Equipment Operator First Class Raymond Tam, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, is awarded Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's Fiscal Year 2024 Sailor of the Year by Force Master Chief Eric Neal, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command.

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 5, 2024. Nimitz is underway in 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joseph M. Paolucci)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 22, 2025) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), and the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) sail in formation during a simulated strait transit. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are conducting ARGMEUEX which prepares integrated naval task forces for sustained, high-end Joint and combined combat. Integrated naval training provides combatant commanders and the Commander-in-Chief highly capable forces that deter adversaries, underpin American security and economic prosperity, and reassure Allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Andrew Eggert)

Sixteen NATO allies, more than 40 ships, 25 aircraft and approximately 9,000 personnel began the 54th iteration of Baltic Operations, or BALTOPS 25, June 5 in the Baltic Sea region.

U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a vessel in rigid-hull inflatable boats while conducting maritime interception operations aboard U.S. Navy training support vessel USNS Vindicator (TSV5) in support of Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (ARGMEUEX) while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, May 18, 2025.