28 March 2024 DESRON 15 Selects Candidates for Junior Officer Shiphandler of the Year Award YOKOSUKA, Japan. – Lt. j.g. Jeremy Douglass, navigator aboard USS Milius (DDG 69), and Lt. j.g. Forest Wan, communications officer aboard USS Howard (DDG 83), were both selected as Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 Junior Officer Shiphandlers (JOSH) of the Year, March 28th...
04 July 2023 U.S., Allied Forces conduct Exercise Pacific Vanguard 2023 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...
16 August 2021 USS Higgins and USS Howard arrive in Japan, join DESRON 15 USS Higgins (DDG 76) moors alongside USS Howard (DDG 83) after arriving in Yokosuka, Aug. 16. (U.S. Navy/Roy Isobe)...
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...
06 May 2021 USS HOWARD HOLDS CHANGE OF COMMAND SAN DIEGO, CA – Commander Charles Harris relieved Commander Walter Parker III as commanding officer during a socially distanced change of command ceremony aboard of the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), May 6. Parker, a Georgia native, has served as...