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...]
Naval Fleet Gets Needed Maintanance in Port of Duqm
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 - Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Bahrain provides boots-on ground mission critical contracting and logistic support throughout the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR). Based at U.S. Embassy Muscat, NAVSUP FLC Bahrain detachment Oman is led by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Krantz, who supports the operational readiness of … [Read more...]