By Carrier Strike Group 12 Public Affairs NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia ꟷ The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), returned to homeport in Norfolk after an eight-month deployment to…
VMFA-542 Becomes First F-35B Squadron on East Coast to Achieve Initial Operational Capability
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina – Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 542, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), became the first East Coast F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter squadron in the Fleet Marine Force to achieve initial…
U.S Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast decommissioned after 56 years of service
Feb. 6, 2024 ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard decommissioned the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) during a ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Astoria. Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson, deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony honoring…
SECNAV Del Toro Stresses DON’s Support of Small Businesses During National 8(a) Conference
06 February 2024 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro today spoke to hundreds of small business owners at the National 8(a) Association Small Business Conference in Atlanta, Feb. 6. The National 8(a) Association is a non-profit that provides education…
Coast Guard Sails to Islands of Federated States of Micronesia with Needed Equipment, Supplies
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia — The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew arrived at Dekhitik Harbor in Pohnpei on Feb. 1 as part of an international effort to deliver essential supplies…
USNS Brunswick Returns Home After 7 Years in the Western Pacific
NORFOLK, Va. ꟷ Military Sealift Command’s sixth expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) shifted its hub port in Saipan to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., Feb. 3. The evolution signified the completion of a…
USS Farragut Returns Home Following Successful SOUTHCOM Deployment
By USNAVSOUTH/4TH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS 03 February 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Florida ꟷ Farragut, along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 Det 2 deployed in September 2023 to support Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-South’s counter-narcotics operations…
Cooper Hands Over Command of U.S. 5th Fleet to Wikoff
By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | February 01, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain ꟷ Vice Adm. Brad Cooper turned over command of Middle East naval forces to Vice Adm. George Wikoff during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support…
Raytheon’s Barracuda Sea-Mine Assassin Progresses in Development
ARLINGTON, Va. — Raytheon has completed the Technical Data Package for a sea mine destructor developed for the U.S. Navy as the test program continues, the company said in an interview with Seapower. The Barracuda is a 26-pound, 48-inch-long anti-mine…
SURFACE WARFARE: The Nucleus of American Naval Power
By Bryan McGrath The U.S. Navy is too small for what is asked of it, and what is asked of it is insufficient to meet the nation’s needs. We have too few ships, submarines, aircraft, aircraft carriers, people, sensors, weapons…
