Defense News in Brief: NEX Provisions Market Offers Customers More Food Options

Source: United States Navy

NEX Oceana, Virginia, opened the Navy Exchange Service Command’s (NEXCOM) newest food concept, the NEX Provisions Market, on Feb. 26. The NEX Provisions Market features grab & go food and beverages, snack items including natural and organic foods and a Starbucks Coffee Bar as well as a selection of fresh and hot foods including fresh baked cookies, hot dogs, pizza and tornadoes.

Defense News in Brief: MARMC Teams up with Ship Repair Industry to address “Pre-Deployment Bubble” Covid-19 Protocols To Fix Ships

Source: United States Navy

The Navy’s largest East Coast maintenance center and their ship repair and maintenance partners in Hampton Roads are teaming up to prevent the threat of COVID outbreaks on ships in a “pre-deployment bubble”- a method to ensure crew is COVID free prior to deploying.- while continuing to provide timely and safe routine and emergent maintenance services.

Defense News in Brief: Admiral Offers Vision for Indo-Pacific

Source: United States Navy

Key to military success and supporting free and open societies in the Indo-Pacific region are: fostering innovation, thinking critically, developing expertise, challenging assumptions and working collectively to realize the full potential of the joint force, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said.