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The U.S. Navy proudly announces Flagstaff Navy Week, scheduled for Nov. 9-16, 2026. As part of a nationwide outreach effort, Flagstaff Navy Week will bring Sailors to engage directly with communities in Northern Arizona through a series of performances, educational activities, community events, and service projects.
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One year after becoming the Navy’s 17th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, John Perryman is marking the milestone with the same focus he brought to the position from day one: Sailors, their families and building an enlisted force ready to meet the demands of the Fleet.
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A team of nine NPS students across several departments and programs traveled to RIMPAC 2026 for an invaluable opportunity to take their graduate education and research from the classroom into the operational environment. Supported by nearly a dozen faculty and researchers, the NPS team advanced several student/faculty driven research efforts, working directly alongside fleet operators and industry partners during the world’s largest international maritime exercise.
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Exercise Northern Viking 2026 wrapped Sept. 3 after nine days of bilateral operations between the U.S. and NATO allied nations. More than 1,200 personnel participated in training and operational evolutions in the air, on land and at sea. In addition to the U.S. and Iceland, participating nations included Belgium, Denmark, France, Norway and Poland. Specialized assets from Allied Maritime Command and NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk also took part
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Scientists, designers, engineers and textile experts from the Navy Exchange Service Command’s Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility worked with nearly 80 female Sailors during a five-day fit evaluation Aug 17-21, 2026, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story and at NEX Norfolk, Virginia. The research team collected measurement data and used cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to evaluate prototype uniforms for concept of fit, functional design and accuracy of the size prediction.
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Navy Personnel Command (NPC) successfully completed the migration of critical Navy promotion and personnel records from the Millington Data Center (MDC) to a secure cloud environment, establishing a modern digital foundation that advances Project THETIS, the Navy’s next generation human resources modernization framework.
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Elements of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the embarked staffs of CSG-3, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, and the nine squadrons of CVW-9 arrived in Laem Chabang, Thailand, while Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) docked in nearby Sriracha, for scheduled port visits, Sept. 2, 2026.
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Nearly 70 high school, undergraduate and graduate students from across the country shared the results of their summer research internships with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) community during the 2026 NPS STEM Internship Research Showcase, Aug. 7, highlighting the university’s commitment to developing the next generation of scientists and engineers who will support naval and national security.
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Maritime forces from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), and U.S. Navy (USN) are conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard 2026, beginning with an opening ceremony, Aug. 30.
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The Navy on Aug. 26 marked the completion of the seismic retrofit of Dry Dock 4 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF). Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest executed the $377.7 million modernization project contract, which reinforced the structural integrity of the historic dry dock against future seismic events as a part of the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP).