Mayport Dedicates New BEQ Building 2105 Now MCPON Del Black Barracks

What better way to celebrate the birth of the Navy Chief Petty Officer than to name a barracks after the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON). Naval Station Mayport (NS) dedicated their newest barracks in honor of the first MCPON, the late Delbert D. Black, in a ceremony held April 1. [ More ]

Gettins Takes Groves Helm
USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) held a change of command ceremony on April 2 at Naval Station Mayport. Cmdr. Dan A. Starling was relieved by Cmdr. Edward S. Gettins.

Hue City Sailor Qualifies OOD Underway
Quartermaster 1st Class (SW) Eric Parrish recently became the first First Class Petty Officer to qualify Underway Officer of the Deck (OOD) in USS Hue City's memory.

Underwood, HSL-48 Det 2 Is Back
USS Underwood (FFG 36) pulled back into homeport at Naval Station Mayport April 4 after a six-month counter illicit trafficking (CIT) deployment to the Eastern Pacific with embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 48 Detachment Two, and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 101.

SBR, HSL-60 Det 2 Return To Mayport
Family and friends of Sailors aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) gathered on the pier to welcome the Sammy B back home April 6 from their 2008-2009 Counter Narcotic Terrorism deployment.