CARIBBEAN SEA – The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast Haiti to begin humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, Aug. 21, said Lt. Laura Price,…
Coast Guard Holds Lighthouse Rededication Ceremony in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard held a rededication ceremony Friday at the New Point Loma Lighthouse in San Diego, the Coast Guard 11th District said in an Aug. 20 release. The rededication is the official recognition of the light station’s service career…
Embassy, USAID, Coast Guard, CBP Discuss Haitian Earthquake Response Efforts
MIAMI — Since the Aug. 14 earthquake in Haiti, Coast Guard men and women deployed there have flown 196 evolutions, saved 206 people, assisted 131 people, transported 306 urban disaster and relief personnel and transported 10,200 pounds of disaster and relief supplies, officials…
Navy Awards Rite-Solutions $20M Combat Systems Engineering Services Contract
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — Rite-Solutions recently won a five-year, $20.4 million contract with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT). The company will provide engineering and technical services to support the evolution and deployment of submarine communications networks, including the Submarine…
Huntington Ingalls Industries Names Danny Hernandez Corporate Director, Public Affairs
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that Danny Hernandez will succeed Beci Brenton as the company’s corporate director of public affairs upon Brenton’s Oct. 31 retirement. Hernandez will join HII on Sept. 13, transition into the position,…
Navy to Christen Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Fort Lauderdale
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will christen its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), during a 10 a.m. CT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi,…
Royal Navy Ship to Support Haiti Earthquake Response
LONDON — The U.K. Government announced on Aug. 19 a package of up to £1 million of initial support to Haiti, as the country recovers from the recent devastating earthquake, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said in a release. The Royal Navy…
Navy Surgeon General: Medical EPF Ship to Have Role in Distributed Maritime Operations
ARLINGTON, Va. — The expeditionary fast transport ship (EPF) being built as a medical ship will have a role in distributed maritime operations (DMO) and could support expeditionary advance base operations (EABO), the Navy surgeon general said. Rear Adm. Bruce…
General Dynamics Moves Knifefish Production to New UUV Center of Excellence
General Dynamics Mission Systems cut the ribbon to open a new and expanded production line for its Knifefish medium-class surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle (SMCM UUV) systems at the company’s UUV Center of Excellence (COE) in Taunton, Massachusetts. Up…
MQ-25 Achieves Air-to-Air Refueling with E-2D
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program completed its first aerial refueling flight with an E-2D aircraft Aug.18 at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. The Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, known as T1, transferred fuel to an E-2D…
