OWEGO, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2024 – Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has completed testing of the integrated mission systems and sensors aboard three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters purchased by the Hellenic Navy. Completed in early December 2023, the tests verify each MH-60R…
USS McFaul Returns Home from 8-Month Deployment
By Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet 02 February 2024 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia ꟷ The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Virginia, Jan. 4 after an eight-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet…
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute Returns Home, Offloads $55M Worth of Drugs in Tampa Bay
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) and crew returned from a 60-day counterdrug patrol and offloaded approximately $55 million worth of illicit narcotics, Monday, in St. Petersburg. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force - South,…
USS Normandy Returns Home from 8-Month Deployment
By Carrier Strike Group 12 Public Affairs NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia ꟷ The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), returned to homeport in Norfolk after an eight-month deployment to…
VMFA-542 Becomes First F-35B Squadron on East Coast to Achieve Initial Operational Capability
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), became the first East Coast F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron in the Fleet Marine Force to achieve initial…
U.S Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast decommissioned after 56 years of service
Feb. 6, 2024 ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard decommissioned the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) during a ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Astoria. Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson, deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony honoring…
SECNAV Del Toro Stresses DON’s Support of Small Businesses During National 8(a) Conference
06 February 2024 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro today spoke to hundreds of small business owners at the National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference in Atlanta, Feb. 6. The National 8(a) Association is a non-profit that provides education…
Coast Guard Sails to Islands of Federated States of Micronesia with Needed Equipment, Supplies
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia — The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew arrived at Dekhitik Harbor in Pohnpei on Feb. 1 as part of an international effort to deliver essential supplies…
USNS Brunswick Returns Home After 7 Years in the Western Pacific
NORFOLK, Va. ꟷ Military Sealift Command’s sixth expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) shifted its hub port in Saipan to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., Feb. 3. The evolution signified the completion of a…
USS Farragut Returns Home Following Successful SOUTHCOM Deployment
By USNAVSOUTH/4TH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS 03 February 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Florida ꟷ Farragut, along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 Det 2 deployed in September 2023 to support Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-South’s counter-narcotics operations…
