17 May 2024 Navy chefs shine in Chicago U.S. Navy chefs from around the world converged at the prestigious Palmer House in Chicago to attend advanced training and receive their Captain Edward F. Ney awards for preeminence in Navy Food Service, 17-19 May...
17 May 2024 Navy chefs shine in Chicago The winners of the Captain Edward F. Ney Afloat General Messes, representing the Navy's Undersea Enterprise, Surface Warfare Enterprise, and Naval Aviation Enterprise:...
17 May 2024 USS America (LHA 6) Awarded the ‘Battle E’ for Third Consecutive Year SASEBO, Japan – The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America received the 2023 Battle Effectiveness Award, May 17...
15 May 2024 USS Augusta (LCS 34) Hosts Friends and Family Day Cruise SAN DIEGO -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Augusta (LCS 34) hosted a Friends and Family Day Cruise off the coast of San Diego, May 13...
01 May 2024 USS Sterett (DDG 104) Wins 2023 Battle ‘E’ Award SAN DIEGO - Cdre. Craig Trent, Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) One, presented the Battle Effectiveness Award to the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), May 1 during a ceremony on the ship’s flight deck...
26 April 2024 USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) Awarded Navy Battle “E” Excellence Award during Change of Command Ceremony SAN DIEGO – Cmdr. Peter C. Schunk relieved Cmdr. Kevin M. Schaeffer as commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) during a change of command ceremony in San Diego beneath the destroyer’s bow on the deck of the General Dynamics National Steel and...
25 April 2024 USS Essex Sailors Test New Navigation, Seamanship, and Ship-Handling Trainers SAN DIEGO (April 17, 2024)- Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), participated in the testing of Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific’s (MSTCPAC) new Bridge Team Trainers and Integrated Navigation Team Trainers...
24 April 2024 USS Higgins (DDG 76) 25th Anniversary YOKOSUKA, Japan – The waves toss and turn under me. Pushing and pulling. Neither of us content to stay in one place, we rush together into the unknown. Just the waves, the wind, me and my friends and family...
19 April 2024 DESRON 15 Hosts Junior Officer Training Symposium (JOTS) YOKOSUKA, Japan – The first annual Japan-based Junior Officer Training Symposium (JOTS) was hosted by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 in Yokosuka, April 19...
19 April 2024 Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Names Sea and Shore and Reserve Sailors of the Year SAN DIEGO - Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) named the active and reserve 2023 Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year, April 18 during the annual Sailor of the Year week at CNSP headquarters on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado...
19 April 2024 Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One Holds Change of Command Ceremony SAN DIEGO (April 19, 2024) – Capt. Douglas Meagher relieved Capt. Marc Crawford as Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (LCSRON) One during a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Base San Diego, April 19...
19 April 2024 DESRON 15 Hosts Annual Allied Surface Warfare Summit Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 hosted their Annual Surface Warfare Summit in Yokosuka, Japan from April 15th to 19th in Yokosuka, Japan...
19 April 2024 DESRON 15 Hosts Annual ASW Symposium Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 hosted its Annual Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Symposium from April 16th to April 19th in Yokosuka, Japan...
18 April 2024 USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Holds Change of Command PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Cmdr. Jonathan Greenwald relieved Cmdr. John E. Holthaus as commanding officer of USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) in a ceremony held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 18.Holthaus, a native of Glen Burnie, Maryland and the ship’s ninth commanding officer, assumed command of...
18 April 2024 C3F Announces SOY Selectees Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Vice Adm. Michael Boyle announced the 2023 3rd Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY) during a ceremony held April 18. Operations Specialist 1st Class DeEll Henderson, was selected as the Shore Sailor of the Year, and Personnel Specialist 1st Class Richel Mila was...
11 April 2024 German Assumes Command of Amphibious Squadron 11 SASEBO, Japan – Capt. Patrick German relieved Capt. Kelly Fletcher as Commodore of Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11, during a change of command ceremony held on the fo’c’sle of the forward deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), while in port in Sasebo, Japan, April 11...
11 April 2024 USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) Earns Bloodhound Award YOKOSUKA, Japan – Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 awarded the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) the 2024 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Bloodhound Award for the Pacific Fleet, April 11...
10 April 2024 USS Dewey Conducts Replenishment-at-Sea with USNS Cesar Chavez 240411-N-CD453-1066 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (April 11, 2024) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Ai’Jai Schultz, from Savannah, Georgia, fires a shot line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) during a replenishment-at-sea with Lewis and Clark-class dry-cargo ship USNS Cesar...
09 April 2024 Sailors Conduct Training Aboard USS Dewey, April 5 240405-N-CD453-2029 WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (April 5, 2024) Sailors don tactical gear during visit, board, search and seizure training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while conducting operations in the Western Pacific Ocean, April 5...
09 April 2024 Sailors Conduct CPR Training Aboard USS Dewey 240410-N-CD453-1028 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (April 10, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Briana Anadon Rios, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, demonstrates proper CPR form during CPR training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while conducting operations in the North...
05 April 2024 USS Antietam (CG 54) Homeport Shifts to Hawaii JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) arrived to its new homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 5, as part of a planned rotation of forces in the Pacific...
04 April 2024 3D Printing Creates New Possibilities onboard USS San Diego SAN DIEGO (Apr. 4, 2024) – Amphibious Transport Dock USS San Diego (LPD 22) Sailors piloted a liquid metal jetting additive manufacturing (AM) process, operationally testing the Xerox ElemX 3D printer for the fleet. San Diego is the first San Antonio-class LPD warship to test the machine’s onsite AM...
04 April 2024 USS Tulsa (LCS 16) Gold Crew Conducts Change of Command SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Erin Connor was relieved by Cmdr. Samuel Moffett as commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) Gold crew during a ceremony onboard USS Tulsa (LCS 16), April 4. Capt. Douglas Meagher, commodore, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 3 (LCSRON 3),...
03 April 2024 USS Omaha (LCS 12) Gold Crew Conducts Change of Command SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Ben Nehrke was relieved by Cmdr. Kevin Smith as commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Omaha (LCS 12) Gold crew during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, April 2nd...