JUNE 29, 2021 - For graduating medical interns who are going to their first operational assignments as General Medical Officers (GMOs), Flight Surgeons and Undersea Medical Officers, the range and breadth of medical procedures and knowledge they are expected to have mastered can be a bit daunting. Naval Medical Readiness and Training Commands Portsmouth, San Diego and … [Read more...]
Anti-Submarine Warfare is an Art
JUNE 28, 2021 – The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) began a series of successful anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises in the Hawaiian Island Operating Area (HIOA), June 12. One of 68 in its class, ASW is a primary mission area of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and is the ability to detect, track, classify and destroy submarines using both organic and … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy, Marines, Coast Guard Conduct Joint Operations
JUNE 28, 2021 - U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard units, led by Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), have been conducting integrated operations off the coast of Hawaii for the past two weeks. Units assigned to Carrier Strike Group 1, as well as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, the fast-attack … [Read more...]
10 Years Of Women In Submarines
JUNE 25, 2021 - Female officers in the U.S. Navy have been serving on multiple platforms throughout the Submarine Force for more than 10 years now. In 2010, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates lifted the ban, which barred females from serving aboard submarines. A year after the ban was lifted, the first female officers began reporting to Ohio-class ballistic missile … [Read more...]
Carrier Air Wing Two Completes Carrier Qualifications
JUNE 23, 2021 – Carrier Air Wing (CVW) Two successfully completed carrier qualifications aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), June 10, after four days of flight deck operations designed to ready the squadrons and carrier for future operations. Carrier qualifications evaluate a squadron’s proficiency and capacity to accomplish routine missions by launching, executing and … [Read more...]