21 March 2025 Where Robots Dare, How the Navy’s New Rating is Shaping Current and Future Ops When military history enthusiasts, Hollywood producers and cooky uncles predict a distant future A.I.- driven robot war in the vein of The Terminator, don’t shake your head at them...
14 March 2025 Former Vietnamese Refugee Reunites with Rescuer; USS Blue Ridge For eight days and nine nights, those aboard braved rough seas and unpredictable weather for the chance of freedom from a country ravaged by conflict. Two of them were Lily, then 16, and her 20-year-old sister, Sally...
07 March 2025 USS Stockdale Change of Command SAN DIEGO — Cmdr. Jacob Beckelhymer relieved Cmdr. Lauren Johnson as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) during a change of command ceremony held March 7th at Naval Base San Diego...
06 March 2025 America ARG: One Team, One Fight SASEBO, Japan - The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed their first patrol of 2025, March 6...
05 March 2025 USS America Hosts Tiger Cruise When the USS America sets sail, nations take note. 44,971 tons of U.S. sovereign territory carving a path through the Philippine Sea is hard to ignore but lost in this the picture is the story of the Sailors who man the mighty vessel...
13 February 2025 USS Tripoli to Forward Deploy to Japan The America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) will move to Sasebo, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy announced today...
07 February 2025 USS O’Kane returns home after seven-month deployment to 5th and 7th fleet NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77), assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), returned to their homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 7th and 5th Fleet area of operations,...
31 January 2025 USS Russell Change of Command Ceremony SAN DIEGO, Ca. - The Arleigh burke class destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) held a change of command ceremony Jan. 31 where Cmdr. Michael McInerney, Russell’s 22nd Commanding Officer (CO), was relieved by Cmdr. Kailey Snyder, Russell’s former Executive Officer (XO)...
15 January 2025 USS Milius Conducts Change of Command Ceremony YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 15, 2025) – Cmdr. Steven Terjesen relieved Cmdr. Leif Gunderson as Commanding Officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) during a change of command ceremony aboard the ship on January 15th...
14 January 2025 Status of the Force Address as delivered I am very thankful and grateful to you the Surface Navy Association for all of the hard work that goes into making this phenomenal symposium a success...