In a quiet gathering held at Fleet Base West this week, United States Navy (USN) Exchange Officer Commander Travis Petzoldt was fare-welled by his colleagues at Australia’s Submarine Headquarters. During his two year tenure with the Royal Australian Navy, Commander Petzoldt performed the role of ‘Pr
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a 5-year, $100 million contract to provide combat system engineering services – including the design, development, integration, test and life cycle support – for all Aegis-equipped ships. Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Navy for decades as the Aegis c
On February 13, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, representing Republicans on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, met at the Pentagon with the Navy’s top official for shipbuilding, Sean Stackley, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, to discuss the impact of d
With major, across-the-board defense spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta issued a message yesterday to the Defense Department workforce. Here is the secretary’s message: “For more than a year and a half, the president, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and I hav
The President of the Association of Naval Services Officers announced the cancellation of their convention Feb. 14. NAVADMIN 029/13 announces the official cancellation of the ANSO Convention which was scheduled to take place from May 6-10 in Arlington, Va. “In light of the recent correspondence conc
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert joined the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to testify before the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Feb. 13 on the potential impact of sequestration and the lack of an appro
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,
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command sent a personal for message to commanders and commanding officers Feb. 8 about how he plans to maintain fleet readiness through fiscal uncertainty. Adm. Bill Gortney sent the message to discuss some of the impacts on the fleet following Secretary of Defense Leon
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
CDI Marine Co., Virginia Beach, Va., is being awarded $6.6 million for task order (FK01) under previously awarded multiple-award contract by the U.S. Navy for engineering support services associated with ship construction and repair at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The contract contains an option year, wh
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) will not start due to a lack of funding, the Navy said Feb. 8. Lincoln was expected to move to Newport News shipyard next week to begin the overhaul. However, as a result of the fiscal constraints resulting from the
Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 132 completed a six-month deployment aboard Naval Air Facility Misawa, Feb. 2. Having been in northern Japan since July 2012, the “Scorpions” and their aircraft are returning to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, located in Oak Harbor, Wash. This wa
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert addressed the impact of Department of Defense budget cuts and the Pentagon’s “Pacific Pivot” shift in operational focus during a visit to San Diego Jan. 31. His visit to the San Diego area commenced with a mass reenlistment and all-hands call at
Adm. Cecil D. Haney highlighted the U.S. Pacific Fleet mission and how the Navy is supporting the U.S. strategic rebalance to the Asia-Pacific during a keynote address Jan. 30 at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) West Conference. Speaking to a group of hundreds, rep
