NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. — Submarine Development Squadron (DEVRON) 5 held a ribbon cutting ceremony, Oct. 19, 2022, on a newly-completed service pier extension located on Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Washington, Lt. Cmdr Christopher F. Donnelly of Commander, Submarine Force,…
Navy Achieves Full Operational Capability on Critical Underwater Training Range
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Naval Aviation Training Systems and Ranges program office’s (PMA-205) Ocean Systems Fixed Ranges team recently achieved full operational capability on the Undersea Warfare Training Ranges Increment I (USWTR INC I) program 13 months ahead of…
Navy Resumes Flight Operations for Some T-45 Aircraft
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) had resumed T-45C Goshawk aircraft flight operations Oct. 31, the Naval Air Systems Command said in a release. The Navy and Marine Corps’ fleet of T-45Cs have been on a…
NATO Concludes Successful Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike
OEIRAS, Portugal — Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) concluded Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike, the eighth phase of NATO’s long-planned Project Neptune series of activities, from STRIKFORNATO headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, Oct. 28, Naval…
U.S. Navy Rescues Mariners Who Set Fire to Vessel Smuggling Drugs
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Navy personnel rescued eight civilian mariners in the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 29, after they set their fishing vessel on fire prior to being boarded, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs said in an Oct….
EA-18G Growler Returns to the Skies Five Years After a Mid-Air Collision
WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — An EA-18G Growler attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129, successfully completed a functional check flight at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 17, marking the end of a complex transformation process for an aircraft…
HII Awarded $2.4 Billion to Build Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $2.4 billion U.S. Navy fixed-price-incentive contract for the detail design and construction of amphibious assault ship LHA 9. The award includes options, that if exercised, would bring the cumulative…
USNS COMFORT Commences Operation Continuing Promise 2022
MIAMI — Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Miami after commencing Operation Continuing Promise 2022, Oct. 23, 2022, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Juel Foster of U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs said in an Oct. 22 release. During Comfort’s…
Navy to Merge Mine-Countermeasures Helicopter Squadrons
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy plans to deactivate one of its two fleet helicopter mine countermeasures squadrons next year and combine many of its personnel and helicopters with the remaining squadron. Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14), which operates the…
Bahrain Leads Unmanned Exercise for Multinational Task Force
MANAMA, Bahrain — A multinational naval task force led by Bahrain conducted a one-day training drill in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 26, featuring the use of unmanned systems and artificial intelligence alongside seven crewed ships, Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs…
