Release from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area ***** ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of the USCGC Resolute (WMEC 620) returned to their home port in St. Petersburg, Tuesday, following a 63-day patrol in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Straits and…
MQ-9B SEAGUARDIAN® FEATURED IN US NAVY’S GROUP SAIL EXERCISE
Release from General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems International ***** SAN DIEGO – 25 April 2023 – The U.S. Navy’s Group Sail Exercise, held over a six-day period in Hawaiian military operating areas, featured one of the world’s most advanced Unmanned…
USCGC Forward returns home following counterdrug patrol in the Caribbean Sea
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area ***** April 24, 2023 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Saturday, following a multi-week training exercise and counterdrug deployment in the…
CNO Travels to New England Shipyards with Congressional Delegation; Emphasizes Value of Shipyards to the Navy
Release from the CNO Public Affairs ***** 24 April 2023 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, Maine – Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, and Kittery, Maine, where he and congressional leaders visited General Dynamics Bath Iron Works…
Reassure and Deter: George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group Completes Historic Deployment
Release from U.S. Second Fleet ************* 23 April 2023 NORFOLK – The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) – comprised of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)…
AUSTAL USA CHRISTENS FUTURE USS KINGSVILLE (LCS 36)
Release from Austal USA ************** April 22, 2023 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the christening of the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36) Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship in a ceremony at the company’s Gulf Coast shipyard today. Ship sponsor Katherine…
USCGC Stone returns home following 105-day multi-mission patrol
Release from the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area ************** NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) returned to their home port in North Charleston, Sunday, following a 105-day patrol in the South Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea…
Flag Officer Announcements
Release from the Department of Defense ************** Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. Charles B. Cooper II for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with…
General Officer Announcements
Release from the Department of Defense ************* Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with…
Prospective 64th Naval Academy Superintendent Nominated
************* ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Rear Adm. Yvette Davids was nominated for appointment to the rank of vice admiral and assignment as the next superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Davids, a 1989 graduate of the Naval Academy, was…
