ATLANTIC OCEAN — The Navy’s Fleet Experimentation Program (FLEX), featuring unmanned aerial and surface vehicles, was held on the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) in the waters around Key West, Fla. Oct. 16-21, 2022, U.S. Naval Forces…
Vice Adm. Houston: Integration of Women in Submarine Fleet Key to Future Force
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s submarine force has taken major strides at integrating women into the submarine fleet, which will be key to building the most “talented, capable force” possible, the commander of submarine forces told attendees of the…
Admiral: Navy Planning to Extend Service Lives of 5 Ohio-Class Subs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is planning to extend the service lives of up to five Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to help cover a projected shortfall in the 2030s as aging subs retire faster than newly built Columbia-class submarines…
Admiral: Guam Weather ‘Challenging’ for Navy’s Triton UAV Operations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The weather in Guam has proved to pose challenges to operations of the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, a Navy admiral said. He also praised the value of the Triton as a targeting platform. …
Major Pier Project Completed at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor
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…
