FEBRUARY 3, 2021 - Imagine you’re driving a car. You’re relying on GPS to traverse an unfamiliar environment. You lose GPS when you drive through a tunnel, but the car’s inertial navigation system tracks your movement in space so it can maintain your position relative to the road. It’s a temporary solution, but without GPS — without the ability to reorient yourself in time and … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 2, 2021 - The Navy is conducting a series of security exercises nationwide to enhance the readiness of its security forces Feb. 1-12. Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2021, a joint exercise between commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), will be held on all Navy installations in the continental United States. … [Read more...]

JANUARY 29, 2021 - The Navy is shifting the dates of the single, six-month physical fitness assessment cycle during calendar year 2021 to July 1 through December 31, to continue to mitigate COVID-19 impacts to the fleet. The single 2021 cycle was initially announced in November’s NAVADMIN 304/20 and was originally scheduled for March 1 through Sept. 30. That message is now … [Read more...]

JANUARY 28, 2021 - The U.S. Navy and several maritime partner nations successfully completed operations for the multilateral exercise Sea Dragon 2021 in Guam on Jan. 27. For two weeks, over 190 personnel from five nations conducted over 250 hours of ground and classroom training, culminating in high-level exercises to track a real-world U.S. Navy submarine. Commander Task … [Read more...]

JANUARY 21, 2021 - At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 12 Navy personnel deployed to the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico and Arizona to provide support to the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. The medical personnel have been working side-by-side with civilian and U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps … [Read more...]