Naval leaders, government officials and members of private industry gathered for the second day to discuss the surface Navy’s future at the 25th Annual Surface Navy Association Symposium in Arlington, Va., Jan. 16. Private companies also had booths showing off present and future technologies represe
NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS) announced the command’s top Sailors for 2012, Jan. 11. “Through their diligence, devotion to duty and commitment to their respective commands, our Sailor of the Year selectees demonstrate the best of our NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Centers (FLC) and sites around in s
Participants from the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps toured the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759) aboard Naval Base Point Loma Jan. 12 to see what life is like aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. Submariner tour guides taught the students how the submarine moves through the water
U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 deployed to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in November as part of a Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), the first Seabee mission in Tajikistan. In support of the Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and Tajikistan Ministry of
The Surface Navy Association kicked off its annual three-day National Symposium in Arlington, Va., Jan. 15. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Answering All Bells: People, Technology and Innovation.” The 25th symposium, hosted by the Surface Navy Association, provides an opportunity for discussi
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced on January 15 that the Republic of Korea has selected the AW159 helicopter to meet its Maritime Operational Helicopter requirement. The contract for eight AW159 helicopters for the Republic of Korea Navy is the first export order for this new generat
Raytheon Company is observing a significant program milestone, its 40th year as the U.S. Navy’s provider of AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the Navy’s AEGIS weapon system. Both critical components of the weapon system, the AN/SPY-1 radar and MK99 perform the search, tra
Rear Admiral Duncan Potts, Commander United Kingdom Maritime Force, presented WO1 AWT Nick Payne MBE, Executive Warrant Officer (EWO) in HMS Montrose with the clasp to his Long Service and Good Conduct medal – marking 30 years of unblemished, dedicated service. Seaman Radar Nicholas John Payne joine
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) announced the winners of its Military and Civilian Engineers of the Year Awards Jan. 14. Lt. Cmdr. LaKeeva Gunderson from NAVFAC Far East was selected as the Military Engineer of the Year and Joshua Tomblin from NAVFAC Atlantic was selected as the Civili
The forward deployed Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), departed Tuesday, Jan. 15, for its spring deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Germantown will take part in an amphibious integration trainin
A team of Royal Navy Divers and bomb disposal experts based at Horsea Island paid a visit to the Diving Museum in Gosport recently to thank them for the loan of historic diving kit used by the Royal Navy in the Great South Run and hand over a £400 donation to the museum’s charity. Chief […]
A support ship to the Royal Navy has set sail for the West Coast of North America on a counter narcotics and disaster relief patrol for the next six months. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Wave Knight left Portland to take up the task of the UK’s Atlantic Patrol Tasking (North), a year round commit
Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) held a change of command ceremony in the hangar bay while underway Jan. 11. Capt. John E. Gumbleton relieved Capt. Kevin P. Flanagan as commanding officer. Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3, Rear Adm. Gerard P. Hueber, flew via helicopter to pres
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic to provide production, installation and in-services support for command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence,
