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NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

231221-N-UN585-2252 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 21, 2023) - Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids speaks during the Commander, Naval Surface Forces change of command ceremony Dec. 21. During the ceremony, Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane relieved Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids as Commander, Naval Surface Forces, and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois) Share

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

231221-N-UN585-2316 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 21, 2023) - Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks during the Commander, Naval Surface Forces change of command ceremony Dec. 21. During the ceremony, Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane relieved Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids as Commander, Naval Surface Forces, and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois) Share

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

231221-N-SL036-1058 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 21, 2023) – Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane arrives at the Naval Surface Forces change of command ceremony Dec. 21. During the ceremony, Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane relieved Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids as Commander, Naval Surface Forces, and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman) Share

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

231221-N-SL036-1036 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 21, 2023) – Rear Admiral Yvette M. Davids arrives at the Naval Surface Forces change of command ceremony Dec. 21. During the ceremony, Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane relieved Rear Adm. Yvette M. Davids as Commander, Naval Surface Forces, and Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman) Share

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

231221-N-UN585-1300 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 21, 2023) - Vice Adm. Blake L. Converse, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, returns the salute of Vice Adm. Brendan R. McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, right, as he relieves Rear Adm. Yvette Davids during a change of command ceremony Dec. 21. Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet’s mission is to man, train, and equip the surface force to provide fleet commanders with credible naval power to control the sea and project power ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois) Share

ESB 6

USS John L. Canley to Commission in San Diego Share

ESB 6

USS John L. Canley to Commission in San Diego Share

CNSGSW

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 14, 2023) Rear Adm. Yvette Davids, acting Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Capt. Gil Clark, inaugural commander of Naval Surface Group Southwest, cut the ribbon during the command establishment ceremony. The ceremony marked the formal establishment of CNSG Southwest, which joins Surface Readiness Groups currently established in Japan, Hawaii, Norfolk and Mayport. This new command’s mission is managing ship activities in the maintenance and basic phase, enforcing the readiness assessment and certification process within those phases, while closely coordinating with each ship's operational commander until certified Basic Phase Complete (BPC). Share

ACU 1

Cmdr. Kristina Melendez Stoner, the commanding officer of Assault Craft Unit 1, addresses the crowd at a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Dec. 8, 2023. As part of Naval Beach Group 1, Assault Craft Unit 1 trains, equips, and deploys assault craft and crews to support amphibious ready group and maritime prepositioning force operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman) Share

DDG 128

DDG 128 Share

LPD 23

Capt. Joshua Wenker, right, renders a salute and relieves Capt. Daniel Keeler as commanding officer of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, Dec. 6, 2023. Anchorage is dry docked in San Diego conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish key systems aboard. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tom Tonthat) Share

NAVAL BASE CORONADO

NAVAL BASE CORONADO (November 2, 2023) Lt. Ross Engel receives the Surface Chaplain Officer (SCO) warfare pin during a ceremony held at Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Surface Chaplain Officer pin is a newly introduced warfare pin for members of the surface chaplain corps. The qualification insignia was approved this year and made available in Navy Exchanges around the world last week after being approved by the Navy Uniform Board. Nearly 70 Chaplains fleet-wide have earned the qualification to-date. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman) Share