Expeditionary Airfield (EAF) Landing Systems teams from the Aircraft Launch and Recovery (ALRE) Program Office (PMA-251) had two action-packed weeks last month improving EAF landing systems at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, and the Airfield and EAF ALRE School in Pensacola, Florida.
Since September 2019, EAF engineers have been testing commercially available equipment for a program called the LED Airfield Upgrade. December’s events of evaluating new equipment and procedures, and training the Marines at both locations marked the completion of planned testing.
The ALRE EAF team brought new training capability to Bogue Field that will be used by Marines for years to come, said Robert Pellegrino, a NAVAIR Test Engineer for EAF Lighting who worked on both projects.
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Capt. Mike Meyer, commander, Naval Surface Squadron Fourteen, presided over the ceremony and helped celebrate Litchfield’s successful tour aboard. The crew recently completed Basic Phase in exemplary fashion and is currently wrapping up preparations for her maiden deployment.
“The last two and a half years aboard Thomas Hudner as executive officer and commanding officer have been the most challenging years of my 30-year career, but also some of the most exciting and memorable,” said Litchfield. “I could not be prouder of this command and our Sailors. They have crushed every task and overcome every obstacle throughout a very arduous schedule and global pandemic.”
24 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 11, 2020) – Capt. Luke Frost, commanding officer of the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), turned over command to Capt. Ken Ward during a change of command ceremony onboard Dec. 11.
Due to shipboard COVID-19 prevention measures, the ceremony was held with a small group in America’s pilothouse, broadcast to the crew over the ship’s general announcing system. Luke Frost and USS America have quite simply made history in their first year forward deployed to Seventh Fleet, said Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7. Captain Frost has embodied all the qualities we look for in our commanding officers and flawlessly led America s crew through two superb patrols sailing upon some of the most critical and strategic waterways in the world today. While we will miss Luke s leadership, I look forward to working with Captain Ken Ward as he takes command of this incredible wa