A U.S. Navy sailor from the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ-132), Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., guides an EA-18G Growler through pre-flight checks during exercise Northern Edge 2025 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 17, 2025.

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The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), passes the Cliffs of Dover in the English Channel, Aug. 17, 2025.

NORFOLK, Va. (Aug. 14, 2025) - Sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as it departs Naval Station Norfolk for a regularly scheduled deployment. Sailors and Marines of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWO ARG) - 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed Norfolk and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina after completing a comprehensive, nine-month training program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Clay Whaley)

Rear Adm. Dianna Wolfson, Fleet Maintenance Officer, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), dons diving gear prior to an underwater maintenance inspection of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) with active-duty and civilian Navy divers from Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, August 8, 2025. USFFC is responsible for manning, training, equipping and providing combat-ready forces forward to numbered fleets and combatant commanders around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Evan Thompson/Released)