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...