02 February 2024 USS LEYTE GULF DEPLOYS FROM NORFOLK TO U.S. 4TH FLEET The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk on deployment, Jan. 28...
02 February 2024 USS GUNSTON HALL DEPARTS NORFOLK FOR NATO EXERCISE, STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024 The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 24, for Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades...
02 February 2024 USS NORMANDY RETURNS HOME FROM 8-MONTH DEPLOYMENT The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) – part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) – returned to homeport in Norfolk after an 8-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Jan. 20, 2024...
02 February 2024 USS McFaul Returns Home from 8-month Deployment The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 after an 8-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations...
29 January 2024 SURFLANT Hosts First-Ever Bioskills Procedure Lab NORFOLK, Va. (Jan. 9, 2024) – One hundred twenty six Sailors participated in a historic bioskills procedure lab onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 9. Sailors from 29 different commands attended the lab, which was held to provide realistic training to operational forces to prepare them for...
26 January 2024 Navy Reservists Support SURFLANT During Surge Exercise NORFOLK, VA - Seventy five U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors reported to Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) last month as part of a large-scale surge support exercise designed to integrate Reserve personnel aboard surface force warships. The first-of-its-kind exercise at SURFLANT...
09 January 2024 Pursue, Attack, Vanquish: USS Truxtun Change of Command U.S. Navy Cmdr. James Koffi relieved U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chance Smith as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during a change of command ceremony here, Jan. 9, 2025.Friends, family, and honored military guests gathered to bid Commander Smith fair...
13 December 2023 COMNAVSURFLANT Hosts Annual Junior Officer Training Symposium NORFOLK – Commander, U.S. Naval Surface Force Atlantic hosted the second annual Junior Officer (JO) Training Symposium event in Norfolk, December 6, 2023.The event was held at the state-of-the-art Mariner Skills Training Center Atlantic on Naval Station Norfolk.The one-day symposium provided a...
15 September 2023 USS Bainbridge Holds Change of Command Ceremony Cmdr. Thad D. Tasso relieved Cmdr. James C. Hagerty as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk, on Sept. 15th.A native of Baldwin, NY, Hagerty took command of Bainbridge in February 2022 and...
15 August 2023 NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability WASHINGTON NAVY YARD –The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5), supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recently completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor (DBAC) in only five days using her permanently installed metal 3D printer...