SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 31, 2024) - The U.S. Navy and Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, reaffirming the two nations’ commitment to bolstering regional security and stability, July 31...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) will move to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy announced today. This move will be a permanent change of station for the crew and family members...

U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) conducted a replenishment at sea (RAS) with the Royal Canadian Navy’s commercial container ship MV Asterix and U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) while underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations,...

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) concluded Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 2JA 2024 off the coast of northern Japan in Mutsu Bay, July 26, 2024...

Royal Australian Navy Mine Warfare Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) Adam Zilko’s current exchange posting to the United States has seen him lead Mine Counter Measures (MCM) exercise planner at RIMPAC 2024...

The U.S. Navy led a successful group sail July 22, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1...

SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Michael Winslow was relieved by Cmdr. Nick Van Wagoner as commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Base San Diego, July 19. Capt. Douglas Meagher, commodore, Littoral Combat Ship...

When the team of engineers from the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE) loaded their 3D hybrid-metal printer onboard Somerset as part of the experimentation sector of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, they had no idea that they would soon be asked to solve a...

SATTAHIP, Thailand (July 18, 2024) – The Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), and U.S. Navy began exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, July 18, 2024...

Gunner’s Mate Seaman Delilah Medina, a native of Riverside, California, is a Sailor currently assigned to the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101). On of a team of nine, she is the ship’s only woman Gunner’s Mate...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Port Klang, Malaysia for a routine port visit, July 17, 2024...

The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) participated in a multinational visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill while underway July 15 during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), a large-scale international maritime exercise...

Sasebo, Japan – Captain Aaron DeMeyer relieved Captain Severn Stevens as Commanding Officer of the forward-deployed Amphibious Transport Dock ship, USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during a change of command ceremony held onboard the ship while in port in Sasebo, Japan, on July 10th...

SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) held a change of command ceremony on Naval Base San Diego, July 12...

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) will move to Sasebo, Japan, to join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces Japan (FDNF-J), the U.S. Navy announced today. This will be executed as a permanent change of station for the crew and family members...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7,visited the crews of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, USSMcCampbell (DDG 85), USS Dewey (DDG 105), and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114),July 9, to congratulate them on their successful operations supporting...

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand – U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Laem Chabang, Thailand for a routine port visit, June 28.The port visit demonstrates the continuation of over 190 years of friendly relations between the U.S.-Thai government...

SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Alfonza White was relieved by Cmdr. Dana Canby as commanding officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Base San Diego, June 28. Capt. Douglas Meagher, commodore, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 1...

BUSAN, Republic Of Korea – Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9), its flagship USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Halsey (DDG 97) and USS Daniel Inouye (DG 118) from Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23, departed the...

MANILA, Philippines – U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines on June 18, 2024 for the ship’s first visit to the capital since March 2019...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) experimented with drones from June 19-24 as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific’s (RIMPAC) Trident Warrior 2024...

Representatives from Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and University of California, Irvine signed a memorandum of understanding June 26 focused on transformative military-civilian trauma training and knowledge exchange...

Sailors assigned to U.S. 7th Fleet hosted allied staff talks with members of the Philippines Armed Forces aboard U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in Manila, Philippines, June 20-21...