Colonna’s Shipyard Inc., a full service ship repair facility located in the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded a $17.9 million fixed-price contract by US Navy for a dry-docking phased maintenance availability on the USS Monsoon (PC 4) for the accomplishment of miscellaneous structural, elec
The Flight Deck Crash and Salvage team from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) completed proficiency training at Naval Air Technical Training Center (NATTC), on board Naval Air Station Pensacola Feb. 9. “Crash and salvage teams from around the fleet travel to NATTC every 18 months
Defense leaders appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee Feb. 12 to discuss the impacts the respective services are facing as a result of a potential sequestration and operating under a continuing resolution throughout fiscal year 2013. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Mark Ferguson,
The following video shows the capabilities of the Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System REMUS 600 AUV, designed through funding from the Office of Naval Research to support the US Navy’s growing need for operations requiring extended endurance, increased payload capacity, and greater operating
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) joined its sister ships USS Germantown (LSD 42) and USS Tortuga (LSD 46) off the coast of Thailand to take part in exercise Cobra Gold 2013 (CG 13), Feb. 10. Cobra Gold is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored multinational joint exercise
The Engineering Department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) is preparing for an Afloat Training Group (ATG) light off assessment (LOA) for its two main boilers scheduled to take place at the end of April 2013. ATG will assess both propulsion plants, checking everything from fuel q
ERAPSCO Inc. is being awarded a $7.1 million modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering and manufacturing development services in support of the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare system (HAASW). Work will be performed
Deploying for the first time, guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) departed Feb. 11 for the U.S. 6th Fleet Area of Responsibility to participate in Ballistic Missile Defense escort operations. Not only is this the ship’s maiden deployment, it is also the first deployment for a large number
Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) is hosting exercise Iron Fist 2013 (IF13) from Feb. 4-15 with elements from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) while underway off the coast of California. During exercise IF13, a combined total of more
Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett (T-AK 4296) completed cargo operations at the port of Chuk Sa Met, Thailand, delivering more than 520 pieces of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force cargo Feb. 8 to support exercise Cobra Gold 2013. MSC transported the cargo to T
The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSCSG) got underway Feb. 5, following a four-day port visit to Jebel Ali, Dubai. During the port visit, Sailors experienced the local culture by participating in a variety of tours sponsored by Stennis’ Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) division. In add
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. U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, Mayor Bill Foster and other distinguished visitors from St. Petersburg joined Navy Chief of Information Rear Adm. John
For a second consecutive year, the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) was named winner of the Retention Excellence Award for outstanding Sailor retention for 2012. The Retention Excellence Award, also known as “Golden Anchor Award,” is awarded annually to commands that meet or exceed the rete
Northrop Grumman Corporation employees toured the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft when it visited the company’s Baltimore campus recently. During the stopover, Northrop Grumman employees had the opportunity to view the P-8A and take a tour of the cockpit and crew areas of the airc
