USS New Jersey (SSN796) Commissioning Committee

You can watch this morning’s christening ceremony for the SSN796, the newest USS NEW JERSEY. youtu.be/zzqVCwtboPI

vimeo.com/785269921 Stephen Hutton, committee member & chairman, explains the purpose of a commissioning committee. Video production by Steve Graham of Graham Communications njcommissioning.org/what-is-a-comm…

Firstly a thank you to all our military personnel and their families for the sacrifices they make every year to ensure our nation remains safe. njcommissioning.org/ringing-in-the…

Today (11/18/22) crew members from the new Virginia-class fast attack submarine PCU NEW JERSEY (SSN 796) visited the Naval ROTC unit at Rutgers University. This visit is part of our committee's continuing efforts to bring the crew to her namesake state njcommissioning.org/pcu-new-jersey…

The following day after the Atlantic City Air Show the committee and crew members visiting from the USS New Jersey were granted the chance to visit the 177th Fighter Wing, NJ Air National Guard. Big thank you to committee trustee Marshall Spevak for njcommissioning.org/uss-new-jersey…

Weather was a little on the warm side but the sky was clear and just right for the Atlantic City Air Show on August 24th. njcommissioning.org/a-great-day-fo…

On Tuesday August 23rd the visiting sailors from the USS New Jersey, along with members of the commissioning committee were invited by the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce to attend a reception beinggiven primarily for military participants in the njcommissioning.org/reception-for-…

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2022 | ATLANTIC CITY, NJ We'll be there, will you? "A SALUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVE" Premium seating: airshow.acchamber.com/premium-viewin… Performers: airshow.acchamber.com/performers/Soc… njcommissioning.org/atlantic-city-…

Today we switched out crew members, bringing new sailors up from VA while the original ones headed back to the submarine and shipyard. The XO remained for continuity and oversight to ensure things continued smoothly. #BellemaraDistillery #camden njcommissioning.org/trenton-navy-w…

Our originally scheduled school visit had to be cancelled due to some issues getting sufficient youngsters to attend. The 12 PCU New Jersey crew members instead joined the rest of the Navy Week sailors at a cleanup operation at Alberta Woods Park in njcommissioning.org/trenton-navy-w…

Our committee's portion of Navy Week (which we're supplementing with additional crew members as a 'namesake visit') kicked off with a visit to the major defense contractor L3Harris in Trenton, NJ. l3harris.com The #L3Harris #namesake njcommissioning.org/trenton-navy-w…

Today the committee started our own portion of the Navy Week with a tour of Princeton Plasma Physics where the crew and commissioning committee members were treated to a chance to view the NSTXU fusion reactor. #BB62 #camden #CDRJaredSmith #SSN796 njcommissioning.org/trenton-navy-w…

'Navy Week' is coming to Trenton and the surrounding area the week of May 2nd and crew members from the New Jersey will be joining. The committee has managed to double the number of attendees from thesubmarine and will be combining Navy Week with our njcommissioning.org/navy-week-in-n…

On April 14th the dry dock was flooded and the New Jersey entered the water for the first time. Another major milestone in bringing her closer to joining the fleet! Pictures below: #DryDock #NewportNewsShipbuilding #SSN796 #Virginiaclasssubmarine njcommissioning.org/another-milest…

Join us to meet and celebrate crew members of the new Virginia-class submarine THE USS NEW JERSEY! She's currently wrapping up construction and will be joining the fleet next year. Meanwhile we're bringing her crew to her namesake state to join the njcommissioning.org/subfest-coming…

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation A-6012 which provides access to state funding to support the Commissioning Committee for the new USS New Jersey. Primary sponsors of A-6012 include Assemblymembers William Moen, Carol Murphy, and njcommissioning.org/governor-murph…

CDR Jared Smith and CDR Carlos Otero will exchange commands this month, with CDR Smith assuming command of the PCU New Jersey, while CDR Otero assumes command of the USS New Mexico (SSN-779). #CDRCarlosOtero njcommissioning.org/change-of-comm…

Crew members visited New Jersey this past weekend for the second of our 'namesake visits' where we introduce the crew to NJ and NJ to the crew. Each visit is intended to highlight aspect of New Jersey's history, economy, and culture and to let as many njcommissioning.org/a-great-second…

We also want to send big thanks to Senator Jim Beach & Senator @declanoscanlon for signing onto the joint resolution to bring the @NJCommissioning to New Jersey as co-sponsors. ⬇️

Thank you, Senator @TomKean, for sponsoring this resolution expressing the Legislature's support for having the @NJCommissioning in New Jersey. @USNavy

It was great to see @RepSherrill at the #ArmyNavy game! She met some of our committee trustees and members of the PCU submarine crew. Thank you for your support, Congresswoman @MikieSherrill.