The KIDD Connection
By Cmdr. Matt NolandExecutive OfficerUSS KIDD (DDG 100) This month, viewers everywhere will have the opportunity to see the latest Hollywood treatment of America’s Greatest Generation: Greyhound. Tom Hanks plays a U.S. Navy destroyer’s commanding officer charged with protecting a convoy of Allied ships from a wolfpack of German U-boats as they transit the Atlantic …
USS Constitution Marks 10 Years as America’s Ship of State
By Mass Comm. Spec. 2nd Class Casey Scoular, USS Constitution Public Affairs This year marks USS Constitution’s 222nd birthday—the big triple-two. Our ship was launched into Boston Harbor on Oct. 21, 1797, making her the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world. This year also marks another big milestone: October heralds the 10th anniversary of …
Remembering the Battle of Midway
By Rear Adm. Roy Kelley Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic If time travel were possible, it would be interesting to go back and watch the Battle of Midway unfold. Sitting in the radio room, I could listen to pilots give updates on the position of the Japanese fleet. Then I would make my way to …
USS Gerald R. Ford Ends First Year of Service With a Long List of Accomplishments
By Rear Admiral Roy Kelley Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic The first chapter of the book on USS Gerald R. Ford has now been written; a story of hard work, dedication, pride and an effort to strive for excellence. What began on a drawing board as “science fiction” quickly turned into “science fact” because of …
The Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base, Strengthening Naval Power at Sea
By Captain Henry Stevens Strategic and Theater Sealift Program Manager (PMS 385), Program Executive Office (PEO), Ships During last week’s Expeditionary Warfare Conference in Norfolk, I discussed the versatility and impressive capabilities that the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) platform will bring to our Sailors and Marines in the Fleet. USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB 3), the …