191203-N-CJ362-0001 NORFOLK, Va. (Dec. 3, 2019) A video product that explains the parts and their significance of the Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (PCU JFK) seal. PCU JFK unveiled the seal on Nov. 6, 2019. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sam Jenkins)
Sailors assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Five (HSC-5) the "Nightdippers" returned from deployment on Jan. 24 following their nearly ten-month deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) assigned aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
More than 100 U.S. Navy aviators returned to their home bases at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., and Norfolk Naval Station (NNS) in Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 19 following their nearly ten-month deployment as part of Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) assigned aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
A New England community hospital in Norway, Maine is extending their holiday cheer to Sailors deployed on board the Nimitz-class USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) this holiday season.
His Excellency, The Honourable Rajnath Singh, Indian Minister of Defence; The Honourable Harsh Vardham Shringla, Ambassador of India to the United States of America; Dr. Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary, Indian Ministry of Defence and other Indian senior government officials and active-duty military officers visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana and Naval Station Norfolk on Dec. 17.
A United Kingdom Naval Flight Officer (NFO) assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 in Patuxent River, Maryland, will be part of the National Football League’s (NFL) pre-game festivities Dec. 8 as his son takes the field as a member of the Cleveland Browns.
Sailors assigned to the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) reflected on the significant milestone event in the ship’s construction on a poignant day in history, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
With more than 20,000 attendees, President John F. Kennedy’s daughter, the Honorable Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, former
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, officially christened Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) during a Huntington-Ingalls Industries’
Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) division ceremony in Newport News, Dec. 7.
Cmdr. Kelly Harrison was relieved by Cmdr. Benjamin Foster during a Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 “Chargers” change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk Dec. 5.
