Release From Bollinger Shipyards USCGC William Sparling is the fifth of 6 FRCs to be homeported in Boston, MA LOCKPORT, La., — (July 20, 2023) – Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC William Sparling to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key…
Marine Corps Releases Command Investigation Into the MV-22B Osprey Mishap in California on June 8, 2022
Statement from the V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA-275) On June 8, 2022, five U.S. Marines from the “Purple Foxes” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 (VMM-364) lost their lives during an aviation mishap onboard an MV-22 Osprey. The investigation into…
USS Illinois Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment
Release from Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs ***** July 19, 2023 By Chief Petty Officer B. Biller, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786)…
USS Little Rock: Back with a Vengeance
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command ***** July 19, 2023 Caribbean Sea – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS 9) with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) has made its presence known in the…
HII is Awarded Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Integrated Training Systems Contract
Release from HII ***** MCLEAN, Va. (July 19, 2023) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Mission Technologies division has been awarded a $41 million contract to provide integrated training systems installation and sustainment (ITSIS) for the U.S. Navy. The task order was…
FUTURE USS CANBERRA (LCS 30) RECEIVES NATIONAL, GRASS-ROOTS SUPPORT FROM COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE
SYDNEY – The Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Canberra (LCS 30), will be commissioned, July 22 at the Royal Australian Naval Base Garden Island, in Sydney Harbor — a rare commissioning abroad for the U.S. Navy. Behind…
Navy Retires Its Last Special Operations Helicopter Squadron
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s only helicopter squadron dedicated to support of special operations forces has made its final flight. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 (HSC-85), a reserve squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, California, made…
SECNAV ACCEPTS MIAMI-DADE’S INVITATION TO HOST FLEET WEEK MIAMI IN 2024
Release from Commander, Navy Region Southeast ***** By CNRSE PAO 18 July 2023 MIAMI (July 14, 2023) – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro joined with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to announce the inaugural Fleet Week Miami in…
Heavyweight Torpedo Contributes to U.S. Navy’s Undersea Dominance
Release from SAIC ***** Heavyweight Torpedo Contributes to U.S. Navy’s Undersea Dominance The MK48 torpedo is the U.S. Navy’s sole submarine-launched anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare weapon. All classes of Navy submarines use it for achieving sea control and neutralizing or destroying threats to high-value…
Bell Expands H-1 Advanced Maintenance Training Academy for USMC
Release from Bell Textron ***** Jul 19, 2023 Bell Expands H-1 Advanced Maintenance Training Academy for USMC What does Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton, MCAS Futenma, Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center, and Bell’s Repair and Overhaul Center have in…
