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…
VCNO Visits Shipyards, Navy Leadership in Northeast Focused on Readiness
From the Navy Office of Information, Nov. 6, 2024 WASHINGTON – Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited the Northeast with a focus on Navy readiness and maintenance, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2024. Kilby spent time at General Dynamics…
VAW-123 Sends their Last E-2C Hawkeye to the Boneyard
By Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic Public Affairs, Nov. 4, 2024 TUCSON, Ariz. – Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 123 transferred two of their four E-2C Hawkeye aircraft to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the largest aircraft boneyard in the…
SECNAV Announces Service Life Extensions for 3 Cruisers
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Nov. 4, 2024 WASHINGTON – The Department of the Navy plans to operate three Ticonderoga-class (CG 47) cruisers beyond their expected service life: USS Gettysburg (CG 64), USS Chosin (CG 65), and USS Cape St. George…
