Ribbon cutting for Navy Exchange Micro Market in Pascagoula
Over in Pascagoula, they held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of a Navy Exchange Micro Market. The market will provide 24/7 self-service access to food…
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Gulfport Seabees come to the rescue of motorists involved in crash on interstate
By Petty Officer 1st Class James Hong Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 came to the aid of stranded motorists off of Interstate 10 East outside New Orleans last week. The Seabees were…
Destroyer being named after former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus
The Secretary of the Navy announced Friday that a new ship will be named after former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus. The ship will be built at Ingalls…
US Naval ship comes to Gulfport
WXXV 25's Jordyn Lassiter had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to tour a US Naval ship! The USNS Pathfinder, a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, serves as the lead vessel in its class. Its primary mission…
Seabees mourn death of shipmate in Guam
NMCB 1 announced Tuesday the death of a Seabee as a result of an accident while on deployment to Guam. The battalion said in a social media post that Machinery Repairman 1st Class Troy Marcotte died from injuries suffered in…
Stealth destroyer to be home for 1st hypersonic weapon on a US warship
By DAVID SHARP The U.S. Navy is transforming a costly flub into a potent weapon with the first shipborne hypersonic weapon, which is being retrofitted aboard the first of its three stealthy destroyers. The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard…
Seabees planning Force Protection Exercise beginning Monday
Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport will participate in force protection exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain beginning Monday. “Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain is an excellent opportunity for NCBC Gulfport to evaluate and assess existing and new force protection capabilities,” said Capt. Ana Franco,…
Senate sidesteps Tuberville, confirms first female as chief of naval operations
BY MARY CLARE JALONICK, TARA COPP AND LOLITA BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate circumvented a hold by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Thursday and confirmed Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, making her the first woman to be a Pentagon service…
Fire breaks out at ship under construction at Ingalls
Firefighters at Ingalls Shipbuilding battled a fire aboard a ship under construction on Thursday night. Ingalls officials said that during second shift on Thursday evening, Ingalls fire and safety teams responded to a call from LHA 8 Bougainville for a…
Navy releases first photos of Chinese balloon recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Using underwater drones, warships and inflatable vessels, the Navy is carrying out an extensive operation to gather all of the pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina…
CBC Youth Services Director honored for his work
Dr. John Hartsell, director of youth programs at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, has been named Senior Civilian of the Year. He stopped by WXXV to talk…
Navy to rename fitness center in honor of fallen Seabee
Chief Petty Officer Raymond J. BorderThe fitness center at the Seabee base in Gulfport will be named for a chief who died by an improvised explosive device while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. The Chief of Naval Operations has approved…
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro visits Ingalls Shipbuilding for tour
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro joined Ingalls Shipbuilding today for a shipyard tour. Along with Del Toro was U.S. Senators Roger Wicker…
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The Navy has discharged its first sailors who refused the COVID-19 vaccine. The discharges came Tuesday, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of…
Ruptured fuel line causes diesel spill on board Seabee base
The Naval Construction Battalion Center’s Public Works Department and Environmental team currently are in the midst cleanup efforts due to a diesel fuel spill. A refrigerator truck parked by warehouses near the 28th Street fence line ruptured a fuel line…
Naval Oceanography to hold change of command on Friday
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ron Piret will take over as the new commander of the Naval Meteorology Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center on Friday. Piret will be relieving Rear Admiral John A Okon in a 10 a.m. ceremony. U.S.…
Navy will decommission warship built at Ingalls in Pascagoula damaged in suspected arson
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Navy says it will decommission a warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson caused extensive damage, making it too expensive to restore. Officials said Monday that fully repairing the…
Huntington Ingalls awarded contract for Aircraft Carrier John F. Kennedy
Huntington Ingalls Industries has received an undefinitized contract award from the U.S. Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase at its Newport News, Va.,…
Servicewomen killed in Alabama plane crash identified
FOLEY, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood. U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett and U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross were on a routine training…
Six foremen at Ingalls recognized for workplace safety
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced today that six foremen from its Ingalls Shipbuilding division have been recognized for leading their crews to achieve accident-free safety records for more than five consecutive years. “The safety of our shipbuilders is our top priority,…
USS Tripoli departs from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula
After nearly a decade of calling Pascagoula home, the USS Tripoli began its journey to its permanent port this morning. After seven years of building, the USS Tripoli finally departed from Ingalls Shipbuilding Friday morning for its home port of…
Ingalls awarded contract to build additional Navy destroyer
Ingalls Shipbuilding division will build a seventh Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer for the U.S. Navy under a $936 million contract announced Tuesday by the shipbuilder's parent company, Huntington Ingalls Industries. In 2018, Ingalls was awarded a $5.1 billion fixed-price…
Ingalls re-opens East Bank shipyard rebuilt after Katrina
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division moved destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) to Pier Four on the east bank of the Pascagoula River today, signifying the reopening of a facility decimated in Hurricane Katrina. The newly reactivated, 187-acre east…
Suspension of Trusted Traveler Program for Seabee base canceled, 100% ID check implemented instead
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) – New U.S. Navy guidance has come out regarding the Trusted Traveler Program for the Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport. Initially, the installation announced it would be suspending the Trusted Traveler Program beginning this Friday, April…