32nd Street Naval Base, San Diego – The guided missile destroyer, USS Spruance (DDG 111) returned to Naval Base San Diego Sunday after completing a four-day sea trial event that concluded a nine-month drydock selected restricted availability (DSRA)...

​U.S., Bangladesh, Regional Organizations discuss shared Maritime Domain Awareness goals By: Lt. Lauren Chatmas, U.S. Navy, Destroyer Squadron SEVEN Public Affairs.INDO-PACIFIC REGION -- The U.S. and Bangladesh navies came together to improve cooperation when dealing with crises at sea through...

​The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) fires its mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire gunnery exercise with ships from multiple nations as part of Malabar 2020. Malabar is an India-led multinational exercise designed to enhance cooperation between Indian Navy...

The USS CHOSIN (CG 65) has changed its homeport from San Diego, CA to Everett, WA...

Female sailors assigned to the Navy’s forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) executed their first all-female “Sea and Anchor” detail, while pulling into Sembawang, Singapore, Oct. 17.Historically, female manning on board Surface Navy ships averages less...

The U.S. Navy held a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary of the loss of the World War I cruiser USS San Diego (ACR 6), on which six American Sailors lost their lives off the coast of New York, July 19...

Capt. Elaine A. Collins, of Shoreline Wash., relieved Capt. Todd E. Whalen, a Virginia Beach, Va. native, as commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 9 during a change of command ceremony Oct. 27 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Arabian Gulf...

America conducted integrated air defense operations on Oct. 20 with F-35A Lightning II aircraft from the Japan Air Defense Command. The advanced training operations were designed to increase the tactical proficiency, lethality, and interoperability of the amphibious forces of the America...

PACIFIC OCEAN – USS Makin Island (LHD 8) opened the doors of a new coffee bar – the Ocho Café – during a grand opening ceremony Oct. 24.The café was open to give the crew a place to relax and enjoy a taste of home. Built into the mess decks, it is easily accessible to Sailors and Marines.“It is a...

PHILIPPINE SEA – A chance connection enabled Sailors aboard USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) to connect with naval history. The mother of Jay Matthews, a 31-year employee of BAE Norfolk, has a medical caretaker in North Carolina. Another client of the health aide is William Stamey Peeler Sr., a former...

SASEBO, Japan (NNS) -- A Sailor assigned to USS Warrior (MCM 10) in Sasebo, Japan, was recently named the Association of Minemen's (AOM) 2018-2019 Mineman of the Year (Sea).Mineman 1st Class Yves Dessources, operations leading petty officer for the combat information center on Warrior, received the...

The future USS Oakland (LCS 24) successfully concluded acceptance trials May 22 following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) in the South China Sea for multinational exercises, Oct. 19...

WASHINGTON –The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully executed the first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile (SM-2) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu, Oct. 13. As the first-in-class ship, USS Zumwalt successfully...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) has teamed up with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. ...

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS Tripoli (LHA 7), arrived at its new homeport in San Diego, Sept. 18...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) crew had extra cause to celebrate the Navy’s birthday this year, as the ship returned to San Diego, Oct. 13, from a successful nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation...

PHILIPPINE SEA — USS Comstock (LSD 45) is underway after loading Mark VI patrol boats and expeditionary mine countermeasure (ExMCM) elements in Guam to integrate Navy expeditionary forces aboard the amphibious dock landing ship for a security patrol in the Philippine Sea...

Good morning team STOCKDALE. Thank you for hosting this remembrance of our USS COLE shipmates. Today we are here to honor the Sailors lost and recognize the crew of COLE for their valiant efforts that tragic day...

MOBILE, Ala. — The future USS Mobile (LCS 26) successfully concluded its acceptance trial in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 25 after a series of in-port and underway demonstrations...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Sept. 17, following a six-month deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operations.  Under the command of Cmdr. Todd Penrod, Mustin departed Yokosuka Feb...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Vice Adm. William Merz, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) to assess the ship’s progress while it receives upgrades, Sept. 27...

Vice Adm. Richard A. Brown, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, delivered the keynote address at the Surface Navy Association’s (SNA) 21st annual West Coast symposium on board Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 22.The theme of the professional development event was “Lethal and Tough in Today’s Fight,” which...

LEYTE GULF (Sept. 27, 2020)-- As USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transited the waters of the Surigao Strait on September 27, the ship’s crew took a pause from the busy routine of deployment to honor those who served in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. A collection of naval engagements during October of 1944,...

LEYTE GULF — As USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transited the waters of the Surigao Strait on September 27, the ship’s crew took a pause from the busy routine of deployment to honor those who served in the Battle of Leyte Gulf...