NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Jan. 27 its board of directors elected Chief Operating Officer Chris Kastner to become HII president and chief executive officer, consistent with the company’s succession plan. The board also elected President and…
Members of Coast Guard Port Security Unit Return Home After Nine-Month Deployment
Everett, Wash. — Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 313 returned to Everett, Washington, Jan. 27 following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During the deployment, unit operations focused on seaward security, providing more than 42,000 hours of…
Navy Tweaks Guidance for COVID Shipboard Measures to Comply with Updated CDC Advice
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has updated guidance to commanders for keeping COVID-19 infections off ships, and what to do if prevention measures fail. The latest Standardized Operation Guidance (5.0), issued by Vice Adm. William Merz, deputy chief of Naval…
Coast Guard Intercepts 191 Haitians near Bahamas
MIAMI — The Coast Guard intercepted 191 Haitians aboard an overloaded sail freighter Jan. 25, about 40 miles southwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas. Coast Guard Kathleen Moore’s crew located a green and blue sail freighter with 191 people aboard during…
Austal USA Celebrates Keel Laying for Navy’s Future Flight II EPF Cody
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA celebrated the Jan. 26 keel laying of the future USNS Cody (EPF 14) at its ship manufacturing facility in in Mobile, Alabama, the company said in a release. Cody is a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport…
USCGC Thetis Returns Home from 68-day Counter-Narcotic Deployment
KEY WEST, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis’s crew (WMEC 910) returned to homeport in Key West on Jan. 26 after a 68-day transit escorting the Coast Guard Cutters Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) and Glen Harris (WPC 1144)…
Radar Integration Determined Deployment Timing of Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter reached initial operational capability more than 2.5 years ago but made its first operational deployment only last month. The reason, the Navy’s program manager explained, centered on the integration…
Northrop Grumman Delivers MYP-1’s Final E-2D to U.S. Navy; Begins MYP-2
ARLINGTON, Va. — Northrop Grumman has successfully delivered the 51st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for the U.S. Navy. The aircraft is the final one of a Multi-Year Procurement-1, the company said Jan. 21. The E-2D, numbered AA-52 in company production, is…
Marine Squadron First to Complete Transition to CH-53K
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. — The CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter now equips an operational Marine heavy helicopter squadron, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing said Jan. 25. A Jan. 24 ceremony at New River marked the transition…
Turkish frigate serving as flagship for NATO Operation Sea Guardian in Mediterranean
MEDITERRANEAN SEA — NATO is continuing its Operation Sea Guardian with its first focused patrol for 2022. Turkish frigate TCG Barbaros is currently deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and is serving as flagship for NATO’s current OSG focused patrol….
