JULY 24, 2024 - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) successfully conducted the first land-based demonstration of the Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM), which will enable U.S. Navy surface combatants to reload missile canisters into their MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) at sea. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has made TRAM one of … [Read more...]
Navy Announces Michigan Maritime Manufacturing Initiative
JULY 23, 2024 – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the Michigan Maritime Manufacturing Initiative (M3), a federal, state and local partnership to help rebuild the maritime industrial base workforce the Navy needs, July 22. M3 will focus initially on submarine production skillsets before it expands to other types of ships. Secretary Del Toro announced M3 at … [Read more...]
Marines and Sailors Support Aid Efforts in Chuuk
U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, provide humanitarian disaster relief preparation by offloading approximately one thousand bags of rice and three thousand cases of water to Federal States of Micronesia outer island of Chuuk during exercise Koa Moana 24 in the Chuuk Lagoon, July 5-9, 2024. … [Read more...]
Pacific Partnership Returns to Vanuatu
JULY 22, 2024 – Pacific Partnership has returned to Vanuatu, to commence the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region. The mission commenced on July 15, with U.S. and Japanese Self Defense Forces (JSDF) service members conducting meet and greets and information exchanges with … [Read more...]
Navy Offers TAP, VTAP Classes
JULY 19, 2024 - Just as those who join the Navy must attend boot camp to become a Sailor, the same holds true for those who leave active duty and transition back to civilian life. That is why Commander, Navy Installations Command’s (CNIC) Fleet and Family Support Centers (FFSC) offer Transition Assistance Program (TAP) classes to help service members make a smooth transition … [Read more...]