Source: United States Navy
GROTON, Conn. – The Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon (SSN 793), delivered to the U.S. Navy on Feb. 26. PCU Oregon is the twentieth Virginia Class submarine that are co-produced at General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) through a long-standing teaming agreement. Oregon is the eleventh Virginia Class delivered by GDEB and the second Block IV configured submarine.
Source: United States Navy
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii – Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro, visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) February 27 to discuss the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) with shipyard and Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), Pacific leadership.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
Kaprice D. Russell, of Steubenville, Ohio, has admitted to drug charges, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Russell, age 34, pleaded guilty today to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base, Cocaine Hydrochloride, Methamphetamine, and Heroin,” “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Cocaine Hydrochloride within 1000 feet of a Protected Location,” one count of “Distribution of Heroin,” and one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base.”
Source: United States Navy
SAN DIEGO – Key leaders from Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) and its affiliated Program Executive Offices (PEOs) came together to discuss “Data Initiatives of the Operational Environment” at the Department of Navy Information Technology (DON IT) West Coast Conference, Feb. 16, at the San Diego Convention Center.
Source: United States Navy
WASHINGTON – Navy upped the ante in the fight to fill critical billets at sea March 1 as the New Detailing Marketplace Assignment Policy (DMAP) went live, offering a wide range of incentives to Sailors in sea-intensive ratings in exchange for staying at sea in critical operational billets.