New Caledonia – Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) participated in Croix Du Sud 2023 with 14 allied and partner nations at New Caledonia, April 24 to May 8, 2023...

Cmdr. Kevin M. Dore relieved Cmdr. David Y. Haile as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii...

Cmdr. John “Nick” Van Wagoner relieved Cmdr. Derek Jaskowiak, a native of St. Louis, Mo., as commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) Blue crew during a ceremony pier side at Naval Base San Diego aboard USS Kansas City (LCS 22), May 4...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) held a change of command ceremony at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 1...

PHILIPPINES — The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) completed Exercise Balikatan 2023 (BK23), April 28 with a closing ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Philippines...

Capt. Andria Slough assumed command of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) from Capt. Tony Chavez during a ceremony held aboard Makin Island, April 28...

Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) awarded the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Administrative Unit Victim Advocate (UVA) of the Year award to USS Tripoli officer Lt. j.g Zachary Aldrich, April 18, 2023...

Capt. Douglas Meagher relieved Capt. Spencer Austin, a native of Knotts Island, N.C., following a successful tour as commodore of Mine Division TWELVE during a ceremony aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), April 27. Meagher will dual-hat as commodore of both...

Preservation Onboard USS Shoup DDG-86From Petty Officer Third Class Riley Black, USS Shoup (DDG86) Public Affairs AssistantYOKOSUKA, Japan - The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) Preservation Operation...

SAN DIEGO — Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in San Diego April 20, after almost a decade of forward-deployed service operating out of Japan...

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES — Cmdr. Jayson Larsen relieved Cmdr. David Catterall as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) during a change of command ceremony at USS Midway, April 13...

EVERETT, Wash. - Five distinguished guests attended the first Pacific Northwest (PACNORWEST) Leaders to Sea onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) at Naval Station Everett, April 12...

USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) held a change of command ceremony in the ship’s well deck onboard Naval Base San Diego, April 7...

Commander Destroyer Squadron selects, Operations Specialist First Class Petty Officer (OS1) Ingrid M. Oller as Commander Destroyer Squadron Nine Sailor of the Year...

On Saturday, April 1st 2023, the Navy commissioned USS Santa Barbara (LCS32) at a ceremony aboard Naval Station Ventura County. She is the 16th Independence class variant of the Littoral Combat Ship. (Contains graphics and titles.)...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) commissioned at Port Hueneme aboard Naval Base Ventura County, April 1...

Spending weeks at a time on a piece of ground slightly smaller than a football field is enough to give most people a case of cabin fever, and that may be especially true when that “piece of ground” is actually floating amidst the hollow seascape of the Indo-Pacific...

The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) held a change of command ceremony, Nov. 23...

The dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed Sasebo March 22, 2023 for its new homeport of San Diego, California...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52), arrived at its new homeport Naval Station Everett, following six years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region, March 17...

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) finished conducting operations while transiting with guided-missile destroyer USS Chung Hoon (DDG 93) and landing helicopter assault ship USS America (LHA 6), in the Luzon Strait, March 17...

BAY OF BENGAL — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) participated in joint training exercise La Pérouse 2023 with six Allied and partner nation navies in the Bay of Bengal, March 13-14...

USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted senior military leaders from 38 countries during the U.S. Army War College International Fellows visit to San Diego...

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) finished operation Cobra Gold 2023 while ported in Thailand, March 10...

Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) brought home two silver and two bronze medals during a Joint Military Culinary Competition in Fort Lee, Virginia, March 1-10, 2023...