Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic Explained

Unit Name:Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic
Dates:October 2006- Present
Branch:US Navy
Commander1:CAPT Rick Foster
Commander1 Label:Commanding Officer
Commander2:CAPT Christopher Grimes
Commander2 Label:Executive Officer
Commander3:CMDCM James Werner
Commander3 Label:Command Master Chief

Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic (FRCMA) is an American naval aviation maintenance and repair facility headquartered on board NAS Oceana. It is one of 6 main subsidiaries of the Fleet Readiness Centers. FRCMA currently has nearly 2,500 sailors, marines and civilian workers.

Services

Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic performs scheduled maintenance inspection and repair, unscheduled emergency in-service repair, structural and electronic system modifications on numerous carrier based aircraft.

The FRCMA Staff is located in Hangar 200. FRCMA also consists of five different sites: FRCMA Det Oceana, FRCMA Det Norfolk, FRCMA Det Patuxent River, Voyage Repair Team (VRT) Norfolk and Mayport, and FRCMA Aircraft Department (Oceana and Norfolk). These sites support the F/A-18, E-2, C-2, H-60, CH-46, AH-1, UH-1, EA-6B and H-53 aircraft/helicopters, ground support equipment, associated F-414, T-56, T-700, T-400, T-64 engine models, and ARLE.[1]

Innovation

A FRCMA sailor won Athena Project DC, a yearly competition to test the most innovative, time saving and cost saving projects to help the Navy's goals.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fleet Readiness Center Mid-Atlantic . US Navy . 9 September 2018 . en-us.
  2. Web site: FRCMA Sailor's innovative idea wins Athena Project DC 2.0, Adm. Sims Award for Intellectual Courage. 8 May 2017.