Sailors guide an 11-meter Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat during a Twin Boom Extensible Crane training evolution in the mission bay aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

Engineman 3rd Class James Whitaker, from Dunn, N.C., replaces deck sand paper strips on a staircase aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Gaisford, Royal Australian Navy (RAN), graduated from Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC's) Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) program...

210921-N-PH222-2196 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 21, 2021) Sailors assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) conduct small boat operations during a routine training exercise...

A MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 21, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), during routine flight operations...

USS Charleston conducts RAS with Royal New Zealand Navy HMNZS Aotearoa and HMNZS Te Kaha...

USS Charleston Sailor Hoists National Ensign...

210921-N-PH222-1024 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 20, 2021) Sailors form a hose team while participating in a crash and salvage exercise on the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

210920-N-PH222-1118 SANTA RITA, GUAM (Sep. 20, 2021) Sailors heave in line, during a sea and anchor detail aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 20, 2021) Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), right, sails with Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS AOTEAROA (A11), as seen from HMNZS TE KAHA (F77), during a division tactics exercise...

Capt. Chase Sargeant, from Lakeland, Fla., commander, Task Force 71, left, awards Cmdr. Rob Niemeyer, from St. Louis, outgoing commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69), the Meritorious Service Medal during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck...

USS Curtis Wilbur Arrives in Homeport San Diego, California...

APRA HARBOR, Guam (Sept. 13, 2021) Gunner’s Mate Seaman Ruben Rodriguez, from Abilene, Tex., performs routine maintenance on a lock system on the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6)...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) joined Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) during presence operations in the South China Sea...

U.S. Navy Capt. Tony Chavez assumed command of USS Makin Island (LHD 8) from Capt. Tom Ulmer during a ceremony held on board Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Sept. 9...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Navy Reserve Sailor, Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Yuankun Xia from St. Augustine, Fla., is supporting the littoral combat ship (LCS) community as a search and rescue (SAR) swimmer during many shipboard qualifications and operations at sea...

U.S., Thailand expand maritime partnership with CARAT Exercise...

USS Jackson (LCS 6) Engineman sets up cooler...

USS Tulsa (LCS 16) Sails In The South China Sea...

USS Tulsa (LCS 16) sails in the Sulu Sea...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 6, 2021) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class David Miller, from Chicago directs a MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, off the flight deck aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea drill...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (SEP. 05, 2021) Sailors assigned to the "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, conduct post flight operations aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), Sep. 05, 2021...

KOROR, Republic of Palau -- U.S. Marines and U.S. Coastguardsmen with Task Force Koa Moana 21, I Marine Expeditionary Force, accompany the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland, to observe the USS Jackson (LCS 6), Destroyer Squadron 7, departing from the...

Fire Controlman 1st Class Derrick Boyd, from San Antonio, Tex., stands watch at replenishment-at-sea station one aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6)...

Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Chance Emerson, from Denver, Colo., tests fuel in the oil lab aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6)...