14 August 2024 USS San Diego Departs for Japan The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) left San Diego, Aug. 14, for Sasebo, Japan...
13 August 2024 U.S., France Naval Forces Conduct Bilateral Operations in Indo-Pacific The U.S. Navy and French Navy joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 13...
13 August 2024 SRF-JRMC completes USS Dewey’s SIA 3-Days Early Yokosuka, Japan – U.S. Naval Ship Repair and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) completed USS Dewey’s (DDG 105) $6-million, 60-day Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) July 12, 3-days ahead of schedule...
13 August 2024 Somerset embarks Tigers during homebound transit Sailors and Marines embarked family members to experience a life-at-sea cruise, also known as a Tiger Cruise, aboard the San Antonio class transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) as they transited homebound to San Diego...
13 August 2024 USS Somerset (LPD 25) returns home after Indo-Pacific deployment SAN DIEGO – Sailors assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) returned home Aug. 13 to San Diego after a seven-month deployment with embarked Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operations...
09 August 2024 U.S. Navy and Italian Navy Conduct First Indo-Pacific Multi-Large Deck Event PACIFIC OCEAN – The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) held in the Indo-Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Italian Navy, Aug. 9...
08 August 2024 Defend the Ship: LAR Co. Conducts LAV Live-Fire Aboard USS Somerset U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted an integrated small craft action team training on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 8...
08 August 2024 USS Spruance Conducts Saipan Port Call SAIPAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (AUG. 8, 2024) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) departed Saipan after a scheduled port call Aug. 4-8, marking an important opportunity to strengthen relationships in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The...
06 August 2024 Command, Destroyer Squadron 7 Conducts Change of Command 2024 SINGAPORE (Aug. 6, 2024) - Command, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony aboard USS Gabrielle Giffords in Singapore on Aug. 6, 2024...
01 August 2024 USS Mobile conducts Maritime Cooperative Activity with BRP Ramon Alcaraz SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 31, 2024) - The U.S. Navy and Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, reaffirming the two nations’ commitment to bolstering regional security and stability, July 31...
01 August 2024 USS Preble to Forward Deploy to Japan The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) will move to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy announced today. This move will be a permanent change of station for the crew and family members...
29 July 2024 Stockdale, Kidd conduct underway replenishment with Canada U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Royal Canadian Navy’s commercial container ship MV Asterix and U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) while underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations,...
26 July 2024 U.S. Navy, JMSDF Conclude Joint Mine Warfare Exercise SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) concluded Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 2JA 2024 off the coast of northern Japan in Mutsu Bay, July 26, 2024...
23 July 2024 Planning for Mine Warfare training at RIMPAC 24 Royal Australian Navy Mine Warfare Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) Adam Zilko’s current exchange posting to the United States has seen him lead Mine Counter Measures (MCM) exercise planner at RIMPAC 2024...
22 July 2024 Behind the scenes – planning for RIMPAC’s group sail The U.S. Navy led a successful group sail July 22, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024...
21 July 2024 Sterett Sailors Preserving the Ocean Environment For Generations JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1...
19 July 2024 USS Jackson (LCS 6) Conducts Change of Command SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Michael Winslow was relieved by Cmdr. Nick Van Wagoner as commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Base San Diego, July 19. Capt. Douglas Meagher, commodore, Littoral Combat Ship...
19 July 2024 3D Printer solves engineering challenges onboard USS Somerset When the team of engineers from the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) loaded their 3D hybrid-metal printer onboard Somerset as part of the experimentation sector of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, they had no idea that they would soon be asked to solve a...
18 July 2024 Singapore, Thailand and U.S. Navies commence CARAT Thailand 2024 SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 18, 2024) – The Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), and U.S. Navy began exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, July 18, 2024...
17 July 2024 Faces of RIMPAC | GMSN Medina Gunner’s Mate Seaman Delilah Medina, a native of Riverside, California, is a Sailor currently assigned to the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101). On of a team of nine, she is the ship’s only woman Gunner’s Mate...
17 July 2024 USS Blue Ridge arrives in Port Klang, Malaysia U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Port Klang, Malaysia for a routine port visit, July 17, 2024...
16 July 2024 USS Gridley, Partner Nations Hold VBSS Drill During RIMPAC 2024 The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) participated in a multinational visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill while underway July 15 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), a large-scale international maritime exercise...
15 July 2024 CAPT DeMeyer Assumes Command of USS Green Bay Sasebo, Japan – Captain Aaron DeMeyer relieved Captain Severn Stevens as Commanding Officer of the forward-deployed Amphibious Transport Dock ship, USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during a change of command ceremony held onboard the ship while in port in Sasebo, Japan, on July 10th...
12 July 2024 USS Preble Change of Command SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) held a change of command ceremony on Naval Base San Diego, July 12...