SAN DIEGO — Over 40 crew members of the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta were the first to pilot the updated Advance Warfare Training (AWT) curriculum inside the Navy’s newest combat systems trainer, Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense/Anti-Submarine Warfare…
Navy Commissions LCS USS Wichita
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Wichita (LCS 13) — the nation’s seventh Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) — at Naval Station Mayport Jan. 12 before a crowd including active-duty and veteran sailors. This milestone places…
Navy to Deploy Two Littoral Combat Ships This Year; East Coast LCSs to Deploy in 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will restart overseas deployments of its littoral combat ships (LCSs) this year after a hiatus of more than a year, the Navy’s surface warfare boss said. Two LCSs will deploy this year from San Diego,…
LAV Anti-Tank Weapon System to Reach FOC By End of 2019
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — The Marine Corps continues to upgrade the turret system for one of its longest-serving fighting vehicles — the Light Armored Vehicle-Anti-Tank (LAV-AT). In September 2017, Marine Corps Systems Command’s (MCSC’s) LAV-AT Modernization Program Team…
General Dynamics NASSCO Commissions New Panel Line
SAN DIEGO — General Dynamics NASSCO held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 11 to commission its new panel line, which expands steel production capabilities for the construction of commercial and government ships in San Diego, the company said in a release….
Marine Special Task Force Deployed with Colombian Deputy Commander
ARLINGTON, Va. — A Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SP-MAGTF) returned from a five-month deployment to Latin America last month as the first to deploy with a deputy commander from a partner nation. “We were the first SP-MAGTF to…
Coast Guard, Partners Recover Section of Downed Jet off Oahu
HONOLULU — Personnel from the Coast Guard and the State of Hawaii oversaw local salvor’s recovery of a section of the fuselage from a Hawker Hunter aircraft, downed initially in December, off Honolulu, Jan. 8. “Using a blend of local…
Alion Awarded SeaPort Next Generation Contract
WASHINGTON — The Department of Navy has awarded Alion Science and Technology, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award SeaPort Next Generation contract vehicle, the company said in a Jan. 10 release. This contract has a five-year base period of…
Coast Guard Academy Announces Next Superintendent
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The Coast Guard Academy announced in a Jan. 10 release that Rear Adm. William G. Kelly to be its 42nd superintendent. Kelly will relieve current Superintendent Rear Adm. James E. Rendon this summer. Kelly currently serves…
Coast Guard, Partners Stop Multiple Smuggling Events off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard interdicted a vessel Jan. 7 with 35 Dominican migrants and 4 kilograms of heroin approximately 34 miles west of Desecheo, Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. The…
