OCTOBER 24, 2022 – Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet visited Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) and Sasebo (CFAS) to engage with forward-deployed Sailors and their communities and connect with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) partners, Oct. 16-20. During his visit to Yokosuka, Kitchener met with Sailors assigned to Task Force … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 20, 2022 - Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific leadership hosted Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks at NIWC Pacific yesterday for a tour of its latest innovations in unmanned technologies and command-and-control programs. NIWC Pacific and its partners briefed the deputy secretary on its strategic efforts to … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 19, 2022 - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the Department of the Navy’s preferred location for a new National Museum of the United States Navy (NMUSN) during an event today at the Washington Navy Yard, in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the service's 247th birthday. The Navy’s preferred location for the new NMUSN would be on land adjacent to the … [Read more...]

221012-N-CY569-0006 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 12, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) parade colors at the Cole memorial. Cole's crew, both past and present, gathered alongside families and guests at the Cole memorial onboard Naval Station Norfolk to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the ship's bombing on October 12, 2000. … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 12, 2022 - Naval Special Warfare Command released the Line of Duty investigation today into the death of Seaman Kyle Mullen, a Navy SEAL candidate who died Feb. 4, 2022, immediately after completing “Hell Week,” during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. Based on the results of the investigation, NSWC concluded the death of Mullen was in the line of … [Read more...]