09 April 2020 Navy publishes COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention Frameworks The frameworks are applicable to deployable units and key enabling commands...
09 April 2020 Chief of Naval Operations Message to the Fleet Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday sends a message to the fleet, April 8...
07 April 2020 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard undocks USS Carl Vinson as end of availability nears The aircraft carrier departed dry dock after spending 14 months undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability period...
05 April 2020 7th Fleet commander arrives in Guam during COVID-19 recovery Vice Adm. Bill Merz arrived April 5, to support the ongoing recovery effort aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)...
04 April 2020 U.S Navy, JMSDF operate together in Andaman Sea USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Teruzuki (DD 116) joined up for drills, April 2...
31 March 2020 Statement from Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino "Let there be no doubt, my number one priority is the health of the force."...
31 March 2020 Acting Secretary Modly visits USNS Mercy in Los Angeles The hospital ship welcomed Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly, March 31, during its support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts...
30 March 2020 USNS Mercy accepts first patients in Los Angeles The U.S. Navy hospital ship is serving as a referral hospital and began accepting patients in Los Angeles, March 29...
27 March 2020 Hospital ship USNS Mercy arrives in Los Angeles While in Los Angeles, Mercy will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients in support of the nation's response efforts...
26 March 2020 Chief of Naval Operations statement on USS Theodore Roosevelt "Our top two priorities are taking care of our people and maintaining mission readiness."...
25 March 2020 Fleet Activities Yokosuka works to keep COVID-19 at bay The base has been setting measures into motion to decrease the likelihood for disease transmission to those who work and live there...
25 March 2020 Eight Pacific Fleet Sailors test positive for COVID-19 The Sailors in San Diego are isolated at their residences and those at sea, isolated aboard ship and receiving appropriate supportive care in accordance with CDC guidelines...
24 March 2020 Three Pacific Fleet Sailors test positive for COVID-19 The Sailors are currently isolated at their residences, restricted in movement, and receiving appropriate supportive care in accordance with CDC guidelines...
23 March 2020 Hospital ship USNS Mercy departs San Diego Mercy departed Naval Base San Diego for Los Angeles, March 23, to serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients in support of the nation’s response efforts...
23 March 2020 One Bremerton, one San Diego-based Sailor test positive For COVID-19 The Sailors are currently isolated off ship and restricted in movement in accordance with the CDC guidelines...
22 March 2020 Seven San Diego-based Sailors test positive for COVID-19 These Sailors are currently isolated off ship and restricted in movement in accordance with the CDC guidelines...
21 March 2020 Navy preventive medicine teams embark ships in 7th Fleet Medical teams have embarked several ships to help combat the risk of and provide laboratory batch testing for COVID-19...
20 March 2020 Two San Diego-based Sailors test positive for COVID-19 These Sailors are currently isolated off their ships and restricted in movement in accordance with the CDC guidelines...
20 March 2020 Department of Defense tests hypersonic glide body The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army jointly executed the flight experiment with a launch from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai...
20 March 2020 Naval Air Forces Sailor tests positive for COVID-19 The San Diego-based Sailor is currently isolated at their home and restricted in movement in accordance with CDC guidelines...