DECEMBER 7, 2022 - Military Sealift Command Pacific’s commanding officer, Capt. Kendall Bridgewater joined Employees of Military Sealift Command, and General Dynamics NASSCO of San Diego to celebrate the keel laying of MSC’s newest ship, USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) at the NASSCO shipyard San Diego today. The time-honored tradition of the keel laying marks the official … [Read more...]
Navy and Marines Commence CARAT Indonesia 2022
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joaquin Martinez, vice commander, U.S. 7th Fleet gives a speech during the opening ceremony for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2022, Dec. 7. CARAT Indonesia is a bilateral exercise between Indonesia and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime … [Read more...]
Finnish Minister of Defense Visits USS Arlington
NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 4, 2022) - U.S. Navy Cmdr. Matthew Plant, left, executive officer of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), gives the Honorable Antti Kaikkonen, center, Finnish Minister of Defense, a tour of the Arlington at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 4, 2022. During a recent deployment, Arlington Sailors and embarked 22nd … [Read more...]
Navy Reduces Administrative Pay Burdens
DECEMBER 6, 2022 - Working to reduce the administrative burden on Sailors and Command Pay and Personnel Administrators (CPPA) when submitting pay and entitlements paperwork, the Navy established a Key Supporting Documents (KSD) Working Group. The working group was comprised of representatives from U.S. Fleet Forces; U.S. Pacific Fleet; director of the Resource Management … [Read more...]
U.S. Seizes Ammunition in Gulf of Oman
DECEMBER 5, 2022 – On Dec. 1, U.S. naval forces in the Middle East intercepted a fishing trawler smuggling more than 50 tons of ammunition rounds, fuses and propellants for rockets in the Gulf of Oman along a maritime route from Iran to Yemen. Navy personnel operating from expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) discovered the illicit cargo during a flag … [Read more...]