Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Erica Dolor, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), poses for a photo in the ship's personnel office, Nov. 12, while underway during combat systems ship qualification trials. Amphibious assault ships, like Iwo Jima, project power and maintain presence by serving as the flagship of an amphibious ready group and expeditionary strike group at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaac Rodriguez)

NEW ORLEANS – The latest Ship to Shore Connector (SSC), LCAC 111 was delivered to the Navy from Textron Systems on Nov. 27.

Family members wait on the pier for their loved ones assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 6, 2024. New York, assigned to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), returns from a 7 month deployment operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet areas of operation.

An AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223 takes off on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Dec. 4, while the ship is underway conducting aviation certifications in the Atlantic Ocean. Amphibious assault ships, like Iwo Jima, project power and maintain presence by serving as the flagship of an amphibious ready group and expeditionary strike group at sea. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nathan Huang)

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (December 16, 2021) An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), assigned to Unmanned Patrol Squadron 19 (VUP-19), lands at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Dec. 16, 2021. VUP-19, the Navy’s first Triton squadron, will continue to maintain and operate the aircraft off the East Coast to further develop the concept of operations and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan T. Beard/ Released)

Cmdr. Robert Foster (left), incoming U.S. Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Romania (USAAMDSRO) commanding officer, shakes hands with Cmdr. Matthew Iwanczuk (right), outgoing commanding officer, during a change of command ceremony on Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, Romania, Dec. 4, 2024.