Okun Takes Command at Rotary Test Squadron
LTCOL Aaron Okun took command of the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 Blackjacks from CMDR Nicholas Green during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in February.
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.
Navy Arranges a Santa Claus Flyover Dec. 14
Be on the lookout as ADM Santa Claus conducts pre-deployment mission planning over St. Mary’s County from 2:30 to 4:30pm December 15.
Pax River’s Somerville Makes History Again
CAPT Elizabeth Somerville became the US Navy’s first woman to command Naval Test Wing Atlantic at a change of command ceremony last week at NAS Pax River. Somerville relieved COL Richard Marigliano.
Two Squadrons at Pax Earn Safety Awards
The US Naval Test Pilot School and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (HX) 21 received a Safety “S” for earning the 2020 Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Safety Award last month.
Test Wing’s Davin Is Flight Officer of the Yr.
US Marine Corps MAJ Joseph Davin earned the Naval Test Wing Atlantic Test Naval Flight Officer of the Year Award for 2020.
Md. Native Nominated to Be USMC Commandant
Maryland native Lt. Gen. David H. Berger has been nominated to serve as the 38th commandant of the US Marine Corps. The appointment is pending Senate confirmation.
Navy Commissions Newest Warship
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not reflect opinions of the Leader’s owners or staff. The US Navy’s newest Independence-class littoral combat ship was commissioned Saturday, reports Navy Times. The LCS bears the name of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s second-largest city. Vice President Mike Pence, speaking at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, said that the US “will not stand idly by” if Turkey goes ahead with plans to purchase a Russian S-400 missile defense system, reports Military Times. British DefSec…
Tomahawks ‘Ready to Do What They Do’
Destroyers Ross and Porter were already operating in the Eastern Mediterranean on Thursday when the call was made to strike at the Assad regime. The two destroyers involved in the 59-Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airfield were there, loaded with Tomahawks “ready to do what they do.”
Senate Passes 2015 Spending Bill
The $1.1 trillion 2015 spending bill approved by the Senate over the weekend funds most of the federal government through the next fiscal year.
