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Navy Assumes Responsibility of Red Hill Facility

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Navy Closure Task Force – Red Hill (NCTF-RH) assumed responsibility of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF) from Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) during a transition of authority ceremony held at the Battleship Missouri Memorial, March 28.



NAVFAC Chief of Civil Engineers Outlines Strategic Priorities

 Rockville, Maryland - Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) and chief of Civil Engineers, outlined his strategic priorities during a panel discussion at a Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Capital Week event March 26 in Rockville, Maryland.



NRL’s Sungrazer Project Discovers 5000th Comet

WASHINGTON — On March 25, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Sungrazer Project reached a remarkable milestone – the discovery of its 5,000th comet in data from the joint European Space Agency – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (ESA-NASA) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).



NPS’ Latest Small Satellite Launch Advances Comms Experimentation, International Collaboration

MONTEREY, Calif. — In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low-Earth orbit – including the latest piece of home-grown space hardware from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS).


Vice Mayor of the City of Naples, Laura Lieto, visits Naval Support Activity Naples

NAPLES, Italy — In a significant step towards strengthening collaboration, the Vice Mayor of the City of Naples, Laura Lieto, and Dr. Edoardo Cosenza, City Alderman for Transportation and Civil Protection, met with U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa leadership, including Executive Director Juliet Beyler, and the U.S. Consul General, Tracy Roberts-Pounds, and Capt. John Randazzo, Installation Commanding Officer onboard Naval Support Activity Naples on March 21, 2024.



Vice Mayor of Naples, Laura Lieto, Visits Naval Support Activity Naples

NAPLES, Italy – In a significant step towards strengthening collaboration, the Vice Mayor of Naples, Laura Lieto, met with U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa leadership, including Executive Director Juliet Beyler, and the U.S. Consul General, Tracy Roberts-Pounds, and Capt. John Randazzo, Installation Commanding Officer onboard Naval Support Activity Naples on March 21, 2024.



Attention, Science Fans! Naval STEM Launches Newest Naval Horizons Essay Contest

The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) program has gone live with the newest iteration of its popular Naval Horizons student essay contest for high school and college students.

First launched in 2020, Naval Horizons is a STEM educational video series from the DoN’s Naval STEM Coordination Office, located at the Office of Naval Research (ONR). It is a collection of more than 55 videos highlighting scientists and engineers, including active-duty military personnel, working within the DoN.

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