JUNE 7, 2023 – The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751), under the command of Cmdr. Al Mardegian, returned to Naval Submarine Base New London for the last time on Tuesday, June 6, completing its final six-month deployment before starting the decommissioning process later this year. Capt. Thomas O’Donnell, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 12, … [Read more...]
Navy Responds to Merchant Vessel Distress Call in Strait of Hormuz
JUNE 5, 2023 – United States and United Kingdom Royal Navy forces responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, June 4, as Iranian fast-attack boats harassed the commercial ship. The internationally flagged merchant vessel made a radio distress call at 4:56 p.m. local time while transiting the narrow strait. The civilian crew … [Read more...]
Navy Housing Leases Now Allow Pet Deposits
JUNE 1, 2023 - Earlier this year, the U.S. Navy implemented the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) issued public private venture (PPV) housing universal lease agreements, created to standardized armed forces PPV leases, across all Navy PPV housing. The new universal lease provides an option for PPV partners to require residents signing new leases to pay a refundable pet … [Read more...]
Navy Develops Patented Self-Sealing Fuel Line
MAY 31, 2023 - Patents from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) are a measure of novel inventions, but each also tells a story of a relevant idea with warfighting impact. NPS Department of Physics Associate Professor Ray Gamache and his former graduate student, NPS alumnus U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Chris Phifer, developed and recently patented a new polymer-based, self-sealing … [Read more...]
Austin to Naval Academy Grads: ‘You’re Up to It’
Newly commissioned U.S. Navy Ensigns take the oath of office during the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2023 graduation ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Md., May 26, 2023. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) MAY 30, 2023 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy today that their experience as midshipmen has … [Read more...]