Just like any city or town, Sailors on ships or Marines ashore generate trash. Getting rid of rubbish isn’t always as simple as filling the dumpster in the back of the building or rolling the bins down to the curb once…
SECNAV Selects USS Wisconsin as Name of Second Columbia SSBN
ARLINGTON, Va. — The second Columbia-class ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) will be named for the state of Wisconsin, the secretary of the Navy said during an Oct. 28 webinar. In a discussion with retired Rear Adm. Frank Thorp IV, president and CEO…
CG Cutter Returns Home Following 60-day Living Marine Resources Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) returned to their home port Tuesday following a 60-day living marine resources patrol that began in late August. The cutter and crew patrolled the California coast, spanning from…
Austal USA Holds Keel Laying Ceremony for the future LCS Santa Barbara
MOBILE, Ala. —Austal USA, in Mobile, Ala., hosted future USS Santa Barbara ship sponsor and keel authenticator, Mrs. Lolita Zinke, Oct. 27 at a keel laying ceremony for the 16th Indpendence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Mrs. Zinke welded her initials into…
U.S. Navy Orders Four MH-60R Helicopters for Greece
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has placed an order with Lockheed Martin for four MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission helicopters for the government of Greece. The Naval Air Systems Command, through the Foreign Military Sales Program, awarded a $194 million contract…
Navy Orders Six CH-53K Helicopters for Marine Corps
ARLINGTON, Va. — Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin company, has received an order from the U.S. Navy for six CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $550.4 million contract…
Navy Awards Logistics, Maintenance Contract for Advanced Helicopter Training System
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to Vertex Aerospace, LLC (Vertex) on Oct. 20, 2020, for the Contractor Logistics and Maintenance Support (CLS) in support of the Advanced Helicopter Training System (AHTS) program for $70.4 million…
GE Celebrates LM2500 Gas Turbine Composite Module for DDG
EVENDALE, OHIO (October 26, 2020) – GE Marine recently hosted a virtual meeting that drew more than 60 attendees from the United States Navy, Bath Iron Works, Huntington Ingalls and other strategic partners, to celebrate the teams involved in the…
USS America Conducts Integrated Operations with Japanese F-35s
USS AMERICA–The first-in-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) participated in advanced combined operations with Japan this week in the western Pacific Ocean, the ship’s public affairs office said in an Oct. 25 release. America conducted integrated air defense…
Bollinger Praises Study on Basing FRCs in Samoa to Counter Chinese Encroachment
LOCKPORT, La. — U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien recently announced plans to conduct a feasibility study on whether to base U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) in American Samoa to counter “destabilizing and malign actions” by China in the…
