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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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'Gold Eagles' Lend a Helping Hand NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) recently volunteered their time and efforts to participate in two community relation (COMREL) projects Oct. 14 and 17 in Newport News, Va. Service members spent the day with students from Hines Mi ...
Gold Eagle Sailor Returns from Individual Augmentee Tour NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) recently welcomed back a Sailor who served as an individual augmentee in Iraq. Operation Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Webb left USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) last year to train for his duty in theater. Webb learned how to i ...
USS Carl Vinson Security Forces Train for Underway NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) Security Department conducted a series of drills Nov. 5-10, in preparation for the ship's upcoming homeport change. The drills were set-up throughout a five-day fast cruise to certify the ship's security team with ...
Carl Vinson Prepares for Final Crew Certifications NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) are preparing for the third and final phase of crew certifications to become deployable. Crew certifications are a series of inspections that ensure Sailors across the fleet are qualified to safely tak ...
Carl Vinson Chaplain Ready to Serve Shipmates NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- While USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) has three chaplains, smaller Navy ships do not have the same manning. One Carl Vinson chaplain recently spent time aboard other U.S. Navy ships to minister to the crews. During his week aboard USS Elrod (FFG 5 ...
Carl Vinson Conducts Pre-deployment Fair HAMPTON, VA (NNS) -- USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) held a pre-deployment fair Oct. 29 at Hampton Roads Convention Center to assist the ship's Sailors and their spouses with the transit to San Diego. Upon arrival, Sailors were given check-off sheets to ensure each tab ...
Carl Vinson Officer Receives Rear Adm. Thomas R. McClellan Award NEWPORT NEWS, VA (NNS) -- USS Carl Vinson's (CVN 70) Air Department operations officer recently received the Rear Admiral Thomas R. McClellan Award for Academic Excellence in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Cal ...
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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...
Sailors, Soldiers on Nimitz Work to Avoid Civilian Casualties USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS) -- Two Soldiers working deep inside aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan. Army Maj. Johnnie Gallegos and Army Sgt. 1st Class Percy ...
Navy Personnel Command Moving Sailors Despite Budget Constraints MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) -- Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has released Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to keep the fleet moving, despite the lack of a fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Navy officials announced Nov. 16. "Until the National Defense Appropriations Bil...
Fiscal Year 2010 Seaman to Admiral Results Released WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Navy has selected 226 enlisted Sailors to join its officer ranks through the Seaman to Admiral (STA-21) program and are named in NAVADMIN 329/09. Seventy-three alternates were also chosen for consideration for the program in the event that ...
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