22 September 2024 USS Preble Departs San Diego for Japan The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) departed San Diego Sept. 22, 2024, shifting its homeport to Yokosuka, Japan. The move is part of a scheduled rotation of forward-deployed naval forces in the Pacific a permanent change of station move for for the crew and family...
20 September 2024 NECC Promotes Reserve Opportunities With New Recruiter For Navy Reserve Lt. Sarah Hanzes, from Clanton, Alabama, the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) offers one of the most thrilling and rewarding paths a Sailor can take, especially within the Reserve. “Who wouldn’t want to get paid to go on small boats and fire machine guns as training?” she...
11 September 2024 USS Manchester (LCS 14) Returns to San Diego Homeport SAN DIEGO – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) arrived at its San Diego homeport Sept. 11, following an 18-month deployment...
29 August 2024 Coast Guard, Navy rescue woman, child, pets from sailboat beset by weather 925 miles off Honolulu HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and Navy completed the rescue of a distressed woman, child and their pets from a sailboat beset by weather offshore Hawaii Wednesday...
27 August 2024 USS Cowpens Decommissioned after 33 years of Service Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) was recognized for more than 33 years of naval service during the decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on August 27...
24 August 2024 USS Kingsville Commissions in Corpus Christi CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The U.S. Navy commissioned Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Kingsville (LCS 36) at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center, August 24...
21 August 2024 The Future USS Kingsville (LCS 36) Visits Namesake The Sailors of the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, visited the ship’s namesake city on August 21 to engage with the community, talk about the Navy, and learn more about the historical connection to their vessel’s namesake...
19 August 2024 USS Ralph Johnson Departs Busan, Republic of Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea (Aug. 19, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) departs Busan, Aug. 19, after a scheduled port visit...
15 August 2024 Warriors and Warfighting: Surface Navy Association Waterfront Symposium 2024 SAN DIEGO – Leaders from across the Navy, business, and academia gathered to discuss the future of naval surface warfare at the fifth annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) West Coast Waterfront Symposium onboard Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 14-15...
14 August 2024 USS San Diego Departs for Japan The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) left San Diego, Aug. 14, for Sasebo, Japan...
13 August 2024 U.S., France Naval Forces Conduct Bilateral Operations in Indo-Pacific The U.S. Navy and French Navy joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 13...
23 July 2024 Planning for Mine Warfare training at RIMPAC 24 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...
19 July 2024 3D Printer solves engineering challenges onboard USS Somerset 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...
18 July 2024 Singapore, Thailand and U.S. Navies commence CARAT Thailand 2024 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...
17 July 2024 Faces of RIMPAC | GMSN Medina 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...
17 July 2024 USS Blue Ridge arrives in Port Klang, Malaysia 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...
16 July 2024 USS Gridley, Partner Nations Hold VBSS Drill During RIMPAC 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...
10 July 2024 USS San Diego to forward deploy to Japan 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...
26 June 2024 USS Curtis Wilbur Tests Drones During RIMPAC’s Trident Warrior 2024 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...
14 June 2024 SURFOR Launches Groundbreaking Communication Skills Program In a landmark initiative aimed at enhancing leadership capabilities within the United States Navy’s Surface Fleet, Commander, Naval Surface Forces (CNSF) successfully conducted its inaugural Surface Warfare Command Leadership Assessment (SWCLA), June 10-14...
06 June 2024 Naval Beach Group Amphibious Forces Commemorate D-Day’s 80th Anniversary. Eighty years ago today, June 6, 1944, 132,500 Allied forces stormed ashore on France’s Normandy coast to begin the final liberation of Europe from Nazi rule...
31 May 2024 USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) Holds Change of Command Ceremony Cmdr. Yilei Liu relieved Cmdr. Joseph M. Foster as the commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) during a change of command ceremony on May 31...