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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

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