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Source: United States Navy
ARABIAN SEA – The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), flagship of the Ronald Reagan carrier strike group (CSG), along with guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) and guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97), entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, June 25.
Source: United States Navy
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. – Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June 23.
Source: United States Navy
The U.S. Navy is making way for Kansas City. Kansas City Navy Week, the first in-person Navy Week since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the first in the city since 2015, will take place June 28 – July 4, concluding with the Kansas City Air Show featuring the Navy Blue Angels.
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WASHINGTON – Lunar samples of dust particles and rock have been brought back to Earth for more than half a century, ever since Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the Moon in 1969. NRL geologist Kate Burgess used samples from the Apollo 17 mission during her microscopic research of what’s inside tiny grains of moon dust.
Source: United States Navy
KIEL, Germany – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) conducted a four-day port visit in Kiel, Germany, June 22, 2021, after participating in the 50th iteration of Exercise BALTOPS, a joint, maritime-focused exercise to increase interoperability and enhance flexibility between NATO allies and partners.