From U.S. Central Command, Nov. 13, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces executed a series of precise airstrikes on multiple Houthi weapons storage facilities situated within Houthi-controlled territories in Yemen, Nov. 9-10. These facilities housed a variety of…
HII Redelivers USS Montana from Post-Shakedown Availability at Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has completed post-shakedown availability (PSA) work on Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794). The submarine was redelivered to the U.S. Navy on…
Retired Admiral Urges Government Transparency on UAPs
A retired Navy admiral and former acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was one of the key witnesses at a remarkable House hearing on Nov. 13 to continue to investigate the mystery of unidentified anomalous phenomena, the…
Navy Makes Significant Investment in Munitions Capability, Awards Kongsberg Defence Multi-Year Over the Horizon – Weapons System Contract
By Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Public Affairs WASHINGTON – The Navy has awarded a $960.8 million firm-fixed-price multiyear contract to Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KDA) for the Over the Horizon – Weapons System (OTH-WS) Naval Strike Missile (NSM)…
Centcom Conducts Strikes in Yemen, Syria
Nov. 12, 2024 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD Public Affairs Since Friday, U.S. Central Command has conducted strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen and against targets in Syria as part of the defeat-ISIS mission there. On Saturday and Sunday, Centcom…
United States, Canada, and Finland Sign MOU to Build Arctic and Polar Icebreakers
New trilateral arrangement formalizes collaboration on the production of Arctic and polar icebreakers From the Department of Homeland Security, Nov. 13, 2024 WASHINGTON – Officials representing the Governments of the United States, Canada, and Finland today signed a Memorandum of…
General Officer Announcements
From the U.S. Department of Defense, Nov. 13, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert C. Fulford for appointment to the grade of lieutenant…
First Royal Australian Navy Officer Graduates Engineering Duty Officer Basic Course under AUKUS Pillar 1
By NAVSEA Office of Corporate Communications and AUKUS I&A Public Affairs, Nov. 12,2024 PORT HUENEME, Calif. – A Royal Australian Navy Officer graduated for the first time from the U.S. Navy Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) School, during a ceremony at Naval Base…
A Living Legacy, USS John Basilone is Commissioned
By Lt. j.g. Julian Jacobs, Nov. 12, 2024 NEW YORK – On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, was brought to…
Macomb College, Navy Partner to Fast-Track Maritime Manufacturing Training
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications, Nov. 8, 2024 WARREN, Mich. — In a significant step forward for maritime manufacturing in Michigan, the U.S. Navy and Macomb Community College launched the Michigan Maritime Manufacturing (M3) Initiative’s Accelerated…
