NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on Aug. 25 new business groups within its Technical Solutions division, on the heels of the successful acquisition of Alion Science and Technology. The new business groups include: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance…
Coast Guard, Partner Agencies Continue to Support Haiti
MIAMI — The Coast Guard, USAID, U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force-Haiti continue to have unity of effort and respond to critically injured Haitian citizens, Aug. 24, by transporting them to a higher level of care in Port au…
NAVCENT Stands Up Task Force Supporting Afghanistan Evacuation
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN — A U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) task force established Aug. 19 is temporarily assisting the safe evacuation of personnel from Afghanistan, the command said in an Aug. 24 release. More than 700 U.S. military…
Pentagon: FDA Vaccine Approval Opens Way for Mandatory Military Vaccinations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine paves the way for the Defense Department to require all military personnel to be vaccinated against the coronavirus strain, officials say. Because the three available anti-COVID…
USS Billings and USNS Burlington Support Haiti Relief
CARIBBEAN SEA — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) and USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), a spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship, operated by Military Sealift Command are supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations off the coast Haiti, Aug….
Joint Force Command Norfolk, U.S. 2nd Fleet Change of Command
NORFOLK, Va. — Joint Force Command Norfolk and U.S. 2nd Fleet held a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Aug. 20, the fleet said in an Aug. 22 release. Vice Adm….
Del Toro Taps Berger to Perform Duties of the Undersecretary of the Navy
ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro selected Meredith Berger to perform the duties of the undersecretary of the Navy effective Aug. 25, the Navy announced in an Aug. 23 release. Berger who is currently serving as the assistant secretary of…
US, Singapore Reaffirm LCS, P-8 Rotational Deployments
ARLINGTON, Va. — The United States and Singapore have reaffirmed a strong military partnership that includes continuing rotational deployments of U.S. naval units to Singapore, the White House said. Singapore, an island nation at the tip of the Malay peninsula…
Navy’s UISS Completes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
WASHINGTON — The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) has completed the ship-based Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program onboard the littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14)…
USS Gerald R. Ford Commences Planned Incremental Availability
NORFOLK, Va. — The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Naval Station Norfolk to make the transit to Newport News Shipyard in support of her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance, and repairs,…
