COLÓN, Panama - The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Colón, Panama as part of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25), June 25, 2025.“The bond between our nations is built on mutual respect and shared values,” said Capt. Ryan Kendall, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 40 and CP25...

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully demonstrated innovative mission planning software for swarms and other configurations of unmanned air, surface, and underwater systems at its headquarters...

The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed St. George’s, Grenada, June 16, 2025, concluding a seven-day mission as part of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25).This visit marked the third Continuing Promise mission stop to Grenada since 2007, and the second visit to Grenada by Comfort...

NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 4,500 Sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, June 24, for a regularly-scheduled deployment to the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area of responsibility...

Sixteen NATO Allies concluded the 54th iteration of exercise Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS 25), in Kiel, Germany, June 20, 2025...

LEIPAJA, Latvia - While BALTOPS 25 brought the noise, jets roaring overhead, ships maneuvering through the Baltic Sea, a quieter mission unfolded behind the scenes.Navy preventive medicine teams, deployed across Latvia and Sweden, focused on something less visible but just as critical: ensuring...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK – Capt. Aaron R. Kelley relieved Capt. James A. Quaresimo as commanding officer of Tactical Training Group Atlantic (TTGL) during a ceremony at Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4, headquartered on Naval Station Norfolk, June 13. The ceremony also celebrated Quaresimo’s...

CARIBBEAN SEA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), supporting maritime southern border operations, conducted a hold-and-transfer of 245 kilograms of contraband recovered by the Royal Canadian Navy Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel HMCS William Hall...

SKRUNDA, Latvia – As part of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2025, U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Marines from 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), and Latvian Army engineers are constructing a fortified trench network designed for survivability in a drone-contested battlespace. The project...

The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in St.George’s, Grenada, to provide a variety of medical treatments to include: dental, family medicine, internal medicine, optometry, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical repair, lab, radiology, X-ray and veterinary medicine as a part of...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain on Jun. 10, 2025 with a Unit Combat Action Ribbon following completion of her first Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol in the U.S. Sixth...

LIEPAJA, Latvia - U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers from 8th Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB), and NATO allies joined forces on the Baltic coast to construct critical waterfront infrastructure during exercise Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS 25)...

BALTIC SEA - A Polish Special Operations Squadron successfully completed a deck landing qualification (DLQ) aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) on June 8, during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 25...

Equipment Operator First Class Raymond Tam, a native of Chicago, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, was announced as Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Fiscal Year 2024 Sailor of the Year, May 30, 2025...

MONTEREY, Calif. - U.S. Navy Lt. Caroline Kelly, an officer-scholar studying meteorology and oceanography (METOC) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), returned from the Arctic this past February where she conducted cryoacoustics research supporting her NPS thesis. With the U.S. Navy facing...

Norfolk, Va. – The order to cancel evening flights came down at 8:15 p.m. on April 7, 2025, a reprieve from a rapidly approaching storm that promised to shroud USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in darkness and rain. ...

SAN DIEGO - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) departed Naval Base San Diego, June 3, 2025, to support operations in the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) area of responsibility.Sampson is relieving littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), continuing the...

ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (22 MEU (SOC)) completed Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (ARGMEUEX), May 31.“ARGMEUEX was created to provide essential and realistic ship-to-shore...

Sixteen NATO allies, more than 40 ships, 25 aircraft and approximately 9,000 personnel began the 54th iteration of Baltic Operations, or BALTOPS 25, with the start of the pre-sail conference, June 3, in the Baltic Sea region...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. – When you combine mission focus, teamwork, technical expertise, and creativity, the results are remarkable if not predictable. Training Support Vessel Squadron (TSVRON) 4 is no exception...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command (NCDOC) held a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 9, supported by Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) and Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC) leaders to officially open TRIDENT - Technical Readiness in Defensive Cyber Operations {DCO} Education and...

 NORFOLK, Va. Sailors aboard USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) celebrated a significant morale boost May 22 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new United Service Organizations-provided entertainment center, part of a growing initiative to enhance resiliency for deployed warfighters.The unstaffed...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - In a message announcing promotions to the permanent grade of captain, Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan stated, “I am pleased to announce the following staff corps officers on the active-duty list for promotion.”Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command’s (NMRLC) executive...

U.S. 6th Fleet Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) and USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) conducted two separate live-fire events as part of exercise At Sea Demonstration (ASD) / Formidable Shield (FS) 25. U.S. Navy destroyers are equipped with the Aegis weapons systems...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) departed Naval Base San Diego to support U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) southern border operations, May 20.Charleston takes over duties previously carried out by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer...

The USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) visited Algiers on a port visit this week. The three-day visit demonstrated the ongoing friendship and security cooperation between the U.S. and Algeria, building off prior port visit stopovers in Algiers and Oran in 2023 by the USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5)...

NORFOLK, Va. - Capt. Steve McIntyre was relieved by Cmdr. Ken Brooks as commanding officer of Naval Information Warfare Training Group - Norfolk (NIWTG-N) during a change of command ceremony held at Vista Point, May 16.The ceremony was presided over by Capt. Meredith Schley, Commander, Naval...

ROTA, Spain – Growing up on a horse farm in Fern Prairie, Washington, HM1 Brandon Day learned early the value of hard work and motivation. Those values—instilled by his grandfather and sharpened through 11 years of dedicated service—have led to his selection as the 2024 U.S. Navy League-Madrid...

NORFOLK, Va. – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 15, concluding a nearly three-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. ...

ROTA, Spain – Twenty-two Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Europe & Africa (MSCEURAF) reserve unit gathered at Naval Station Rota, Spain to conduct exercise Tuscan Trident 25 (TT25) April 26 to May 7, 2025...

The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel May 1 while supporting Joint Interagency Task Force South. This is the ship's third successful interdiction during its maiden deployment. In mid-April, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul...

NORFOLK, Va. – In a time-honored naval tradition, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), held a change of command aboard the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, May 12...

NORFOLK, Va. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment on May 6, 2025...

Alexandria, Egypt — U.S. Navy Vice Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, presented Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Navy Vice Adm. Ashraf Ibrahim Atwa Megahed with a personal military decoration from U.S. Central Command during a...

NIWC Atlantic launched CivMar WiN, a wireless network providing internet access for civilian mariners on Military Sealift Command ships. Successful initial installations on two vessels led to high demand fleet-wide. The network enhances quality of life and aims to be on 50+ ships within two years...

Military Sealift Command’s leadership in the Far East changed hands, when Navy Capt. David L. Reyes relieved Navy Capt. Robert R. Williams as commander of Singapore-based Military Sealift Command Far East, at the Singapore Naval Installation in Sembawang, April 30, 2025...

NIWC Atlantic and NSWC Crane's "Southern Lightning" exercise off Sullivan's Island tested unmanned systems integration for the future hybrid fleet. USS Cole and unmanned vehicles evaluated communications technologies in a littoral environment. The exercise, linked to the DoD's "Silent Swarm,"...

NORFOLK, Va. - Fleet Week New York returns to New York City on May 21 – 27, 2025, with two U.S. Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters, and five U.S. Naval Academy Yard Patrol boats (YPs). Additionally, our Canadian neighbor will join the week-long celebration.Ships from the U.S. and Royal Canadian...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Civil Service Mariners (CIVMAR) who crew Military Sealift Command’s 56 government owned/government operated (GO/GO) ships will soon be able to use a shipboard Wi-Fi for internet access to conduct both professional and personal tasks while aboard their assigned vessel, via the...

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis Saint-Paul (LCS 21), in coordination with joint partners, stopped two alleged drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean Sea within a 72-hour span...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 16, 2025) – The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), April 16, 2025.During the tour, the Secretary met with shipbuilders and...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned to their home port in North Charleston, Saturday, following a 112-day, multi-phase deployment, where crew members conducted counter-narcotic operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and participated in joint exercises...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr. 10-11. The visit was the Secretary's first visit to an operational carrier...

BAY OF BENGAL - A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft joined an Indian Navy P-8I to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training in the Bay of Bengal during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025, April 12.The P-8A detachment from the Tigers of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, operating under Commander, Task Force (CTF)...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)—all part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWOARG)—completed a two-week Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) in...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) departed Naval Base San Diego to support U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) southern border operations in the USNORTHCOM area of responsibility, April 11.Stockdale takes over duties previously carried out by USS...

PANAMA CITY, Panama – (Apr. 10, 2025) – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced April 9 that a U.S. Navy hospital ship, the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), will deploy in support of Continuing Promise 2025 later this year...

SIGONELLA, Sicily - Raised amidst the vibrant cultural tapestry of Stockton, California, Capt. Michael Mercado, a dedicated member of the Medical Corps of the United States Navy, carved his path against the backdrop of a hardworking family that instilled in him the values of perseverance and...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary mobile base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for a scheduled port visit April 4, 2025...

GROTON, Conn. – The Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), in a traditional ceremony held April 5, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut...