20 May 2021 Joint Force Command Norfolk Kicks off Part 1 of NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2021 A dynamic NATO maritime live exercise (LIVEX) has begun off the coast of Portugal with participation from 11 Allied Nations from North America and Europe as a part of Steadfast Defender 2021, May 20...
17 May 2021 Kearsarge Health & Wellness Class Encourages Sailors Feeling Blue to ‘Go for Green’ The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Medical Department hosted a general wellness class on healthy eating, weight management, heart health, and performance nutrition, May 12, 2021. With Kearsarge joining the rest of the Navy in preparation for its first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA)...
14 May 2021 U.S. 2nd Fleet Embarks USS Mount Whitney for Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 Staff members attached to Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF) and U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F) embarked aboard the U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) to kick-off Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021 (STDE21), May 12...
11 May 2021 Information Warfare Commander Holds Change of Command Ceremony at Historic Pennsylvania House Carrier Strike Group 12’s (CSG-12) Information Warfare Commander (IWC) held its first change of command ceremony at the historic Pennsylvania House, on board Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, May 6...
07 May 2021 Kearsarge Completes Basic Phase The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) returned to Naval Station Norfolk after completing basic phase sea trials April 30, 2021.While underway, the crew was qualified by Afloat Training Group (ATG) Norfolk in multiple warfare areas to certify the ship for operations at...
03 May 2021 USS Iwo Jima departs Naval Station Rota, Spain Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), departed Naval Station (NS) Rota, Spain, after completion of its mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR), April 27, 2021...
23 April 2021 USS Arlington Sailors Do Their Part to Sink COVID-19 Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, April 23, 2021. Arlington has the potential to be called upon at any point throughout this summer and fall to respond to a natural disaster at home or abroad...
23 March 2021 Greek Prime Minister visits USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in Souda Bay Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and other Greek officials visited the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, flagship of the IKE Carrier Strike Group, during a scheduled port visit in Souda Bay, Greece, March 23, 2021...
19 March 2021 Winston S. Churchill Returns to Homeport after 9-month Deployment The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returned to homeport in Naval Station Norfolk March 19, after nearly nine months deployed in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation...
26 February 2021 USS Mesa Verde Holds Change of Command The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) held a change of command ceremony in the ship's pilot house, Feb 25.Capt. Gavin Duff was relieved by Capt. J. Patrick Thompson III as the commanding officer of Mesa Verde in a ceremony attended by several distinguished...