Master Chief Adrian J. Galang Master Chief Adrian J. Galang SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: CNSP VIRIN: 250609-N-N0831-0011 CMDCM (SW/AW/IW) Adrian J. Galang
USS America (LHA 6) and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Conduct Photo Formation Commemorating 250 Years of Service 250802-N-TW227-1081 CORAL SEA (Aug. 2, 2025) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) stand in formation for a photo commemorating 250 years of naval service, while conducting operations in the Coral Sea, Aug. 2. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth VIRIN: 250925-N-N0831-0011 USS America to Return to United States America-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) departed Sasebo, Japan for San Diego, California as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific. LHA 6 LATEST NEWS SURFPAC LATEST NEWS USS America INDO PACIFIC homeport change
Surface Force Delivers Leadership Coaching Program 250605-N-N0831-1001 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Jun. 5, 2025) - Coaches in the first cohort of a first-of-its-kind Surface Force Leadership Coaching Program pose for a photograph upon finishing the coaching training at Naval Base San Diego. Officially established in December 2024, the program exists to train senior leaders, comprised of post-command surface warfare officers and command master chiefs, in coaching techniques to then provide coaching services to afloat command triads. (U.S. Navy photo) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: CNSP VIRIN: 251114-N-N0831-0007 Surface Force Delivers Leadership Coaching Program What It Is. Everyone has a different theory about what it means to be a good leader. Some leaders will say it is a natural ability, others believe it can be learned. Still others might say leadership is all about setting a good example. Whatever your perspective, one thing seems undeniably true: Good leaders build more leaders. Leadership means helping others become good leaders after you, wanting to set them up to succeed because you know that you must at some point pass on the mantle. SURFPAC LATEST NEWS
Chaplain Candidate Program Officers Embark Makin Island 250711-N-EI127-1087 Chaplain Candidate Program Officers hold a prayer circle prior to line handlers on the fantail of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), July 11, 2025. The Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in the 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Joshua Martinez) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Martinez VIRIN: 250911-N-N0831-0021 Chaplain Candidate Program Officers Embark Makin Island NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Five Navy Chaplain Candidate Program Officers (CCPOs) embarked the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), July 8-24, 2025. SURFPAC LATEST NEWS LHD 8 LATEST NEWS USS Makin Island
Midshipmen meet Boxer CO 250807-N-MH008-1054 Capt. Jason Tumlinson, the commanding officer assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), and a native of Spokane, Washington, speaks with midshipmen in the wardroom during a mentorship meeting, Aug. 7, 2025. Boxer is currently homeported in Naval Base San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Miles) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Miles VIRIN: 250908-N-N0831-0021 Midshipmen Get Taste of Fleet Life Aboard USS Boxer SAN DIEGO – Every summer, the United States Naval Academy and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps Universities send their students, known as midshipmen, to submarines, aircraft carriers, and surface ships for professional training. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted 44 midshipmen from July 21 to August 13, 2025, where the crew provided hands on experience and knowledge that will stay with them throughout their careers as officers in the United States Navy. SURFPAC LATEST NEWS LHD 4 LATEST NEWS USS BOXER
Navy Announces Commissioning Date and Location for the Future USS Pierre 250407-N-N0831-4788 Photo Courtesy of Austal USA SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Courtesy Photo VIRIN: 250825-N-N0831-0021 Navy Announces Commissioning Date and Location for the Future USS Pierre SAN DIEGO (Aug. 20, 2025) -- The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, in Panama City, Florida, Nov. 15. SURFPAC LATEST NEWS LCS 38 Latest News USS PIERRE
