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...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) arrived in its new forward-deployed location of Yokosuka, Japan, March 4, joining Commander, Task Force (CTF 71)/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) departed Jeju, Republic of Korea following a scheduled port visit March 3...

Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Zachary Jacoban, left, from San Bernardino, California, and Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Joshua Rodriguez, from Los Angeles, prepare to down-load the MK 110 57 mm Gun at the forecastle aboard Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) as the ship...

Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Louis Guicovelasquez, right, from Grand Island, Nebraska, uses hand signals to communicate with pilots flying an MH-60R SeaHawk, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, during a vertical replenishment (VERTREP) operation training aboard Independence-class...

WASHINGTION — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser formerly named USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) will be renamed USS Robert Smalls (CG 62)...

Lt. j.g. Dane Whetsel, left, North Bend, Washington, looks to the horizon from the pilot house aboard Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24), as the ship sails into the Natuna Sea, Feb. 26, 2023...

Sailors in a hose team prepare to enter a space with a fire hose during a damage control drill walkthrough aboard Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, Feb. 22, 2023...

USS Barry (DDG 52) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Feb. 17, as part of a scheduled homeport shift following six years of service forward-deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet...