Category: United States Navy

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WASHINGTON – It takes honor, courage and commitment to leap into danger at a moment’s notice — which is why Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) recognizes stellar individuals with the calendar year 2021 Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Awards Program.

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PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as the USS Langley (CV 1), the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier.

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U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The ice chunks drifting on Arctic waters are inhospitable and, for most people, inaccessible. As a result, gathering accurate information about the environment in this harsh – but important – region of the world is challenging for researchers.

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SOUTH CHINA SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the South China Sea for multinational training which concluded March 15.

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CORONADO, Calif. (March 16, 2022) In honor of Women’s History Month, Naval Special Warfare is celebrating Cmdr. Blythe Blakistone, who became the first woman to serve as a commanding officer of a Naval Special Warfare (NSW) unit when she took command of Tactical Communications Command (TCC) 1.