USS Michael Murphy Awarded 2024 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy 250702-N-DA563-1864 Adm. Steve Koehler (right), Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Cmdr. Jonathan Greenwald (left), Commanding Officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), pose for a photo during the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy presentation at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 2, 2025. The trophy is awarded annually to one submarine, ship or aircraft squadron, in both the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets, for having achieved the greatest improvement in battle efficiency during the calendar year, based upon the battle efficiency competition. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Junior Grade Paula Hackbart) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Ensign Paula Hackbart VIRIN: 250703-N-N0831-0007 USS Michael Murphy Awarded 2024 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, July 3, 2025 - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) was awarded the 2024 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 2, 2025. DDG 112 LATEST NEWS PEARL HARBOR JOINT BASE USS Michael Murphy SURFPAC LATEST NEWS
USVRON 3 Holds Change of Command 250703-N-ZZ999-2001 SAN DIEGO (July 3, 2025) – Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron Three (USVRON 3) held a change of command at the Roncador Memorial on Naval Base Point Loma on Thursday, July 3, 2025 with Rear Admiral Justin Kubu, commander, Unmanned Task Force, as the guest speaker and Capt. Garrett Miller, Commodore, Surface Development Group One, as the presiding Officer. USVRON 3 bid farewell to Capt. Derek Alan Rader and welcomed CDR Sophia Haberman to take charge of USVRON 3. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet VIRIN: 250722-N-N0831-0001 USVRON 3 Holds Change of Command SAN DIEGO (July 3, 2025) – Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron Three (USVRON 3) held a change of command at the Roncador Memorial on Naval Base Point Loma on Thursday, July 3, 2025 with Rear Admiral Justin Kubu, commander, Unmanned Task Force, as the guest speaker and Capt. Garrett Miller, Commodore, Surface Development Group One, as the presiding Officer. USVRON 3 LATEST NEWS SURFPAC LATEST NEWS
USS Comstock Change of Command 250612-N-ZZ999-1003 SAN DIEGO — The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship’s flight deck at Naval Base San Diego, Jun. 12. Cmdr. Raymond T. Ball Jr., a native of Rockledge, Florida, relieved Cmdr. Byron Stocks, from Anchorage, Alaska, as commanding officer. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Courtesy Photo VIRIN: 250626-N-N0831-0014 USS Comstock Change of Command The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship’s flight deck at Naval Base San Diego, Jun. 12. LSD 45 LATEST NEWS USS Comstock SURFPAC LATEST NEWS CNSP
Tripoli Departs San Diego 250519-N-EV253-1002 America-class amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) transits San Diego Bay, May 19, 2025. The ship departed Naval Base San Diego to complete a homeport change and join forward-deployed naval forces in Sasebo, Japan as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sara L. Eshleman) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Eshleman VIRIN: 250602-N-N0831-0012 USS Tripoli forward deploys to Japan The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) departed Naval Base San Diego May 19 to forward deploy to Sasebo, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific. LHA 7 LATEST NEWS SURFPAC LATEST NEWS
Surface Sailors Level-up, Control the Air 250310-N-KL617-1007 Operations Specialist 1st Class Cameron Rogers leads air intercept controller classroom training at Tactical Training Group Pacific at Naval Base Point Loma, Mar. 10, 2025. Air intercept controllers deploy aboard various platforms to support carrier strike group operations around the globe and have played a key role in recent operations in the Red Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelby Sanders) SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders VIRIN: 250310-N-KL617-1007 Surface Sailors Level-up, Control the Air Since the latest outbreak of conflict in and around the Red Sea in October of 2023, several U.S. Navy ships operating within carrier strike groups have engaged and defeated hostile airborne targets while patrolling the area. SURFPAC LATEST NEWS
Lieutenant Commander Muzik M. McClinton Lieutenant Commander Muzik M. McClinton SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: CNSP VIRIN: 250520-N-N0831-0011 LCDR Muzik M. McClinton
Master Chief Adrian J. Galang Master Chief Adrian J. Galang SHARE IMAGE: Download Image Image Details Photo By: CNSP VIRIN: 250609-N-N0831-0011 CMDCM (SW/AW/IW) Adrian J. Galang