On Sunday, April 17, Lt. j.g. Aaron Fowler, age 29, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One, died while participating in a training evolution with the Marine Corps at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kanehoe Bay. Fowler became unresponsive during the training and was pronounced deceased at the hospital.
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Bath, Maine, April 18, where he met with congressional leaders from Maine to visit General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW).
Rear Adm. Joseph Hornbuckle, Commander, Fleet Readiness Centers (COMFRC), relieved Col. Thomas Atkinson, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) commander, of his duties, April 15, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.
WASHINGTON – The Honorable Erik K. Raven swore into the Department of the Navy as the Under Secretary of the Navy during a private ceremony at the Pentagon, Apr. 13, 2022.
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Fallon, Nevada, where he met with tribal and local government leaders and visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, April 12.
Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, presented former Secretary of the Navy Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award today during a ceremony at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
The Department of the Navy Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment & Suicide Prevention and Response Office and Howard University will co-host a National Discussion on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at America’s Colleges, Universities and Service Academies virtually on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The discussion reflects a shared recognition of sexual harassment and sexual assault as persistent challenges that require ongoing and proactive prevention approaches.
On Apr. 4, 2022, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Commanding Officer, Rear Adm. Peter Stamatopoulos, relieved the commanding officer of NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Capt. Albert Lee Hornyak due to a loss of confidence in his ability to perform his duties following a series of leadership and oversight failures at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
By working closely with AIM Photonics’ state-of-the-art foundry, NRL’s Optical Sciences Division is developing photonic components with functionalities targeting DoD priorities such as analog signal processing, quantum information and computing, data remoting, and navigation and timing.
Interagency members assigned to the unified command supporting salvage operations for the Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye that crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague safely de-fueled the aircraft April 2.
At approximately 12 p.m. local time April 2, 2022, USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington, experienced a problem in the forward crew access compartment while conducting a routine compartment air test. The test is no longer in progress. Navy personnel responded to the situation.
On Wednesday, March 30, Lt. Hyrum Hanlon, assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 lost his life when an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye conducting routine flight operations crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will showcase cutting-edge space-related programs and technologies and highlight ways to share ideas or capabilities with NRL, during the 37th Space Symposium in exhibit booth #625 at the at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs and virtually through the Virtual Experience platform April 4-7, 2022.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will showcase cutting-edge research and technologies during the Navy League's Global Maritime Exposition Sea-Air-Space in exhibit booth #1847 at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, April 4-6, 2022.
ARLINGTON, Va.—Can the U.S. Navy’s current force structure model, which has been immensely successful since World War II, remain strong in the face of new threats—or does it require an overhaul? How can the Department of the Navy (DoN) meet future challenges and strengthen its ability to develop and adopt new capabilities?
Salvage planning efforts are underway for the Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye attached to Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 120 that crashed in the vicinity of Wallops Island and Chincoteague, Va, March 30. The crash, which left one service member dead and two injured remains under investigation.
