NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 5 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: It was only fitting that the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport held this year's Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) initial planning meeting Feb. 20-21 at Innovate Newport. A marquee naval event showcasing the power of collaboration, communication, and innovation, ANTX 2020 will be the sixth iteration of the annual event. Innovate Newport, both in the physical space and nature of  more

ALBANY, Georgia, March 5 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany issued the following news: This is the sixth in a series of stories highlighting Marines working aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Lance Cpl. Keishona Hedges talked to multiple military recruiters, and decided she liked the Marine Corps the best. The Rhode Island native was raised by her grandmother in North Carolina, growing up with adopted siblings. "It was an all-around thing," Hedges said on her decision to be  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 5 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport Virginia-class Block III/Advanced Processor Build (APB) 5 Weapon Development Coordinated Development Test Team has won the Office of Naval Research (ONR) 2018 Prize for Affordability. This prestigious award is granted annually to a Department of the Navy scientist, engineer, or group who has had the most impact on the future availability of afforda  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 4 -- The Naval War College issued the following news on March 2: Cmdr. Maxwell Oliver's eye was drawn to a poster designed to look like an old-fashioned handbill. "We will sail on the next tide for our journey of DISCOVERY and ARCHIVAL ADVENTURES," read the sign at the spring 2019 U.S. Naval War College electives fair. Professors Evan Wilson and J. Ross Dancy, who both hold history doctorates from Oxford, stood nearby to pitch their new project: the Graduate Certi  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 3 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Department of the Navy Chief Learning Officer John Kroger spoke to U.S. Naval War College faculty and staff Feb. 27 about the institution's place in the new Education for Seapower Strategy 2020, released March 2 by Navy and Marine Corps leaders. Kroger said the college has an important role in the new blueprint, as the strategy calls for more higher education for the armed forces in order to compete with increas  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - Man claims he forgot he had a loaded gun with him * * * A Cranston, Rhode Island, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) today after they caught him with a .45 caliber handgun loaded with nine bullets in his backpack at the security checkpoint. TSA officers, who spo  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, March 5 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Fifty-seven U.S. military officers graduated with Master of Arts degrees from the U.S. Naval War College on March 3, concluding a year's study of national security issues and defense strategy. The graduates included 44 officers from the Navy, six from the Army, one each from the Air Force and Marine Corps, three from the Army National Guard and two from the Army Reserve. The honor graduate from the College of N  more