📍 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) hosted a bi-annual leadership training symposium. More than 150 surface leaders gathered to discuss the manning, training and equipping of the surface force.
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Back to sea ⚓ 🌊
#USSPaulIgnatius (DDG 117) gets underway from Azores, Portugal, May 10.
Paul Ignatius is on a scheduled deployment in the @USNavyEurope area of operations.
Underway, shift colors ⚓ 🌊
#USSPorter (DDG 78) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain to begin its 11th Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe patrol in the @USNavyEurope area of operations, May 10, 2022.
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#ICYMI: @USNavyCNO Adm. Mike Gilday delivers testimony at the #HASC hearing for the fiscal year 2023 defense budget request.
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📍 GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas. The entirety of the top-tier Navy Cryptologic Technicians Interpretive (CTIs) gathered in West Texas for their annual Rating Strategy Council (RSC).
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📍 PHILIPPINE SEA
The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group conducted deterrence missions in the Philippine Sea through demonstration of long range maritime strikes with Pacific Air Forces, May 9.
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Bravo Zulu FRCE ⚓ 🎉
Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) closed out calendar year 2021 with the lowest number of @OSHA_DOL recordable mishaps in the depot’s history.
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Bravo Zulu HM1 Matthew Papa 🎉 ⚓
HM1 Papa, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Camp Lejeune, is named the “Radiation Health Technician of the Year” for 2021. #NavyMedicine
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Training is 🔑
Sailors fight simulated fires during a mass casualty drill on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier @Gipper_76.
All clear for takeoff 👍 ⚓
Sailors aboard #USSPaulIgnatius (DDG 117) show the pilots of an #MH60R helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, the removed chalks and chains, May 11, 2022.
Always a pleasure, Ma'am ⚓
Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport welcomed @ASNEIE Meredith Berger on May 5 for tours and a series of award presentations.
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Happy International Day of Families! 🎉 ⚓
Through trainings, deployments, homecomings, promotions, PCS, the highs and the lows, our families are there for us. We know it is not an easy job, so thank you to all the Navy families that support our sailors! #family#navyfamily
Always on the go.
📍 MANAMA, Bahrain - Rear Adm. Sean Bailey, Deputy Commander, @US5thFleet, left, speaks with Cmdr. David Catterall, commanding officer of #USSFitzgerald (DDG 62), while pierside, May 10.
Miami man made Captain of #USSFlorida (SSGN 728) ⚓
USS Florida is a major contributor to our maritime security and is homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.
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@NAVAIRNews Vice Adm. Carl P. Chebi, who came aboard in September 2021 as Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, shares his priorities with Naval Aviation News.
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Problem Solving 🤔 💡
A creative engineering solution helped FRCE overcome a shortage issue of V-22 Osprey APU filters.
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Today we commissioned #DDG121 after #MarineCorps LtGen Frank Petersen Jr. The first #Black pilot and general officer in the #USMC, he was a true #trailblazer on the seas, in the skies, and in the hearts of those he led! #IntotheTigersJaw