14 February 2022 USS Lake Champlain Returns Home to San Diego Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 14, completing an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1 to U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleets...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home From Deployment SAN DIEGO — The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14...
14 February 2022 USS Anchorage, 1st Marine Division Exercise Waterborne Capabilities of ACVs U.S. Marines assigned to the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion (3D AABN), 1st Marine Division (1stMarDiv) participated in a waterborne training evolution with Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 12-13, 2022...
06 February 2022 USS O’Kane Returns Home from Deployment The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month independent deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 6...
06 February 2022 NOAC Embarks Team with USS Fitzgerald for Bilateral SHAREM Exercise with Japan The Naval Oceanographic Anti-Submarine Warfare Center (NOAC) embarked a team of Aerographer’s Mates to lend expertise onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) as it participated in a bilateral training exercises, Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness...
05 February 2022 Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Feb. 5, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga...
05 February 2022 USS Savannah (LCS 28) Commissions The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Feb. 5, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga...
03 February 2022 USS Michael Murphy Returns to Homeport The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, following an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 3...
31 January 2022 Commander Task Force Seventy-Six (CTF-76), embarks USS Miguel Keith to Command and Control theater littoral warfare operations The Navy and Marine Corps “blue-green team” composed of Commander Task Force Seventy-Six (CTF 76)/Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 is underway with the embarked 31st and 11th Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), for training and operations in the Indo-Pacific region...
31 January 2022 USS Fitzgerald conducts Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise with Japan The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from Jan. 27 – Feb. 2...
25 January 2022 USS STETHEM (DDG 63) Holds Change of Command Ceremony Friends and family gathered together for a change of command ceremony at Naval Base San Diego where Commander Bryan Hart relieved Commander John Kajmowicz as Commanding Officer of USS Stethem (DDG 63). In attendance at the ceremony was Robert Stethem’s eldest brother, and retired Navy Seal, Ken...
21 January 2022 BDOC Graduation Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, gives remarks at the Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific (MSTCPAC) Basic Divisional Officer Course (BDOC) graduation ceremony, at the Naval Base San Diego Base Theater...
21 January 2022 WWII Navy Veteran and Kansas City Native Visits USS Kansas City (LCS 22) Retired Navy Quartermaster 2nd Class Norman Williams visited Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22) during a scheduled visit 21 Jan, 2022...
19 January 2022 DESRON 21 Sailor YN1 Alexander Wins Sailor of the Day on USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN YN1 Nick Alexander, from Fayetteville, North Carolina, is responsible for all administrative requirements for an ISIC Staff of 49 Sailors, executing the role of an independent Command Pay and Personnel Administrator...
18 January 2022 LCS visits Brunei, conducts bilateral exercise Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived in Brunei Jan. 14 following a one-day exercise at sea with the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN)...
14 January 2022 Destroyer Squadron 9 Holds Change of Command Ceremony Capt. Elaine A. Collins, a native of Shoreline, Wash. was relieved by Capt. Adam L. Fleming as commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 9 during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Everett, Jan. 14...
14 January 2022 USS STETHEM (DDG 63) Hosts Stethem Family Visit Steelworkers of USS Stethem hosted the Stethem family during their visit for a tour of the destroyer and had the incredible opportunity to connect with the family. Robert Stethem’s younger brother, Patrick Stethem, was joined by his wife Katherine, daughters Genevieve and Gabi, as well as his son,...
11 January 2022 Surface Navy Association, SURFACE WARFARE: The Competitive Edge Good afternoon Surface Warriors past and present, SNA Members, Industry, and Surface Force teammates – it’s great to be here! The energy in this room and throughout the venue is impressive. First, a huge thank you to the SNA Team, VADM Rick Hunt (Ret.), RADM Dave Hart (Ret.), Bill Erickson, Julie...
11 January 2022 SNA 2022 - Surface Warfare: The Competitive Edge Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces released “Surface Warfare: The Competitive Edge”, at the Surface Navy Association National Conference, Jan 11...