Nov. 12, 2024 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD Public Affairs Since Friday, U.S. Central Command has conducted strikes against Iranian-backed Houthi targets in Yemen and against targets in Syria as part of the defeat-ISIS mission there. On Saturday and Sunday, Centcom…
General Officer Announcements
From the U.S. Department of Defense, Nov. 13, 2024 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert C. Fulford for appointment to the grade of lieutenant…
First Royal Australian Navy Officer Graduates Engineering Duty Officer Basic Course under AUKUS Pillar 1
By NAVSEA Office of Corporate Communications and AUKUS I&A Public Affairs, Nov. 12,2024 PORT HUENEME, Calif. – A Royal Australian Navy Officer graduated for the first time from the U.S. Navy Engineering Duty Officer (EDO) School, during a ceremony at Naval Base…
A Living Legacy, USS John Basilone is Commissioned
By Lt. j.g. Julian Jacobs, Nov. 12, 2024 NEW YORK – On Saturday morning, nestled between the USS Intrepid, New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, and the cruise terminal, the Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Basilone, was brought to…
Macomb College, Navy Partner to Fast-Track Maritime Manufacturing Training
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications, Nov. 8, 2024 WARREN, Mich. — In a significant step forward for maritime manufacturing in Michigan, the U.S. Navy and Macomb Community College launched the Michigan Maritime Manufacturing (M3) Initiative’s Accelerated…
NIWC Atlantic Team Develops Next-Generation Mobile ATC Towers
By Kris Patterson, NIWC Atlantic Public Affairs Office, Nov. 6, 2024 CHARLESTON, S.C. – Members of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) Engineering Division are engaged in developing a new generation of mobile ATC towers designed for rapid deployment. The…
Statement from CNO on Discovery of the Location of the Wreck of Destroyer USS Edsall (DD-219)
11 November 2024 Chief of Naval Operations / Admiral Lisa Franchetti On behalf of the United States Navy, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Royal Australian Navy for locating the final resting place of the…
FRCE Inducts First Navy CMV-22B For Maintenance
12 November 2024 From Heather Wilburn, Fleet Readiness Center East MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) met a new milestone with the induction of its first Navy CMV-22B Osprey for maintenance Aug. 21….
Navy to Commission Future USS John Basilone
From the Navy Office of Information, Nov. 7, 2024 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) will be commissioned, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. EST in New York. The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the…
GA-ASI and US Navy Fly MQ-20 Avenger Using MD-5 GCS to Perform Command Autonomy Maneuvers
From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. SAN DIEGO – 07 November 2024 – On November 5, 2024, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used its MQ-20 Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System to perform commanded autonomy maneuvers as part of a demonstration…
