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...]

JANUARY 11, 2022 - It’s the viral “Triple Threat” of respiratory illnesses which public health experts grimly knew could happen. The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 outbreak, along with the annual winter cold and influenza season(s) are making it difficult for a number of people to weather the winter. Officials at Puget Sound Military Health System (MHS) commands such as … [Read more...]

JANUARY 10, 2022 - Recruit Training Command (RTC), the Navy’s enlisted boot camp, has extended the duration of its basic military training (BMT) program from eight to 10 weeks. Recruits who arrived Jan. 3 and thereafter will be enrolled in the 10-week BMT program. Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture, who heads the Naval Service Training Command, told reporters the first eight … [Read more...]