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July 19, 2021 – KBR won two recompetes totaling more than $120 million to provide leading-edge engineering services for U.S. Navy training systems and aircraft survivability equipment. Most recently, KBR won a $64.9 million task order to develop and upgrade training system hardware and software, as well as electronic classroom content and interactive courseware for the E-2/C-2 Airborne Command and…
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A Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopter crashed near Mt. Hogue, California at approximately 5 p.m. on July 16, while conducting search and rescue (SAR) operations. All four crewmembers survived the crash without injury and have been safely recovered. The aircraft, call sign Longhorn 02, was supporting Mono County search and rescue efforts to locate a lost hiker in the rugged high-altitude…
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July 17, 2021 – The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) Board of Directors is excited and proud to announce that the Museum has earned national accreditation from the prestigious American Alliance of Museums (AAM). To reach this important goal, the Museum spent three years working toward its AAM accreditation by improving its processes and procedures, organizing collections and other policies,…
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July 17, 2021 – The future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the first ship in the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program, was christened July 17 during a ceremony in San Diego. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), served as the principal speaker at the ceremony. “As House Speaker, I am deeply honored to lead this Congressional delegation of many…
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July 18, 2021 (Google Translation) – The USAV HARPERS FERRY (LCU 2022) warship belonging to the United States Army has arrived in Lampung, the Navy through the Lampung Naval Base (Lanal) which is commanded by Marine Colonel (P) Nuryadi to carry out surveillance and security activities (Waspamgiat) arrival US ARMY ship docked at Pier A Port of PT. Pelindo II…
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On 15 July 2021, Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk declared Full Operational Capability and marked the occasion with a ceremony presided over by its Commander, Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis. General Milley, the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also attended the ceremony.
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Issued July 19, 2021 1. We observe with increasing concern that cyber threats to the security of the Alliance are complex, destructive, coercive, and becoming ever more frequent. This has been recently illustrated by ransomware incidents and other malicious cyber activity, targeting our critical infrastructure and democratic institutions, as well as exploiting weaknesses in hardware and software supply chains. 2.…
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Over 2,000 personnel and 30 ships are taking part in exercise Breeze 2021 in the Black Sea. The Bulgarian-led maritime exercise, which began on 12 July and wraps up today (19 July), involves forces from 14 NATO Allies and partners – Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States. The…
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On Friday July 9, 2021, the Jeanne d’Arc school group returned to its base port. Composed of the Tonnerre amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) and the La Fayette (FLF) Surcouf type frigate , the training group has made a big comeback in Toulon after more than five months of operational deployment from the Mediterranean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Leaving Toulon…
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