Sailors from various commands aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island took part in an Auxiliary Security Force (ASF) training course, Feb. 6-24. The Sailors will serve as force protection assets and offer support to the base’s security department. The focus of the ASF course is to be a force i
USS Constitution will officially open its 2012 lottery program to the public from the ship’s berth in Charlestown, Mass. March 1. The lottery drawing selects 150 winners to ride Constitution for her annual July 4th turnaround cruise. “It is always a great to show Constitution to the public, but espe
Multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk Feb. 28. Capt. Grady Banister relieved Capt. Thomas Chassee as commanding officer. “I would like to say one last time what an honor and privilege it has been to be a part of Iwo Jima’
The Greek EU NAVFOR warship HS HYDRA used its recent port visit in Mombasa, Kenya, to support the Coast Province General Hospital and a local orphanage. In line with local support for countries of the Horn of Africa, HS HDRA provided medical supplies to the hospital. Medical supplies remain a scarce
The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics , a $663 million modification to a previously awarded contract to construct DDG 116, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. DDG 116 is the fourth ship in the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class constructio
More than 600 friends and family greeted HMS Somerset as she returned home from six months of chasing pirates in the Indian Ocean. The frigate completed a “very rewarding” deployment – during which she took part in several pirate busts – by sailing into Devonport. More than 600 joyous families and f
Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Marty Erdossy as corporate director of customer relations for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Erdossy is responsible for liaising with the U.S. Navy, HII’s Washington, D.C., office and aircraft carrier programs at NNS to respond to
Britain’s most advanced warship HMS Daring joined Allied navies in a concerted sweep of troubled waters for her first major operation east of Suez. The destroyer joined Australian, Pakistani, New Zealand and Yemeni ships and personnel on Operation Scimitar Anzac, which scoured the Red Sea, Gulf of A
HMS Bulwark’s Baltic mini-deployment has taken her to the Polish port of Gdynia. Her sailors paid their respects to the defenders of the Westerplatte, a peninsula in the nearby city of Gdańsk where the first shots of World War 2 were fired. Standing on one of the most hallowed sites on Polish soil,
The Navy will honor four outstanding women at the upcoming Joint Women’s Leadership Symposium’s Leadership Awards Luncheon at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Md., on March 5 as announced in NAVADMIN, Feb. 23. The 2012 Navy Leadership Award Recipients include Hospital Corpsmen First Class Sonse
Long-term supporters and affiliates of HMS Monmouth jumped at the chance to see their ship as few have – from below. They visited the Black Duke in dry dock in Devonport, wandering underneath her, and talking with the ship’s company about their exploits east of Suez. Two dozen people were given the
General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) has been awarded a $359,750,000 modification to a previously granted contract. This contract includes procurement of the detail design and construction of a third Mobile Landing Platform Ship (MLP). The Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) is a
Veteran destroyer HMS Liverpool is saying an emotional six-day farewell to her namesake city as she prepares to bow out of front-line service after 30 years. HMS Liverpool will take her bow in the city for which she is named as she pays her final visit to Merseyside after three decades’ sterling ser
Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) participated in a community service (COMSERV) project at a local school, Feb. 23, during a scheduled port visit to Laem Chabang. Twenty Sailors visited Ban Ronghip School to interact with local children and
