CHICAGO — Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti traveled to Chicago to meet with high school Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) students from the Rickover Naval Academy, William Howard Taft High School and Corliss High School, NROTC…
DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Freedom of Navigation Report
From the Department of Defense, May 8, 2024 Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual Freedom of Navigation (FON) Report for Fiscal Year 2023. During the period from October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, U.S. forces operationally…
SECDEF Announces Flag Officer Nominations
ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced May 9 that the president has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. John F. Wade for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with assignment as commander, Third…
SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine USS Miami with Gloria Estefan as Sponsor
From SECNAV Public Affairs, May 7, 2024 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 811 will be named USS Miami. Secretary Del Toro made the announcement, May 7, during the official kickoff concert of…
U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Earl Warren
By Team Ships Public Affairs, May 7, 2024 SAN DIEGO – John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) was delivered to the Navy, May 7. Delivery follows the successful completion of Integrated Sea Trials to test the…
May 7 Central Command Update
U.S. Central Command, May 07, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – Between approximately 11:02 p.m. and 11:48 p.m. (Sanaa time) on May 6, Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists launched three uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) over the Gulf of Aden from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen. A coalition ship…
Floating Piers, Cargo Ship With Aid for Gaza Face Weather Delays
May 7, 2024 | By C. Todd Lopez, DoD News Construction of the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, system on the Mediterranean Sea, which will streamline delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, is now complete, the deputy Pentagon press secretary said today. …
NOAA Breaks Ground on New Marine Operations Center Facility in Newport, Rhode Island
By Keeley Belva, NOAA, May 6, 2024 Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility on Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island that will serve as the future home…
May 6 Red Sea Update
From U.S. Central Command May 6, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – At approximately 10:47 a.m. (Sanaa time) on May 6, 2024, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed one uncrewed aerial system (UAS) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists over the Red Sea….
U.S. Navy Christens Newest Unmanned Surface Vessel, Vanguard
By Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs, May 6, 2024 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy christened Vanguard, the newest Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) during a recent ceremony in Mobile, Alabama. Vanguard is the Navy’s first…
