GROTON, Conn. (Jan. 31, 2019) The Virginia-class, nuclear-powered, fast-attack submarine, USS North Dakota (SSN 784), transit the Thames River as they pull into their homeport on Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. North Dakota is returning from the European Command Area of Responsibility where they executed the Chief of Naval Operation’s Maritime Strategy in supporting national security interests and Maritime Security Operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Jason M. Geddes)
Stratcom Leader Describes Growing Threat From Nuclear-Armed China and Russia
MAY 7, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS
The United States and its allies face an increasing set of threats from potential adversaries such as China, Russia and North Korea. U.S. Strategic Command’s mission is to deter these threats through the deployment of a set of strategic capabilities, including nuclear armed submarines, bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
March 21, 2018 The navy s Endeavour ship cast off her lines from Auckland s shores for the final time on March 20, but that final voyage marks a world-first. The Endeavour was the first western Government-owned ship going to Alang in India to be recycled. A total 99 per cent of the ship s body would be recycled and 70 perÃÂ .
VIRIN: 210224-N-GR655-013 I am scheduled [to paint artwork] until my retirement, but [I m] always open to invitations, Pearson said of his wish to continue painting after he takes off the uniform. [The community is] familiar with the artwork, but they might not know me personally. My artwork is bigger than me.
A machinist’s mate (auxiliary) by day, Pearson has spent half of his career in the Groton/New London area and lives in nearby Montville, Connecticut.
His day-to-day routine includes administrative tasks, mechanical maintenance and other routine Navy functions for Naval Submarine Support Facility New London, which is the waterfront maintenance support unit for Groton-based submarines.
More than 50 years as a church organist and choir director have left David Warfield with a legacy of tuneful service and a crimp in his hands.
“I’ve already had a knuckle replaced and bases of thumbs rebuilt,” the 68-year-old musician said in an interview at his Norwich home upon the announcement of his retirement from the music ministry.
With music as a self-described “side job” that buttressed a career in the shipbuilding and homeland security industries, Warfield has been pulling out the stops on church organs since the late 1960s. It’s a journey that took him from the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Groton with many places of worship in between. Other local churches include Calvary Church Episcopal in Stonington Borough, Ledyard Congregational Church and Central Baptist Church in Norwich.
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker visited commands, installations, and industrial construction and maintenance locations as part of a multi-state trip across the East Coast.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker wrapped up a multi-state trip across the East Coast April 7 where he visited industrial construction and maintenance locations to view current work, tour facilities and discuss industrial base economic wellness and workforce health.
The secretary’s East Coast trip included visits to institutions in the Northeast region, reaffirming partnerships with long-standing contributors to the development of the maritime services, as well as the education and development of future naval leaders. He also visited private and public shipyards, ships and commands in the Norfolk and New England-areas, and Marine Corps commands in Virginia and South Carolina, including Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.