SAN DIEGO (October 25, 2024) – The 41st Surface Line Week (SLW) Pacific 2024 came to an end with an award ceremony where USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) was announced as the overall winner, Oct. 25...

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 21, 2024) – Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) kicked off the 41st Surface Line Week (SLW) Pacific competition at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 21...

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...

Chief Fire Controlman Gary Rehm, Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Noe Hernandez, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Xavier A. Martin, Fire Controlman 1st Class Carlos V. Sibayan, Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo A. Douglass, Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Ngoc “Tan” Truong and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Dakota K. Rigsby...

ASTORIA, Oregon – Sailors assigned to USS Augusta (LCS 34) and USS Montgomery (LCS 8) will pull into Astoria, Oregon on June 2, 2024...

Since age 13, Petty Officer 3rd Class Krystina Sosa, had the dream of joining the U.S. Navy to make her family proud and be able to further provide for them. A Kissimmee, Fl...

SHIMODA, Japan (May 20, 2023) – The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) departed Shimoda, Japan after a port visit, May 20, during the city’s Black Ship Festival...

The U.S. Navy has approved the commissioning date for the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29)...

HAKODATE, Japan (May 18, 2024) – The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10) departed Hakodate, Japan, after a scheduled port visit, May 18...

SAN DIEGO – Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) established Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron (USVRON) Three at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado during a ceremony, May 17...

SASEBO, Japan – The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America received the 2023 Battle Effectiveness Award, May 17...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – The first annual Japan-based Junior Officer Training Symposium (JOTS) was hosted by Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 in Yokosuka, April 19...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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),...

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...

STUTTGART (February 3, 2023) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Larry Burns, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), was selected to join a team of joint military chefs as an apprentice to participate in the 2024 Culinary Olympics Catering Competition...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. – Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) held a change of command ceremony at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3373, April 2...