AUGUST 15, 2025 - USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) is scheduled to change its homeport from Naval Station Norfolk, Va. to Rota Naval Base, Spain, in the fall of 2024. Oscar Austin is the first of two additional Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to join the current Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe (FDNF-E) force – adding additional capabilities to the U.S. European … [Read more...]

AUGUST 14, 2024 — The Navy’s Senior Enlisted Marketplace is celebrating one year of success since its start in March 2023. SEM was the introduction of Billet-based Advancement to senior enlisted in the Navy and has screened over 500 Sailors to date. “The original advancement system that we had in place did not align advancements to billets,” said Enlisted Incentives … [Read more...]

LITTLE CREEK, VA (Aug. 2, 2024) Mr. Peter I. Belk, performing the duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, delivers a speech during a visit with East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) to present the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Expeditionary Safety Award, Aug. 2, 2024. The CNO Expeditionary Safety Award recognizes outstanding support and … [Read more...]

AUGUST 8, 2024 – The Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum, located onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, and the U.S. Coast Guard celebrated National Lighthouse Day Aug. 7. The family-friendly educational event featured free lighthouse tours, a 26-foot trailerable aid to navigation boat (TANB) static display, bounce houses, yard games and food. “It’s great to … [Read more...]