Navy Prepares for Protection Exercise
Naval Air Station Patuxent River will participate in the annual force protection exercise, Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain, February 5-16, 2024.
Volunteers Sought for Community Garden Workdays
St. Mary’s Community Development Corporation will hold volunteer workdays February 3-4 and 10-11 to construct the Lexington Manor Passive Park Community Garden.
Library to Host Black History Program
The Lexington Park Library will host “Soul of Langston,” a Black History Month performance from 2 to 3pm on Saturday, February 3, at the library on FDR Boulevard in Lexington Park, MD.
Noise Advisory for Pax, Webster Field
Communities surrounding Webster Outlying Field and NAS Patuxent River are advised that there will be an increase in aircraft flight activities associated with US Naval Test Pilot School training. This increase in aircraft activity will occur through March 8, 2024.
Celebrating 50 Years of Women in Naval Aviation
2023 marked the 50th anniversary of women in naval aviation, an anniversary that celebrates when the first women began flight school in Pensacola, FL, in 1973.
Pax Noise Advisory for Flights Through Jan. 24
Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place through January 24, 2024, from 8am to 8 pm.
Burfield New CO at NAS Pax River
CAPT Douglas Burfield assumed command of Naval Air Station Patuxent River in a ceremony Jan. 10. CAPT Burfield relieves outgoing commanding officer CAPT Derrick Kingsley, who is retiring after 27 years of naval service.
Santa Flyover Expected in So. Maryland
Good boys and girls of all ages should look to the skies as ADM Santa Claus conducts pre-deployment mission planning over Southern Maryland from 2:30 to 4:30pm Friday, December 15.
Pax Search and Rescue ‘SAR Dog’ Deploys Newest Medical Expeditionary Capability
Pax River Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Bradley Christian deployed as part of the US Navy’s first En-Route Care System medical expeditionary capability aboard the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group last month.
Apache Earns DefSec Disability Award
Araf I. Al Ndee Al Apache, NAS Patuxent River emergency management assistant, has been selected as one of five Department of the Navy recipients of the 2023 Secretary of Defense Disability Award.
