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Seventh Fleet Command Ship Changes CommandCapt. Rudy Lupton relieved Capt. Thom W. Burke as commanding officer of 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) at an official change of command ceremony held on board the ship November 24....
Family Care Plan Revisions Include Deployment Deferment OptionNavy officials announced revisions to its Family Care Plan policy Nov. 23 which includes a new deployment deferment option for eligible Sailors. "Under the new policy, Sailors who are requir...
USS Rentz Assists Mariners in DistressUSS Rentz (FFG 46) responded to a distress call Nov. 20 from Motor Vessel Adnan Wahd, which was taking on water while at sea in the Central Arabian Gulf. M/V Adnan Wahd reported a hole in its...
GW CSG Returns from Fall DeploymentThe George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GW CSG) returned to Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 23, completing its second fall deployment since joining the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces last ye...
M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Receives Valor AwardThe captain of M/V Maersk Alabama received the inaugural National Maritime Valor Award from the Nauticus National Maritime Center Nov. 19 at the Nauticus in Norfolk, Va. The ceremony held Thu...
M/V Maersk Alabama Captain Thanks Bainbridge CrewM/V Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips thanked the captain and crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) for his rescue from Somali pirates in April during a ceremony held on the...
LCS 2 Completes Acceptance TrialsThe future USS Independence (LCS 2) successfully completed acceptance trials this week, after completing a series of graded in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and S...
Navy Seeks 100 Percent Participation in Electronic Service Records As the Navy moves forward with plans to eliminate the enlisted field service record more than 130,000 Sailors need to establish a self-service account that will allow them to access to their new digit...
Blue Ridge Wraps Up Fall DeploymentMore than 1,200 Sailors and Marines from USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 19, completing a t...
Nimitz Squadrons Join Dubai Air ShowTwo squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Two F/A-18E Super Horne...
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Two Hawaii Commands Promote Stewardship of Environmental Resources PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Two Navy commands in Hawaii received honorable mention awards during the 2009 Navy Environmental Stewardship Flagship awards competition Nov. 5. Afloat Training Group Middle Pacific (ATG MIDPAC) and Naval Station Pearl Harbor were both reco ...
Sailors Reflect, Honor Veterans at Oahu Cemetery HONOLULU (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) brought their gloves, rakes and power washer units to clean up the Navy Veterans cemetery in Oahu Cemetery Honolulu Nov. 9. Led by Chief Information Systems Technicia ...
Pearl Harbor Survivor Reunites with his Shipmates PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The ashes of a Pearl Harbor survivor, were scattered from the USS Utah Memorial at a private ceremony with full military honors Oct. 29. George "Glen" Green was a 20-year-old motor machinist's mate temporarily assigned to the YO-43, moored n ...
Navy Corpsmen, Marine Police Officer Fight Fire PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- The Honolulu Fire Department recognized two Sailors and a Marine Corps police officer in Pearl Harbor Nov. 4 for their actions during a fire incident in August. Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shelby Nieto and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Wyatt ...
Health Promotions Features Women's Health Awareness PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- In an effort to promote health awareness about women's issues for active duty female Sailors as well as Navy spouses and family members, Naval Health Clinic Hawaii's (NHCH) health promotions department is currently featuring women's health. ...
New Damage Control 'Wet' Trainer Floods Students PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- The Center of Naval Engineering (CNE) Learning Site, Pearl Harbor opened a new $2.5 million surface damage control trainer (SDCT) in Pearl Harbor Oct. 23. Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Walls, the officer-in-charge, and Senior Chief Damage Co ...
Navy Region Hawaii Recognizes Education Achievements PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Navy College Pearl Harbor (NCPH) recognized more than 60 service members from the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard who have made educational achievements in the past year at Sharkey's theater aboard Naval Station Pearl Harbor Oct 29. More than 445 ...
CNRH Holds Cultural Resources Management Annual Review Conference PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- Commander, Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH) held the 2009 Cultural Resources Management Annual Review Conference at the Ford Island Conference Center on historic Ford Island Oct. 27-29. During the conference, Navy leadership assigned to various com ...
Ford Island Celebrates Makahiki 2009 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Members of the native Hawaiian community joined military families to celebrate the 8th annual Moku Umeume (Ford Island) Makahiki (festival) Oct. 24 near the historic World War II control tower at Ford Island. Organized by the Oahu Council of ...
USS Russell Returns from Western Pacific Deployment PEARL HARBOR (NNS) -- More than 300 Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) arrived to a crowded pier of friends and family at Naval Station Pearl Harbor Oct. 26, following a three-month deployment to the Western Pacific. < ...
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Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group Enters 5th Fleet INDIAN OCEAN (NNS) -- After transiting the western Pacific Ocean, the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) entered the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations this week to relieve the Bataan ARG. While deployed to the region, Sailors and Marines from the Bonh...
M/V Maersk-Alabama Repels Suspected Pirate Attack MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- Four suspected pirates in a skiff came within 300 yards of M/V Maersk-Alabama and used small arms weapons in an attempt to board the ship. The security team embarked aboard Maersk-Alabama responded to the attack by using evasive maneuvers, ...
Bataan ARG/22nd MEU Departs 5th Fleet USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) officially departed 5th Fleet and entered 6th Fleet's Area of Operations when the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transited the Suez Canal an...
CNO Visits Egypt, Greece and USS Ponce SANTORINI, Greece (NNS) -- The chief of naval operations (CNO) visited the naval forces of Egypt and Greece Nov. 10-15. The purpose of CNO's visit was to further enhance the global maritime partnerships between the nations and explore possible areas for increased coop...
Ford Keel Laid for Future Carrier, Class NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- A keel-laying ceremony for the Navy's first Ford-class aircraft carrier, Gerald R. Ford, (CVN 78) was held at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. Nov. 14. The ceremony celebrated not only the building of a new class of ship, bu...
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