Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) has begun recruitment efforts for its Trades Apprenticeship Program, kicking off its fourth year and 2022 class.

The apprenticeship is a four-year combination work-study program that provides apprentices with a competitive wage while learning a journey-level trade.

During the last few decades, the push toward higher education has caused many young adults to struggle with the accumulation of debt incurred by college and living expenses.

With the signing of a partnership agreement between Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and Craven County, the U.S. Navy established its latest addition to a program designed to bring together regional government, industry and academia to expand an ecosystem focused on innovation.

A Vietnam-era aircraft platform facing a challenging supply posture seems an unlikely candidate for an underdog victory story.

Fellow chiefs, family members, friends and coworkers watched as 18 new chief petty officers from across Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River were pinned in a ceremony Nov. 19 in the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School Hangar.

After nearly two months of intensive training, study, drills and preparation, the Sailors donned anchors that represent more than a century of heritage and tradition as the 128^th chief petty officer class.

Delivering warfighting capability the fleet needs to win, at a cost we can afford is the main focus of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). Keeping pace with rapidly evolving technology and near-peer threats in a constrained resource environment are among the many challenges facing today’s Navy and Marine Corps. NAVAIR leaders shared their strategy and opportunities for partnership with industry at a recent meeting hosted by The Patuxent Partnership and Southern Maryland Navy Alliance.

The AV-8B Harrier program at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) reached a milestone on the aircraft’s journey into the sunset as the line delivered the final aircraft it will service for one of the Marine Corps’ last Harrier squadrons.

The H-60 Multi-mission Helicopters Program Office (PMA-299) embodies their mission: One team providing world class rotary wing warfighting capability and support to the global maritime community. This was on full display as their international team received the International Acquisition Partnership Award during the Department of the Navy’s Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony Nov. 4.

Six NAVAIR teams and a program manager were recognized as winners at the Department of the Navy’s Acquisition Excellence Awards ceremony Nov. 4.

“We’re recognizing today the best of the best, but the winners represent all the great efforts over the past year,” said Frederick J. Stefany, acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, listing the COVID-19 international pandemic supply issues and continued maximum telework as challenges. “Everyone stepped up and did incredible things this year.”

A partnership between Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and Sikorsky is helping meet the fleet’s needs for critical parts for CH-53E Super Stallion and MH-53E Sea Dragon heavy-lift helicopters.

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast's (FRCSE) P-8 Fleet Support Team (FST) has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Department of the Navy (DON) Acquisition Excellence Awards (AEA) for Sustainment Team of the Year.

Each year the DON AEAs recognize individuals and teams who contribute outstanding achievements to Navy and Marine Corps programs throughout the fiscal year. The competition was particularly tight this year, as dozens of participants from NAVAIR, NAVSEA and NAVSUP competed.