U.S. Navy sailors and marines assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) completed the final phase of combat systems ship qualifications trials (CSSQT) and follow-on operation testing of the ship’s weapons systems February 2. Command, control, computers, communications, combat and intel
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) entered the Black Sea on February 2 on a routine Black Sea deployment. On her first Black Sea port visit, USS Porter arrived in Constanta, Romania, on February 3. “It’s always a privilege to visit the welcoming city of Cons
A squadron composed of five U.S. Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft landed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, to join the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group. Relieving the “Liberty Bells” of VAW-115 as the early-warning squadron of the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, the
The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $25.5 million modification to start the advance fabrication of the third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80). The initial structural fabrication and shop work on the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier will be performed a
Active duty U.S. Navy sailors now have four new ratings, the navy announced on Wednesday. Published in NAVADMIN 021/17, the ratings are that of yeoman submarine (YNS), logistics specialist submarine (LSS), culinary specialist submarine (CSS) and fire controlman Aegis (FCA). The navy said this realig
U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greenville (SSN 772) was presented with a battle efficiency award on January 27. Capt. Rick Seif, commander of Submarine Squadron one presented the award to Greeneville after her crew attained the highest overall readiness to carry out her wart
The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) has launched a new research and study department named the Institute for Future Warfare Studies. The department is aimed at understanding how armed conflict may evolve in the future and how the United States can better prepare for it. It was opened by NWC president R
CFM International, a joint venture of GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines, has received a $1.97 billion contract for F108 replenishment spare parts. Spares will be delivered to the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency as the contractor and used by both the U.S. Navy and Air Force. CFM’s F108 engine all
The U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) J3 director of operations and ballistic missile defense (BMD) leaders toured the U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) on January 25. As part of the special engagement, Shiloh’s commanding officer Capt. Adam Aycock provided a unit brief to
USS Topeka (SSN 754), the U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack submarine, returned to its homeport of Apra Harbor, Guam, after completing routine patrols throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The submarine’s forward-operating period to the western Pacific concluded on January 28 when the submarin
U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed her homeport of Sasebo, Japan, on January 30. During a 3-month maintenance availability that was recently completed, the crew of Bonhomme Richard preserved and refurbished the ship and had the opportunity to t
U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Olympia departed the city of Olympia on January 30 following a series of engagements with civic and community leaders and locally-based organizations. The namesake visit provided an opportunity for the crew of Olympia to demonstrate the quality of naval pe
Guatemala will be the first destination of this year’s, multi-service, humanitarian mission Continuing Promise. A team of 169 U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps service members departed Naval Station Mayport, Florida, January 26, for a stop in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. They will spend rou
The U.S. Navy said on January 29 that one of its destroyers helped a stranded Iranian dhow on January 27. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) responded to a distress call from an Iranian-flagged dhow and provided assistance to the 75-foot stranded dhow by supplying 17 gall
