U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS CARL M. LEVIN (DDG 120) successfully intercepted multiple targets in an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) test executed by the U.S. Navy Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) from the Pacific...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas hosted Defense Attaché Officers from France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Australia, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, and the United States, aboard U.S.7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), Oct. 26...

SAN DIEGO, CA — The first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), arrived at its new homeport in San Diego Oct. 25...

PACIFIC OCEAN — USS Savannah (LCS 28) conducted a live-fire demonstration Oct. 24 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean utilizing a containerized launching system that fired an SM-6 missile at a designated target...

GRAU’S SEA - Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Genepierre Hermosilla, Seaman Johnathan Ransom, and Fire Controlman (AEGIS) 3rd Class Maximus Bair signal to a Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49 MH-60R helicopter that they are clear of chocks and chains during flight quarters on Arleigh Burke-class...

SAN DIEGO — The Whidbey island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship’s flight deck at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 20...

SAN DIEGO — The 39th Surface Line Week (SLW) Pacific 2023 came to an end with an award ceremony where Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) was announced as the overall winner, Oct. 13...

PACIFIC OCEAN - Chilean navy ships CNS Almirante Williams (FF-19), CNS Capitan Prat (FFG-11), CNS Almirante Lynch (FF-07) oiler Almirante Montt (AO-52), and the U.S. navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), sail in formation for a photo exercise during the at-sea phase of Teamwork...

TAMPA, FLORIDA — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H Lucas (DDG 125) commissioned at Tampa, Florida, Oct. 7...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) has welcomed HSM-51 Detachment 2 known as The Bandidos Gorditos onboard for Shoup’s third patrol in 7th fleet...

SAN DIEGO — Cmdr. Dirk Sonnenberg was relieved by Cmdr. Quinn Matt as commanding officer of amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) during a change of command ceremony aboard Ashland, Oct. 5, 2023...

SAN DIEGO — The Junior Enlisted Association (JEA) aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA7) was awarded the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award for the calendar year 2023...

SAN DIEGO — Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) kicked off the 40th Surface Line Week (SLW) Pacific competition at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 2...

SAN FRANCISCO (NNS) — Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from several ships, squadrons and military units will be in San Francisco for the annual San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 2-9...

SAN FRANCISCO - The annual Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) exercise is a unique opportunity for Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Coast Guard units to train together with San Francisco emergency management and first responder agencies in response to local disasters such as earthquakes and...

EASTPORT, MAINE — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Augusta (LCS 34) commissioned at Eastport, Maine, Sept. 30...

NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO — Twenty-one Sailors were pinned to chief petty officer (CPO) during a ceremony on board Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Sept. 29...

SAN DIEGO — Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA7) earned the Admiral Flatley Memorial Award for aviation safety for the calendar year 2022, Sep. 28...

PACIFIC OCEAN — USS Boxer (LHD 4) welcomed 22 Sailors and Marines into their Chief Petty Officer Mess during an underway pinning ceremony on the flight deck, Sept. 29...

EASTPORT, MAINE — With heavy fog rolling in at dawn, the future USS Augusta’s (LCS 34) first four new chiefs pinned on anchors and donned covers for the first time Sept. 29 at the ship’s inaugural Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony at what is projected as this season’s first pinning in the...

SINGAPORE — Sailors and Marines assigned to the Harpers Ferry-class USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) stepped into the world of mixed martial arts with six-time ONE World Champion, “Unstoppable” Angela Lee, at the Sembawang Naval Installation gym as part of a planned stop in Singapore during Pacific...

SAN DIEGO — USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), the 11th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, recognized more than 37 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, Sept. 22...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Cmdr. Matthew Hays was relieved by Cmdr. Earvin Taylor as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) during a ceremony onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Sept. 20...

PHILIPPINE SEA — A Union Grove, Wisconsin native and 2019 graduate of Union Grove High School is serving aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105)...

Menominee, Michigan — The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) September 16, 2023, in Menominee, Michigan...