Naval Base Coronado hosted its first Motorcycle Safety Event Nov. 15, aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. The event was designed to increase safety awareness throughout Navy Region Southwest, as well as assist military and civilian motorcyclists, and non-motorcycle riders in recognizing th
CSC announced today that the Naval Supply (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk has awarded the company an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide operations, maintenance and management support to the Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) Navy Enterprise Networ
The commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet was presented with the Eagle on the World Award by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc. (JCCI) at its 27th Annual Dinner Gala at the Hilton’s Grand Ballroom in New York, Nov. 15. The award presented to Adm. Patrick M. Walsh symbolizes wo
USS Carr (FFG 52) returned to Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15, after a five-month deployment to the Baltic and Caribbean Seas. Following more than two months in the Baltic Sea, working to strengthen bonds with partner nations in the region, USS Carr spent nearly two months in the Caribbean conducting operatio
The first of the Royal Navy’s new attack submarines, HMS Astute, has blasted Tomahawk missiles far across the North American skies as part of her first test firing mission. The 5.5-metre-long cruise missile weighs 1,300kg and has a range of more than 1,000 miles (1,600km). In the firing tests this m
The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a sole-source cost-plus-award-fee modification to Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., under the HQ0006-10-C-0005 contract. The total value of this modification including options is $241,084,008, increasing the total contract value from $
Sailors assigned to USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) won the Tembe Cup during the first Capt. Tushar Tembe CVN Invitational golf tournament at Naval Air Station Oceana Nov. 10. The tournament and top prize were named for Capt. Tushar R. Tembe, who died suddenly Nov. 8 after collapsing at Norfolk Naval S
U.S. 7th Fleet Command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) completed a two-day Light Off Assessment (LOA) Nov. 9-10 in Yokosuka, Japan. The evolution, assessed by Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 with the assistance of Afloat Training Group Western Pacific (ATGWP), checked the ship’s ability to safely op
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $41,616,738 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for New England Maintenance Manpower Initiative (NEMMI) requirements. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will provide services required to support planned and emergent non-n
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit led by Guard missile cruiser Varyag on Nov 12 has completed visit to Canadian port Vancouver and set a course for Vladivostok. The visit was held in Nov 8-12. According to Capt 1 rank Sergei Zhuga, “Canadians showed attention and hospitality. We were welcomed very warmly
Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) moored alongside submarine tender USS Emory S Land (AS 39) in Subic Bay Nov. 10, for a visit as part of its deployment to the western Pacific. Texas is the first Virginia-class submarine to ever visit the Philippines, and the second of its cla
Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) departed San Diego for deployment Monday, Nov. 14. USS Makin Island (LHD 8), one of the Navy’s newest, and most efficient amphibious assault ships, makes its maiden deployment as the flag ship for Amphibious Squadron 5 and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Subordinate units of Expeditionary Strike Group 3 conducted Exercise Brilliant Tern off USNS Bob Hope at Naval Base San Diego and Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Nov. 9-10. This two-day exercise was designed as a proof-of-concept, first-of-its-kind exercise honing core maritime pre-position force (M
The commanding officer and five crewmembers of the submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) are paying a visit to the ship’s namesake city Nov. 9-13. Key West Commanding Officer Cmdr. Curtis Duncan and select members of his crew are in Key West so that the crew can become more familiar with the city for whi
