06 August 2024 From Grady T. Fontana JINHAE, South Korea — Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade (2-2 CAB) conducted deck landings with U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters aboard Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo…
KBR Awarded Estimated $153M Contract Supporting Naval Test Wing Atlantic Aircrew Services
From KBR, Aug. 5, 2024 KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced it has been awarded an estimated $153 million cost plus fixed fee recompete contract to support Naval Test Wings Atlantic and Pacific Aircrew Services over a five-year period. The work will…
General Dynamics Electric Boat Awarded $1.3B for Virginia-Class Sub Material
From General Dynamics Electric Boat GROTON, Conn. (Aug. 5, 2024) – General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today it has been awarded a $1.3 billion undefinitized contract modification allowing Electric Boat to purchase…
Austal USA Launches Its Final LCS, the Future USS Pierre
From Austal USA, Aug. 5, 2024 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA has successfully launched future USS Pierre (LCS 38), the last ship of the Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. Following launch, Austal USA’s test and activation team will…
Aug 3 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command Aug 3, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi land attack cruise missile (LACM) in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. It was determined the LACM presented…
USCGC Thetis Returns After 75-Day Patrol in Windward Passage, Florida Straits
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Aug. 2, 2024 KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned to their home port in Key West, Friday, following a 75-day migrant interdiction patrol in the Windward Passage…
Career Advancement: MARAD Has a Story to Tell of Good Jobs, Work-Life Balance
The Maritime Administration has a good story to tell, and Ann Phillips, the retired Navy admiral who runs MARAD, is seeking new ways to tell it. “Not enough people know enough about the maritime ministry, and they don’t know what…
CNO Reviews Quality of Service Initiatives at HII Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti reviewed Quality of Service initiatives with Navy and shipyard leadership at HII Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, July 31, 2024. Last year, the Navy signed a Joint…
USS Florida Returns to Kings Bay Following 727-Day Deployment
From Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Alston, 1 August 2024 KINGS BAY, Ga. — Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, following a 727- day deployment to 5th, 6th, and 7th fleet areas…
Chad Cary to Lead NOAA Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
By David Hall, NOAA Communications, August 2, 2024 The U.S. Senate confirmed on Thursday President Biden’s nomination of NOAA Rear Adm. Chad Cary to lead the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations…
