. “In light of the recent correspondence conc
The Nightwolves of Carrier Airborne Warning Squadron (VAW) 77 will be formally disestablished during a ceremony aboard Naval Air Station/Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, March 9. The Nightwolves, a reserve E-2 squadron based at NASJRB New Orleans, have been responsible for various missions within the
Faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) have developed a shipping resupply program that aims to save the Navy millions of dollars in fuel costs. Navy Cmdr. Walt DeGrange of Knoxville, Tenn., is part of a team of researchers who are rethinking the way naval vessels refuel and take on supplies.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, homeported in Gulfport, Miss. transferred authority of Camp Mitchell and ongoing Seabee missions throughout Europe and Africa to NMCB 4, homeported in Port Hueneme, Calif., during a transfer of authority ceremony held aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, Fe
United Technologies Corp., Pratt and Whitney Military Engines, is being awarded a $64.9 mission cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F135 Propulsion System Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot VI recurring sust
