Posted by Java Joe on January 7, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Those heading to work Monday at base gates might have experienced longer-than-normal wait times as installations shore up security following strikes and heated rhetoric between the US and Iran.
Posted by Java Joe on October 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Type I Navy Working Uniform, called the “blueberry,” will no longer be authorized for wear. Blueberries are being discontinued today, Oct. 1, after an 11-year run.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Boeing 737, Brig. Gen. David Hamilton, China, Elon Musk, lanternflies, lanternfly, Navy blueberries, RADM Erik Ross, REAL ID, SpaceX, Starship Mk1, troops in Syria
Posted by Java Joe on September 10, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A warning from DefSec Mark Esper to US European allies: Be wary of China. It is beleived that Beijing seeks greater global influence by leveraging economic power and stealing technology.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, AMUX, Army aviators, CAREN, DefSec Mark Esper, government shutdown, Hurricane Dorian, Jared Tharp, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, SEAL Team 7, South China Sea, Walter Reed Medical Center
Posted by Java Joe on June 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Trump has ordered that carriers go back to steam catapult systems for launching aircraft, a move that could cost billions and reduce the ships’ capabilities.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Baltops, Dale Feddersen, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, EMALS, F-35A, Gen. Joseph Dunford, HX-21, Mike Pompeo, national spelling bee, Nellis AFB, Saketh Sundar, Sierra Nevada, South China Sea
Posted by Java Joe on May 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment
After the US Navy’s new 2nd Fleet stands up later this month, its commander will push the USS Mount Whitney command ship, along with dozens of other NATO vessels, into the Baltic Sea to direct a major exercise primarily to track and meet Russian maneuvers in the North Atlantic and the Arctic.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, CH-47 Chinook, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, helicopter crash, Jamie Gillan, John Michael Dorsey, NAS Jacksonville, Poland, RQ-7 Shadow UAS, SpaceX Falcon 9, Turkey drones, UAVs, USALearning, USS Mount Whitney, Venezuela
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The resurrected 2nd Fleet will become operational by early next year. The fleet will oversee the training of Navy forces on the East Coast. Expect the fleet to be “leaner, agile, and more expeditionary” than it was when deactivated in 2011.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, CH-53K King Stallion, cybersecurity, malware, missile defense strategy, Navy surface fleet, P-8A Poseidon, Rep. Elaine Luria, sealift fleet, SpaceX, VADM Richard Brown, veteran suicides, Vulcan rocket
Posted by Java Joe on August 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Funeral arrangements for Sen. John McCain include a Saturday service at the Washington National Cathedral in DC and burial at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, AH-1Z Viper, Ausley Associates, Bell Helicopter, Cmdr. David Morales, Fat Leonard, HC-130J Super Hercules, John McCain, MAG Aerospace, nuclear north korea, Persian Gulf, Sandra Schiffer Durbin, T-38 Talon crash, VADM Andrew Lewis
Posted by Java Joe on May 9, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The Navy says it will re-establishment the US Second Fleet which will be responsible for naval forces along the East Coast and in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Army Cyber Command, aviation accidents, Defense Authorization Bill, deployments, F-35 JSF, Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, military parade, NASA InSight, National Rifle Association, Oliver North, United Launch Alliance, US Second Fleet