09 November 2023 USS O’Kane Sailors to Showcase Culinary Talents at Prestigious Joint Culinary Training Exercise Competition SAN DIEGO, CA — In an impressive feat of culinary prowess, two Sailors from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) have been selected to participate in the 48th Annual Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), slated to take place at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home From Deployment SAN DIEGO — The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14...
06 February 2022 USS O’Kane Returns Home from Deployment The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month independent deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 6...
03 February 2022 USS Michael Murphy Returns to Homeport The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, following an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 3...
02 August 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Deploys SAN DIEGO-The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CVCSG), led by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, deployed from San Diego, Aug. 2, in support of global maritime security operations. CVCSG will begin their deployment by taking part in Large Scale Exercise 2021. LSE 2021 is a live, virtual, and...
13 June 2021 Navy, Coast Guard Conduct Operations in Eastern Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN (June 13, 2021) - The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard are conducting integrated operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Tri-Service Maritime Strategy...
11 December 2020 USS O'Kane (DDG 77) Change of Command Commander Michelle R. Fontenot, native of the Philippines, relieved Commander Adam J. Walker, native of Dallas, TX, as the commanding officer of USS O’KANE (DDG 77) during a change of command ceremony on 11 December 2020.A time-honored tradition, the ceremony was held on the ship’s flight deck with...
29 August 2019 USS O’Kane (DDG 77) is Overall Winner of 2019 Surface Line Week Pacific SAN DIEGO (Aug. 23, 2019) – The 38th Surface Line Week (SLW) competition came to an end with an award ceremony, Aug. 23.The two-week competition highlighted professional and athletic skills of members of the Surface Warfare community in San Diego while enhancing comradery and team building.The...
05 June 2018 USS O’Kane Returns to Pearl Harbor After Deployment 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...