02 December 2021 DESRON 22 Performs Change of Command Capt. Milciades “Tony” Then relieved Capt. Scott Jones as commodore, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 22 during a change of command ceremony, Dec. 1. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) hosted the ceremony...
18 November 2021 Namesake’s Grandson Visits USS Winston S. Churchill After attending the Nov. 10 USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, the Honorable Rupert Soames, OBE, toured the ship at BAE shipyard in nearby Jacksonville, Fla. The ceremony’s guest speaker, Soames is the destroyer’s sponsor and grandson of the...
10 November 2021 USS Winston S. Churchill Holds Change of Command Cmdr. Brian Anthony relieved Cmdr. Timothy Shanley as commanding officer of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) during a Nov. 10 change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport. Following the ship’s 2019 maintenance availability and a rigorous Basic Phase, Shanley assumed command in May...
05 November 2021 Fall 2021 Surface Line Week Concludes After sea and shore-based commands competed in various athletic and technical competitions, the Fall 2021 Surface Line Week came to a close Nov. 5. Winners in the biannual competition included USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Small Command Division; USS Laboon (DDG 58) in the Medium...
02 November 2021 Navy Unveils New Anti-Submarine Warfare Tactical Employment Trainer Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC), formerly known as the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS), in conjunction with Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT), held a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Tactical Employment Trainer (ATET)...
26 October 2021 Navy Reservists Return to SURFLANT Ships after COVID-19 Hiatus Navy reservists assigned to the Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Maintenance Execution Team (CNSL MET) completed various projects aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Oct. 17-19.The presence of reservists on the waterfront comes after more than a year where, as a...
21 October 2021 Thomas Hudner Coxswain Takes Unique Path to Naval Service An intergenerational journey encompassing four countries, lots of bravery, resiliency and risk-taking led SN Imanol Moreno Fuentes to joining the United States Navy, where he serves in deck department aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116).Moreno Fuentes hails from the...
12 October 2021 21st Cole Commemoration Held Aboard Naval Station Norfolk A commemoration ceremony marking the 21st anniversary of the bombing of USS Cole (DDG 67) was held this morning at the Cole Memorial aboard Naval Station Norfolk.With the ship unavailable and the crew unable to participate in person during the annual commemoration, the remembrance event was...
28 September 2021 SURFLANT Stands up Task Group Greyhound Task Group Greyhound was formally introduced by Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, and Rear Adm. Brian Davies, commander, Submarine Group Two and deputy commander, 2nd Fleet, at an event held at Naval Station Mayport aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas...
28 September 2021 Sailors Visit Cooperstown Namesake Pre-Commissioning Unit Cooperstown (LCS 23) Sailors visited Cooperstown, N.Y., and the ship’s namesake Baseball Hall of Fame during a familiarization tour Sept. 24. A small contingent of the ship’s crew, led by Lt. j.g. Logan Krause, visited the famous town for the first time in order to learn...
10 September 2021 SURFLANT Holds 20th Anniversary 9/11 Commemoration Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) held an observance today to honor the victims and service members who sacrificed their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.The ceremony held aboard Naval Station Norfolk honored those who perished and all those impacted by the deadliest series of terrorist attacks since...
09 September 2021 The Sullivans Sailor Tells of Family Members’ 9/11 Bravery It has been 20 years since the devastating attacks of 9/11. Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Matthew Coyle, a Sailor assigned to USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), is too young to personally remember that day. However, several of his family members exhibited true selflessness and bravery at the...
08 September 2021 NAMTS Graduates Recognized During SURFLANT Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) Sailors who earned a Navy Afloat Maintenance Training Strategy (NAMTS) Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) were recognized during a ceremony at the Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium hosted by Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT)...
02 September 2021 USS Vella Gulf Awarded Navy Unit Commendation Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, presented the USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) crew a Navy Unit Commendation during a Sep. 1 visit to the ship at Naval Station Norfolk.The guided-missile cruiser recently completed two “double-pump” deployments with the Dwight D. Eisenhower...
27 August 2021 USS Gettysburg Crew Completes Battlefield Preservation Projects Visitors to the Gettysburg National Military Park were greeted with the unusual sight of camouflage-clad Sailors working alongside uniformed park rangers and staff there Aug. 19-21. The Sailors were part of a group of 64 crewmembers assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64)...
25 August 2021 Winston S. Churchill Enters Rare Dry Dock Period For the first time in 10 years, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) entered a dry dock for a Mayport maintenance period Aug. 20. The depot modernization period (DMP), began Aug. 9 with the ship being dry-docked. This will allow for combat systems, lethality, and engineering enhancements to take place...
19 August 2021 USS Arlington Departs Norfolk for Haiti Disaster Relief Mission The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) departed Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Haiti in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAIDled mission, Aug. 17. The mission forms part of an...
16 August 2021 SURFLANT Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium Concludes After a three-day slate of self-help lectures, discussions and events, the Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) Waterfront Self-Sufficiency Symposium concluded at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 13. The objective of the event, which began Aug. 11, was to educate and enable Sailors to use...
15 August 2021 USS Whidbey Island Takes Part in Mass Casualty Drill for Large Scale Exercise 2021 Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) hosted a mass casualty drill as part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 while pierside at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Aug. 14-15.The drill, which started with a simulated helicopter crash and resulting casualties, took...
04 August 2021 USS James E. Williams Awarded Navy Unit Commendation On behalf of the Secretary of the Navy, Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, presented the crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) a Navy Unit Commendation at Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 2. The ship’s Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Ameian...