The commander of Naval Education Training Command (NETC) led a roundtable discussion among Navy and Pensacola leaders Jan. 10 about the economic and social impact the Navy has on the local area. Rear Adm. Don Quinn moderated the discussion, held inside the National Naval Aviation Museum on board Nav
More than 100 staff members and students from the Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit (CSCSU) Great Lakes, Ill. gathered at the USS Whitehat trainer Jan. 14 to pay their respects to a shipmate who was killed during a robbery attempt Jan. 4. Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Terrence M. Hill, 24, was in his
Austal today welcomed a high profile defence delegation, including the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Defence, to its Western Australian facility. The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, the UK Secretary of State for Defence, was accompanied by Australia’s Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith,
Mikros Systems Corporation announced on January 14 that they have been selected by Northrop Grumman to assist in the design of wireless networks on US Navy Submarines for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. Mikros was selected as a small business partner on the
At 3.03 pm January 16, Belfast Coastguard received a mayday call from the crew of a fishing vessel on VHF Channel 16 (International Distress and Calling Channel) reporting that they had smoke coming from the engine room and that they were unable to access the wheelhouse. Belfast Coastguard requested
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
On Wednesday 16 January 2013 Rear Admiral Duncan Potts handed over operational command of the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) to Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant. Rear Admiral Potts has commanded EU NAVFOR, the European Union’s counter piracy mission off Somalia, since August 2011. This period has wi
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
Personnel on board Portsmouth-based HMS Atherstone have put aside their minehunting skills to instead imitate pirates as part of an exercise with HMS Monmouth in the Gulf. The joint operations come as the Devonport-based frigate builds up to operational patrols policing international trade routes in
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
Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $51.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract (N00024-03-C-2101) for the planning and execution of the USS Mississippi (SSN 782) post shakedown availability (PSA). Electric Boat Corp., will p
