CORAL SEA (July 16, 2021) – The forward-deployed ships of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive off the coast of Australia in preparation for the biennial bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre (TS) 21, July 16...

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Kiara Woods signals an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 to land on Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 18...

The roar of naval aircraft flying through vast, blue skies is a familiar sound for those stationed in the “Oasis of Nevada”...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) comes alongside Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) during a fueling at sea, July 13...

Sailors fold the rotors of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 11...

Sailors assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) conduct an underway replenishment with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) while underway in the Philippine Sea, July 11...

The Mk 110 57mm Gun Weapons System (GWS) is fired as part of a regular operational exercise aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 11...

Flight Operations Aboard USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

210714-N-CA060-0097 SASEBO, Japan (July 20, 2021) – The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) hosted a tour for National Defense Academy of Japan Midshipmen July 14, the first tour of a Sasebo-based ship by a non-U.S. military group since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Comprised of ships and personnel from three U.S. 7th Fleet task forces, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), and a detachment from Commander, Task Group (CTG) 75.1/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit...

A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC 21) lands on the flight deck of the independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) after a training exercise while underway in the Philippine Sea, July 5...

(June 5, 2021) Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Ashley Young, from Clearwater, Fla., practices cardiac pulmonary recitation during a man-overboard drill aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 5...

210708-N-OA516-0052 (July 8, 2021) Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Corey Wright, the assistant operations officer aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4)...

(July 7, 2021) Personnel assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 (EODMU 5) and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC 21), embarked on the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), conduct integrated flight operations while underway in the South China Sea, July 7...

It is 2300 hours local time on a humid summer night, 500 meters off the small Okinawan island of Ukibaru.Almost imperceptibly, a soft ripple breaks the heavy silence as a U.S. Marine boat company in combat rubber raiding craft – pitch-black inflatable boats also known as Zodiacs – advance stealthily...

210630-N-IJ902-1139 Philippine Sea (June 30, 2021)—Sailors throw mooring lines to Landing Craft Utility 1633 (LCU 1633), as it enters the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship, USS Germantown (LSD-42)...

Cmdr. Jason A. Lautar relieved Cmdr. Scott P. Maloney as commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) in a ceremony held at Naval Base San Diego, June 30...

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Kiara Woods, left, from Fresno, Calif., and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Israel Salinas, from Mission, Texas, stand by aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) during a joint flight operations exercise with Sri Lankan Navy Advanced...

Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June 23...

Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, Commander, Naval Surface Forces and Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, spoke to an auditorium full of commanding officers and executive officers from Hampton Roads-area ships during a command call at Naval Station Norfolk, June 23...

USS Charleston (LCS 18) arrives in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, for a contactless port visit ahead of Cooperation Afloat and Readiness at Sea Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka, June 23...

A Fresno, Calif., native and 2018 Fresno High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the rotationally-deployed Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

Lt. Joshua J. Stewart, right, from Mukilteo, WA., explains the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) to members of the 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) during a tour aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16)...

Rotationally-deployed littoral combat ships (LCS) in the Indo-Pacific continue to integrate with forces across the region as a part of the Naval Expeditionary Force (NEF) and in support of theater littoral warfare...

EVERETT, WA – Cmdr. Colin Roberts relieved Cmdr. Robert Biggs as commanding officer of guided missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) at Naval Station Everett during a change of command ceremony, June 18...