Maritime forces from Royal Australia Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and the U.S. Navy are underway July 4, conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PV) 2023...

Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVSURFPAC) hosted the second annual Junior Officer Training Symposium (JOTS) event in San Diego, June 28...

To explore factors contributing to both workplace satisfaction and dissatisfaction, Commander, Naval Surface Forces (CNSF) surveyed all Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) from the rank of ensign to captain, receiving 2,550 responses (33% response rate). The senior officer survey solicited feedback from...

DAHLGREN, Va. – The Navy has authorized the delivery of the most advanced maintenance training systems to the waterfront. To achieve this, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, Naval Education and Training Command, and Navy Regional Maintenance Center and Naval Sea Systems...

The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) held a change of command ceremony at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 1...

PHILIPPINES — The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) completed Exercise Balikatan 2023 (BK23), April 28 with a closing ceremony in Camp Aguinaldo, Philippines...

Naval Base San Diego (NBSD) awarded the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Administrative Unit Victim Advocate (UVA) of the Year award to USS Tripoli officer Lt. j.g Zachary Aldrich, April 18, 2023...

Capt. Douglas Meagher relieved Capt. Spencer Austin, a native of Knotts Island, N.C., following a successful tour as commodore of Mine Division TWELVE during a ceremony aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20), April 27. Meagher will dual-hat as commodore of both...

Preservation Onboard USS Shoup DDG-86From Petty Officer Third Class Riley Black, USS Shoup (DDG86) Public Affairs AssistantYOKOSUKA, Japan - The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) Preservation Operation...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) commissioned at Port Hueneme aboard Naval Base Ventura County, April 1...

Spending weeks at a time on a piece of ground slightly smaller than a football field is enough to give most people a case of cabin fever, and that may be especially true when that “piece of ground” is actually floating amidst the hollow seascape of the Indo-Pacific...

The dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed Sasebo March 22, 2023 for its new homeport of San Diego, California...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Barry (DDG 52), arrived at its new homeport Naval Station Everett, following six years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region, March 17...

BAY OF BENGAL — Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) participated in joint training exercise La Pérouse 2023 with six Allied and partner nation navies in the Bay of Bengal, March 13-14...

USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted senior military leaders from 38 countries during the U.S. Army War College International Fellows visit to San Diego...

Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) finished operation Cobra Gold 2023 while ported in Thailand, March 10...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) arrived in its new forward-deployed location of Yokosuka, Japan, March 4, joining Commander, Task Force (CTF 71)/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) departed Jeju, Republic of Korea following a scheduled port visit March 3...

WASHINGTION — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser formerly named USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) will be renamed USS Robert Smalls (CG 62)...

USS Barry (DDG 52) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Feb. 17, as part of a scheduled homeport shift following six years of service forward-deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet...

Sailors and Marines, assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), pose for a photo after a game of football with members of the Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL) during the opening ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2023...

Amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Timor-Leste, Feb. 15...

Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (NIMCSG) and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (MKI ARG) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) are conducting integrated expeditionary strike force (ESF) operations in the South China Sea Feb. 11...

Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan concluded a visit to Otaru in the northern Japanese island prefecture of Hokkaido Feb. 10...

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) arrived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to conduct a port visit, Feb 5-8...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) sailed with the Indian Navy’s INS Savitri (P 53) in the Indian Ocean, Feb 7...

TOMAKOMAI, JAPAN — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) departed Tomakomai, Japan, following a scheduled port visit, Feb. 3...

Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) worked with the United States Army’s 16th Combat Aviation Brigade based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and the United States Air Force’s 66th Rescue Squadron, based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, to land both UH-60M Black Hawk,...

Sailors aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) completed an ammunition offload Jan. 27, 2023...