AUGUST 8, 2023 — U.S. Naval Community College, in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, began its first classes for the Associate of Science in Uncrewed Systems August 7, 2023. This is the second associate degree program offered by USNCC in consortium with ERAU, which provides active duty enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen an opportunity to earn … [Read more...]
Navy Approves Service Life Extension for Four Destroyers
AUGUST 4, 2023 –The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Surface Warfare Division (N96) recently approved the service life extension of four Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers. USS Ramage (DDG 61), homeported in Norfolk, VA, and USS Benfold (DDG 65), based in Yokosuka, Japan, have been extended by five years to FY 2035 and FY 2036, respectively. USS … [Read more...]
Results of Navy 2023 Tenant Satisfaction Survey Released
AUGUST 3, 2023 – Each year, Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) conducts a Tenant Satisfaction Survey (TSS) through a third-party contract in order to provide military households with a voluntary and confidential opportunity to share open and honest feedback on their housing experience. This year’s privatized housing survey was conducted between March 20 and May 5 of … [Read more...]
Marines and Sailors Cross-Deck at Sea
A U.S. Navy LCAC enters the well deck of the San Antonio class amphibious transport docking ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) on the Atlantic Ocean, July 25, 2023. The USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled … [Read more...]
Committee Celebrates Origins of U.S. Navy Diving Community
AUGUST 1, 2023 – They may dive the world over, but the humble beginnings of U.S. Navy divers first began on August 1, 1882 in local waters off of Newport, Rhode Island according to Navy leaders who recently voted on establishing an official birth date for the community. The Navy’s diving executive steering committee, comprised of officers and senior enlisted leaders across … [Read more...]