Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Daniel Cox, from Leavenworth, Kan., stows 57mm rounds aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), Aug. 18...

Sailors lower a rigid-hulled inflatable boat to the side of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) during boat operations, Aug. 18...

Command Senior Chief Donald Alvarado, from Tucson, Ariz., poses for a photo aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), Aug. 16...

USS Higgins (DDG 76) moors alongside USS Howard (DDG 83) after arriving in Yokosuka, Aug. 16. (U.S. Navy/Roy Isobe)...

Naval Aircrewmen (Helicopter) 2nd Class Nicolas Lopez from Artesia, Calif. and Brandon Matlock from Spokane, Wash., keeps a lookout during flight operations inside of a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 aboard the Independence-variant...

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Makinami (DD 112) took charge as Sea Combat Commander (SCC) during Combined and Joint Battle Problem (CJBP) Aug. 5-10 alongside the USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group and the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) and...

APRA HARBOR, Guam (Aug. 6, 2021) Sailors ride in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat attached to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), Aug. 6...

Cmdr. Brandon Cornes from Baltimore, Md., the commanding officer oversees a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199), Aug. 04, 2021...

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and ships assigned to the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) arrived in the Hawaii Island Operating Area as part of Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021, August 8...

San Diego, CA. The Anti-Submarine Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) arrived in San Diego May 1st, 2016...

SAN DIEGO-The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CVCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, deployed from San Diego, Aug. 2, in support of global maritime security operations. CVCSG will begin their deployment by taking part in Large Scale Exercise 2021. LSE 2021 is a live, virtual, and...

CORAL SEA- USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), after two weeks of large-scale multinational maritime operations and exercises, alongside partner nations and allies, concluded Talisman Sabre 21, July 31...

Mineman 1st Class Kevin Blanchard, from Fitchburg, Mass., points at the winch operator during boat operations aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 24...

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) sails in the Philippines Sea July 28, 2021...

Rear Adm. Christopher Alexander, commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, along with several Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs), visited the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) July 15, 2021...

The U.S Navy and Coast Guard began their joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional security, July 28...

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECDEF MEMO 28JUL21...  SAN DIEGO IS CONSIDERED AN AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF COVID...

Boatswain’s Mate First Class Jeremy Hernandez of Edna, Texas signals an MH-60 Black Hawk assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) during night-time deck landing qualifications aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4)...

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Jeremy Hernandez of Edna, Texas, signals a MH-60 Black Hawk assigned to the 160th Special Air Operations Regiment (SOAR) during deck landing qualifications aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4)...

210722-N-HG846-1003 CORAL SEA (July 22, 2021) – (From left) USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204), ROKS Wand Geon (DD 978), HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154), USS America (LHA 6), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), USS JS Makinami (DD 112), USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), (center) HMCS Calgary (FFH 335), (back) USS New...

Capt. Scott Hattaway relieved Capt. Derek Brady as commodore of Commander Mine Countermeasures Squadron (COMCMRON) 7 during a change of command ceremony July, 22...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Spruance (DDG 111), entered Port Hueneme, Calif., after successfully conducting a Live-Fire with a Purpose (LFWAP) exercise...

SASEBO, Japan – Mine warfare forces from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commenced Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 2JA 2021 off the coast of northern Japan, July 19...

210717-N-HG846-1453 CORAL SEA (July 17, 2021) – USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) fires the 5-inch gun for Naval Surface Fire Support during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21...

CORAL SEA (July 17, 2021) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) guide an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on the ship’s flight deck...