SAN DIEGO — Vice President Mike Pence attended a U.S. Coast Guard drug offload July 11 in San Diego, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro offloaded more than 39,000…
Huntington Ingalls Completes Flight Deck on Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The final piece of the John F. Kennedy’s (CVN-79) flight deck, the upper bow section, was installed July 10 on the future aircraft carrier, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced in a release. The addition of the upper…
Coast Guard Cutter Elm to Arrive in New Homeport
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Elm is scheduled to cross the Columbia River bar and arrive in Astoria, its new homeport, for the first time on July 15 at 10 a.m., the Coast Guard’s 13th District said…
Three-Star Vice Adm. Gilday is Choice for CNO Following Moran’s Sudden Retirement
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated as of July 18, 2019, to reflect Gilday’s formal nomination. ARLINGTON, Va. — For the first time since the 1970s, a three-star admiral is the nominee for chief of naval operations. Vice Adm….
Berger Takes Over From Neller as Marine Corps Commandant
Gen. David H. Berger relieved Gen. Robert B. Neller on July 11 to become the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps in a ceremony at Marine Corps Barracks, Washington. Acting Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said of Berger: “In this…
Cutter Escanaba Returns to Boston After Caribbean Sea Patrol, Change of Command
BOSTON — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned to Boston on July 11 following a three-month patrol conducting drug and migrant interdiction operations in the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. Throughout the…
SAIC Integrates, Extends Life of Systems for Navy
ARLINGTON, Va. — One might be surprised that one of the most well-known companies in defense work does not manufacture any systems or equipment, but it has a wide portfolio of systems for which it serves as an integrator. SAIC…
Orbit Logic Awarded Phase II Navy Autonomy Contract
GREENBELT, Md. — Orbit Logic has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop the MinAu System, an advanced multivehicle mission planning, scheduling and response system for…
Coast Guard Interdicts Migrants, Smuggler East of Boynton Beach
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 14 Haitian migrants, a Dominican migrant and a suspected smuggler on July 3 about 12 miles east of Boynton Beach, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders…
Coast Guard Interdicts More than 50 Migrants During Fourth of July Weekend
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted more than 50 migrants during the Fourth of July Weekend from two separate at-sea interdictions, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a July 8 release. On July 3, watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector…
