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DDG 128

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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

DDG 105

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 17, 2023) – Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Cade Kevek, from Union Grove, Wisconsin, poses for a photo on the forecastle aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 17. Dewey is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

DDG 105

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 14, 2023) – Damage Controlman Fireman Kyley Sykes, from Clarksville, Tennessee, poses for a photo in a damage control repair locker aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while operating in the South China Sea, Nov. 1. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

DESRON 15

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 17, 2023) Capt. Walter C. Mainor smiles on stage during a change of command ceremony onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76). Capt. Justin Harts relieved Mainor as Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71 and Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 during a change of command ceremony while in port at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin Monroe) Share

LSD 45

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Nov. 30, 2023) Capt. Andria Slough (left), Rear Adm. Yvette Davids (center) and Master Chief Jorrel Reich cut a decorated cake during a ceremony honoring 30 years of women serving on combatant ships onboard amphibious landing dock ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). On Nov. 30, 1993, Congress repealed Title 10 U.S.C. Section 6015, which had previously barred women from combatant ships, preventing mixed-sex crews and situations where women would be at risk of hostile fire, capture, or direct combat. This decision was made following the First Gulf War, in which females were subjected to the front lines. On March 7, 1994, the Navy issued the first orders for women to be assigned aboard a combatant ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kelby Sanders) Share

DDG 115

231009-N-CV021-1002 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 09, 2023) Cryptologic Technical Technician 2nd Class Nicholas Blancas, from Madera, California, makes a voice report in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) in the South China Sea, Oct. 09. Rafael Peralta is forward deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban) Share

LHD 4

Lt. Cassidy Lewis, a native of San Diego, uses the phone in the pilot house aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), Nov. 13, 2013. Lewis is a second-generation Boxer Sailor, with his father Gerald Lewis serving onboard from 1998 to 1999. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Connor Burns) Share

USDIV 1

The unmanned surface vessel (USV) Ranger transits past the Canberra-class landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Adelaide (L01) in Jervis Bay during Autonomous Warrior 23, Nov. 2, 2023. USVDIV-1’s mission is to test, develop, and operate in support of integrating medium and large USVs into fleet operations to create warfighting advantages. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Monford) Share

DDG 86

GARAPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Nov. 13, 2023) Chief Culinary Specialist Angel Marte, right, from Chicago, spends time with students at Garapan Elementary School in Saipan during a port visit by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86), Nov. 13. Shoup is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, and is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Operations Specialist 2nd Class Marisol Bennett) Share

DDG 115

231109-N-CV021-1083 DONGHAE, SOUTH KOREA (Nov. 9, 2023) Sailors aboard the the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) receive a welcome party during a port visit in Donghae, South Korea, Nov. 9. Rafael Peralta is forward-deployed and assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban) Share