From Chief of Naval Air Training, May 9, 2025 NAS CORPUS CHRISTI —The Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), Rear Admiral Rich Brophy, hosted former CNATRA commanders onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi and NAS Kingsville last week as…
Continuing Promise 2025 Set to Begin
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, May 13, 2025 MAYPORT, Florida – The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy this June-August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part…
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Scores Another Bust
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, 13 May 2025 CARIBBEAN SEA – The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel May 1 while supporting Joint Interagency Task…
Surface Sailors Level-up, Control the Air
By MC1 Kelby Sanders, COMNAVSURFPAC Public Affairs, May 2, 2025 SAN DIEGO, California — Since the latest outbreak of conflict in and around the Red Sea in October of 2023, several U.S. Navy ships operating within carrier strike groups have…
HII Welcomes High School Seniors to Shipbuilding Careers at Newport News Shipbuilding
From HII NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — More than two dozen high school seniors know what they’ll be doing after graduation this year, after accepting offers to begin their shipbuilding careers at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport…
Philippines, U.S. Conclude Exercise Balikatan 25
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) hosted the closing ceremony of Exercise Balikatan 25 on May 9, marking the successful completion of the largest annual combined military exercise between the Philippines and the…
USS Forrest Sherman Departs Norfolk for Routine Deployment
From U.S. 2nd Fleet, May 7, 2025 NORFOLK, Va. — Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment on May 6, 2025. USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Norfolk as…
EOS Awarded Laser Powder Bed Fusion Training Contract by U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) Program, in partnership with BlueForge Alliance, has funded the EOS Additive Minds Academy to train the MIB suppliers in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process chain to strengthen the industrial 3D printing workforce …
Rite-Solutions Awarded $234M SBIR Phase III Contract for Combat Systems of the Future
From Rite Solutions MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (May 6, 2025)—On May 1st, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded a 5-year, SBIR Phase III contract to Rite-Solutions. This $243M contract — the largest in the history of the company — will enable…
SECDEF Directs Flag and General Billet Reductions
From the Department of Defense, May 5, 2025 ARLINGTON, Va. — The following memorandum was issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP SUBJECT: General/Flag Officer Reductions The Department of Defense is committed to ensuring the lethality…
