SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 - The guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) breaks a Navy record as it completes a nearly seven month deployment in the U.S.5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), Sept. 28. As part of Destroyer Squadron Two Six under the Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) Carrier Strike Group, Stout remained in theater when the rest of the strike group returned home earlier … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 - The Honorable Gregory J. Slavonic made his first international trip Sep. 23-26 while serving as the acting Under Secretary of the Navy. Slavonic traveled to Denmark and Portugal, where he engaged with senior defense and military officials, identifying opportunities for the Department of the Navy (DoN) to enhance interoperability and increase cooperative … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 - The U.S. Navy commissioned Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) today. Due to public health and safety concerns related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the commissioning was a private event. Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite was represented by Assistant Secretary of the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 – September is National Preparedness Month, and with the exceptionally high number of unpredictable events 2020 has yielded, relying on all preparedness resources the Navy has to offer is more important than ever. One point where the risk of potential hazard is particularly high for Navy personnel is during a PCS move to a completely new, unfamiliar … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - The Navy began releasing recently unclassified documents concerning the loss of the submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593), fulfilling a February 2020 ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Sept. 23. Thresher sank on April 10, 1963, 220 miles off the Massachusetts coast while conducting sea trials. All 129 men onboard, … [Read more...]