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NIOC Pensacola Sets Gold Standard for Reserve Integration

by Ens. Jalan Albea, NIOC Pensacola Public Affairs Officer, 21 August 2025

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Pensacola recently completed a successful mobilization exercise with a Navy Reserve Cyber Protection Team (CPT), demonstrating the Navy’s commitment to integrating Reserve expertise into critical cyber operations. Conducted over two 2-week periods between June and August 2025, the exercise brought together Sailors from across the Navy Reserve Information Warfare (IW) Community to Pensacola to enhance their team’s readiness and seamlessly incorporate them into the command’s Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) mission.

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21 August 2025 0

Navy fires commanding officer of San Diego Reserve Center

Capt. Russell A. Herrell was relieved of his duties on Tuesday as commanding officer of the Naval Information Force Reserve Readiness Center in San Diego.

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14 August 2025 1

3 aircraft carriers, 6 navies and a large number of fighter jets are training in the Pacific

Ships from several allied nations sailed together through the North Philippine Sea this weekend in a large-scale show of naval force, led by three aircraft carriers from three separate nations.

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11 August 2025 1

Remembering Extortion 17: A Tragic Day for American Warriors

On August 6, 2011, America suffered the single deadliest day of the Afghanistan War when a CH-47D Chinook helicopter—call sign Extortion 17—was shot down in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province. All 38 souls aboard perished, including 30 American military personnel, one military working dog, and eight Afghans. Among the fallen were 17 members of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs, many from the renowned SEAL Team 6, the same unit credited with the mission that killed Osama bin Laden just months earlier.

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6 August 2025 1

China Reveals Major Boost to Aircraft-Carrier Force

Chinese media reported that the number of fighter pilots recruited for the country’s aircraft-carrier fleet hit a record high this year, as part of the East Asian power’s rapid naval buildup.

Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for further comment via email.

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30 July 2025 0

First Joint Operation of U.S. and UK Navies Dual Nuclear Aircraft Carriers in Talisman Sabre

Messaging Continues:
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on July 18, 2025, the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) conducted their first-ever dual carrier operations while underway in the Timor Sea during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. This historic event marks the first time that nuclear-powered aircraft carriers from both the United States and the United Kingdom have operated together in a coordinated maritime formation.

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21 July 2025 0