JANUARY 18, 2022 - Chiefs and Directors are an essential part of Navy Medicine and have long represented the upper tiers of corps leadership. By why do some staff corps have a Director and others a Chief? And if there is a distinction between these titles, why are they often collectively referred to as “Corps Chiefs”? The following is a short history of these terms and a … [Read more...]

JANUARY 18, 2022 – U.S. and international forces operating under U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have seized record amounts of illicit cargo during maritime interdictions in 2021. Led by Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, the maritime organizations conducted more seizures in 2021 after increasing patrols in the Gulf of Oman and … [Read more...]

JANUARY 17, 2022 – Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESX ARG) completed joint expeditionary strike force training operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 16. The training operations included integrated maritime strike missions, maritime interdiction operations, anti-submarine warfare, replenishment-at-sea and formation … [Read more...]

JANUARY 13, 2022 - Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Adm. Daryl Caudle, spoke at the Surface Navy Association 34th Annual National Symposium in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2022. Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), speaks with the moderator and audience after giving a keynote address at the Surface Navy Association's 34th Annual National … [Read more...]

JANUARY 12, 2022 - Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces released “Surface Warfare: The Competitive Edge”, at the Surface Navy Association National Conference, Jan 11. The document was designed to better align the Surface Force in the face of increasing technological complexity and rising strategic challenges. In the paper, Kitchener cites the strategic … [Read more...]