PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Global engineering and defense technologies provider Huntington Ingalls Industries has appointed Donny Dorsey as vice president of operations at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, the company said March 10. Dorsey, formerly ship program manager for all DDG waterfront…
Saab to Provide U.S. Marine Corps with Training Systems
STOCKHOLM — Saab has received a contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps within the Force-on-Force Training Systems-Next program, the company said March 9. The modification value is approximately $122 million USD, where $54 million was booked during 2021. The…
FRCSW Inducts Its First CMV-22 to Suffer Mishap
NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. — Fleet Readiness Center Southwest artisans and the Fleet Support Team recently joined industry partners and the V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA-275) to prevent the loss of an CMV-22 Osprey aircraft which had suffered…
Cutter Steadfast Returns Home Following Migrant-Interdiction, Counter-Narcotics Patrol
ASTORIA, Oregon. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) and crew returned to the cutter’s homeport in Astoria March 7 after a 48-day patrol of the California coast, the cutter’s crew said in a release. The 54-year-old cutter and…
Coast Guard, Partner Agencies Respond to Haitian Migration Venture off Florida Keys
MIAMI — U.S. Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and partner agencies responded to a grounded Haitian vessel on March 6, approximately 200 yards off Ocean Reef in Key Largo, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said March 7. Coast…
U.S. Navy Brings Back Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program
MILLINGTON, Tenn. — The Navy is bringing back the Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program. This program offers various benefits for college students looking for a new way to join the Navy as a commissioned officer, the Navy Recruiting Command said in…
SECDEF Orders Closure of Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii
ARLINGTON, Va. — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III made the following statement March 7 announcing the decision to close a Navy petroleum storage facility near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which recently leaked and affected the Navy’s drinking water system for the…
Marine Corps Joint Air-to-Ground Missile achieves Initial Operational Capability
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Marine Corps declared initial operating capability for the AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missile on the AH-1Z Viper effective 1 March 2022, the Naval Air Systems Command said March 4. JAGM, a joint…
Navy launches Ice Exercise 2022 in the Arctic Ocean
U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH — Commander, Submarine Forces officially kicked off Ice Exercise 2022 in the Arctic Ocean on Friday, March 4, after the building of Ice Camp Queenfish and arrival of two U.S. Navy fast attack submarines, Submarine…
Essex ARG, 11th MEU Return from Indo-Pac Deployment
SAN DIEGO — The Essex Amphibious Ready Group returned to port at Naval Base San Diego March 4, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation, U.S. 3rd Fleet said in a release. Essex…
