Release From USCG News ***** KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned home to Key West, Friday, following a 55-day patrol in the Western Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean. Patrolling in…
JB Charleston, MCAS Beaufort search-and-recovery team locates F-35B debris field
Release from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ****** JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, in close coordination with local authorities, have located a debris field in Williamsburg County. The debris was…
New ocean mapping center expands NOAA, University of New Hampshire partnership
By NOAA Communications, September 19, 2023 NOAA and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) are expanding a 24-year ocean and Great Lakes mapping partnership through the creation of a new Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping. …
F-35B Loss is the Fourth for the Marine Corps
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The pilot of a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighter ejected safely near Charleston, South Carolina, on September 17, but search-and-recovery efforts for the aircraft are ongoing, a Marine Corps official said. “The search-and-recovery efforts…
USS Marinette (LCS 25) Commissions the Wright Way
Release from Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two (LCSRON 2) Public Affairs ***** Menominee, Michigan. — The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) September 16, 2023, in Menominee, Michigan. “It is a day filled with…
USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56) DECOMMISSIONS, HONORING 35 YEARS OF SERVICE
Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command ***** 16 September 2023 NORFOLK, Virginia – USS San Jacinto (CG-56) honored more than three decades of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 15. Vice Adm. Jim Kilby, deputy commander,…
SECNAV Names Ship After American Abolitionist, Social Activist Harriet Tubman
CHURCH CREEK, MD, UNITED STATES 09.17.2023 Office of the Secretary of the Navy Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that he named a U.S. Navy ship after American abolitionist and social activist Harriet Tubman, Sept. 17. SECNAV…
Navy to Commission Future Littoral Combat Ship Marinette
Release from the U.S. Department of Defense ***** Sept. 15, 2023 The Navy will commission the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) as the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a 10:00 a.m. CST ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 16, in…
U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Danish Defense Forces Train on SM-6 Missile Launcher Together
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs ***** Sept. 15, 2023 BORNHOLM, Denmark – In a demonstration of ongoing commitment to transatlantic security and defense interoperability, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, in conjunction with the…
USS Canberra Commissioning Touched Hearts
The rare commissioning abroad brought people together from across the globe. It’s always a special occasion when a new ship is commissioned and brought to life with crew, family, and friends, but the recent commissioning of the USS Canberra (LCS…
