USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) won three out of five available awards at the 3rd annual Best of the Mess competition Jan. 25 at The Founders Inn in Virginia Beach, Va. TR took home the people’s choice award for the second year in a row, second runner up, and best decoration. There were five awards
Five Sailors attached to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) were reenlisted by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert at a ceremony held on Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 25. “What a better way to spend a Friday afternoon. I’m out of Washington, and I’m about to
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that the Navy’s remaining Sea King helicopters will be sold to Aerospace Logistics (ASL). “Aerospace Logistics have over 30 years experience as an international specialist in the supply, refurbishment, exchange, maintenance, repair and overha
Approximately 400 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) integrated with more than 300 Sailors onboard USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) Jan. 23, to participate in amphibious squadron/marine expeditionary unit integration (PMINT) and Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Carter Hall is
The U.S. Consul General to Naha, Okinawa, visited with officers and crew of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Jan. 27. Bonhomme Richard is in White Beach to embark Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and then will continue on to conduct various exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area o
Following a nine-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on January 26 marking the successful conclusion of her maiden Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) deployment. The ship departed last April for the U.S. 6th Fleet a
Booz Allen Hamilton announced it has won three contracts—with a combined value of more than $95 million—from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). Booz Allen has a long history of supporting the U.S. Navy by bringing the latest strategy and technology solutions to help Navy operating
Navy was proud to have been involved in a variety of Australia Day events around the country. Australia Day is Australia’s national day and is celebrated on January 26th to mark the anniversary of the arrival of the first fleet into Sydney Cove in 1788. Each year, the Australian Defence Force partic
The U.S. Navy and Timorese Navy commenced the first Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Timor-Leste exercise Jan. 25, with an opening ceremony held at Port Hera Navy Base. U.S. Ambassador Judith Fergin and Col. Falur Rate Laek, Chief of Staff of the Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL),
Sales Division aboard amphibious landing dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) received the “Best Ship of Class Ship Store Sales and Service Award” for fiscal year 2011, Jan. 22. New York achieved the highest cumulative score based on their supply management certification (SMC) and customer satisfaction s
HMS Scott and Enterprise, both based in Plymouth, sailed in company in the southern Red Sea, where Enterprise is gathering data and Scott was passing through to begin her three months survey work in the Gulf of Aden. With the Middle East winter sun giving their grey hulls a pale golden sheen, two ol
Cubic Simulation Systems has received three contracts from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando each valued at $99.5 million, the US Department of Defence announced. The contracts include freedom variant, independence variant and mission packages courseware development for
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus released the following statement Jan. 24 on the Women in Service Review. “I fully support Secretary Panetta’s decision to rescind the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule, which removes barriers preventing women Sailors and Marines from reaching th
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) recently looked to the future as well as the historic past during a three-day port visit to Newport, R.I. While there, the crew gave tours of their ship to future chief engineers from the department head school, prospective supply officers f
