The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG-113) successfully conducted an intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test off the west coast of Hawaii.The SM-3 Block IIA is being...

GUAM (Sept. 23, 2018) The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) held a change of command ceremony on the flight deck while moored at Naval Base Guam Sept. 23, 2018.Cmdr. James “Andy” Strickland relieved Cmdr. Ted Wiederholt as the 12th commanding officer of the...

GUAM (NNS) - The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed the waters near Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) after assisting Task Force-West with Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local authorities November...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Capt. D. Wilson Marks relieved Capt. Richard Dromerhauser at a change of command ceremony for Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific (CNSGWP) Oct. 9, at U.S. Fleet Activity Yokosuka.  The ceremony included remarks from guest speaker Vice Adm. Phillip G. Sawyer, commander of...

CG-71 Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Commander Erik S. Reynolds, conducts personnel inspection and awards presentation during an All Hands Call on October 5th...

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (October 12, 2018) The officers, crew, and friends of Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 3 and attached ships gathered in front of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Ardent (MCM 4) for a change of command ceremony and retirement onboard Naval Base San Diego,...

  Lester Holt anchored and episode of NBC Nightly News live from the flight deck of USS Portland (LPD 27) at Naval Base San Diego on Oct. 12.The broadcast from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship capped off Holt's Across America tour where he visited five cities in five days...

SAN FRANCISCO - More than 1,800 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen assigned to units within the region, as well as Sailors from the Royal Canadian Navy, arrived in the Bay Area in support of the 38th annual San Francisco Fleet Week.Fleet Week is a tradition in several cities across the U.S. that...

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and Malaysian Armed Forces counterparts kicked off the 24th iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, August 10...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps with the Indonesian Navy commenced the 24th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia exercise with the arrival of the dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) with elements from 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Jakarta, Aug...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) became Basic Phase complete July 30.During a ship's Basic Phase, the crew trains and is evaluated on basic ship handling and operations to include damage control, engineering and seamanship. Basic...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) started fabrication of the 13th LPD-17 San Antonio class ship, LPD-29, July 30, at its shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut."We are excited to commence...

FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. – 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.The ceremony was held aboard the Military Sealift Command...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Afloat Training Group Western Pacific (ATGWP) team member, Senior Chief Gas Turbine System Technician Eustaquio Mauhay Jr., from Batangas, Pi., provides maintenance training to Sailors aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), during a 3M certification...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- USS Coronado (LCS 4) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) completed the first comprehensive Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) for the MQ-8C Fire Scout, June 29.Results from this IOT&E will inform decision-makers on how best to integrate the Navy's newest...

SAN DIEGO — The crew of amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) held a change of command ceremony June 22, aboard the USS Midway Museum...

 PEARL HARBOR - The guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 4, after a seven-month Western Pacific deployment.O’Kane departed Pearl Harbor, Nov. 4, to conduct ballistic missile defense operations near the American territory of...

PEARL HARBOR - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to its homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 14, after a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.Halsey departed Pearl Harbor, Oct. 16, to join the Theodore Roosevelt...

SAN DIEGO – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) returned to San Diego May 11 following a 90-day deployment to the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and western Pacific.While deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet, the ship and crew, assigned to Amphibious Squadron 11, joined...

EVERETT, Wash. - The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) is returned home to Naval Station Everett May 9, completing a seven-month deployment...

TAWAU, Malaysia (May 3, 2018) U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 completed three civil engineering projects May 3 in Tawau, Malaysia as a part of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18).The Seabees worked alongside counterparts...

TAWAU, Malaysia -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded pierside of expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6), May 3.More than 134 military personnel from the U.S., United...

The Navy will christen its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), during a 10:00 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, May 5, in Mobile, Alabama.The principal speaker will be Cincinnati Councilmember David Mann, also a former member of the U.S. House of...

SAN DIEGO, CA — The flying Squad from the USS Boxer squad participated in a pilot program of the Shipboard Firefighting/Damage Control Emergency Team Trainer at the Surface Warfare Officer’s School Learning Site San Diego on March 30...

VICTORIA, British Columbia — The Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Victoria, British Columbia for a scheduled port visit April 12...