In The Navy 01.25.2025

F-35 project expands capabilities at FRCE. Capt. Randy Berti, center, commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), cuts the ribbon during an informal ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its F-35 Lightning II expansion project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 14, 2025. The expansion project, which offers the facility’s F-35 Modification Line more space and aircraft bays, is scheduled to support an additional 337,000 hours of work through fiscal year 2028. Berti was accompanied by George Wilson, F-35C assistant program manager for logistics at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Jeanie Holder, modifications and induction lead at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Ericka Bishop, contracting branch head for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Facilities Engineering and Acquisitions Division; and Buddy Davis, FRCE Facilities and Infrastructure Management Department head. (U.S. Navy photo by Joseph Andes)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX)
NPS students, faculty and staff observe the launch of the Otter mission, an NPS CubeSat suite aboard the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 12 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Jan. 14. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSA Abreen Padekan)
The Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) program opened its National Training Center on January 13, 2025. Situated on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) campus in Danville, Virginia, this state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot facility will train 1,000 students each year to support naval shipbuilding and maintenance. (Courtesy photo from ATDM)

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