Norfolk Naval Shipyard honors the fallen during the annual Patriot Day Fall-In for Colors Sept. 11, with service members recalling where they were that fateful day and how it impacted their lives...

The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), November 16, 2024, at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston...

This year, 2024, marks the Center for Security Forces’ 20th anniversary of providing specialized training in force protection, expeditionary warfare, code of conduct, law enforcement, and, more recently, small craft operations...

NORFOLK, Va. - Chief Selects assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads held a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at NSA Hampton Roads POW/MIA Chapel to pay respect to the lives lost 23 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001.  Collectively, the nation paused on Sept. 11, 2024, on what is now known as...

USS New York (LPD 21) serves as a lasting tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks, which claimed 2,760 lives in New York City. The ship’s bow stem, forged from 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center, symbolizes New York City's resilience and unity while...

USS New York (LPD 21) is the first of three U.S. Navy ships built to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. ...

USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) is commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola...

Experimentation to make warfighters better decision-makers took a leap into the future in mid-August when a specialized capability designed by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic made its debut during a naval integration event that wrapped up on both coasts Aug. 22...

General Mechanical Corporation from Daytona Beach, Florida, restores sand dunes at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport. ...

NORFOLK, Va. – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, from an independent deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, and 6th fleet areas of operation, Sept. 1...

ATLANTIC OCEAN-- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) completed an ammunition off-load with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE...

The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), also known as Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Aug. 23, 2024.The exercise represents the Department of the Navy’s commitment to deliver highly capable, integrated naval forces to promote...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW-3) Sailors and officers joined more than 50 Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLC) during a back-to-school kick-off meeting in Virginia Beach, Aug. 21. The panelists participated in a two-hour discussion to answer...

WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), the Hon. Franklin R. Parker today announced the launch of the National Call to Maritime Service (NCTMS) and Naval Civilian Careers (NCC) websites in Syracuse, New York. During a joint Navy Week Proclamation with...

Operation NANOOK 2024, an annual exercise led by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and supported by the U.S. 2nd Fleet and U.S. Coast Guard, successfully concluded on August 26, 2024...

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) is underway completing its final deployment preparations including Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), but she isn’t alone. ...

Vice Adm. Doug Perry led the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) in the role of a NATO maritime component commander during a multi-day scenario in the strike group’s current Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX)...

The “Blackhawks” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 (HM-15) changed commanders during the squadron’s change of command ceremony on Aug. 22 on board Naval Station Norfolk...

U.S. Second Fleet’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), departed Halifax, Canada August 15, 2024, to join maritime partners from Canada, Denmark, and the U.S. Coast Guard for Operation Nanook 2024.Operation Nanook (OP NANOOK), led by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), is an...

LIMASSOL, Cyprus – The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), arrived in Limassol, Republic of Cyprus for a regularly scheduled port visit Aug. 8, 2024...

NORFOLK, Va. - Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, the “Rawhides,” held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 2, to mark a transition of command leadership. Cmdr. Brett Cameron, a native of Pinon Hills, California, assumed all duties and responsibilities as VRC-40...

LUANDA, Angola - The Gold military crew (MILCREW) of the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), embarked Marines (MARDET), and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) arrived in Luanda, Angola, for a regularly...

CARTAGENA, Colombia – (Aug. 5, 2024) – Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Cartagena, Colombia on Aug. 5, 2024 as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2024 (CP24)...

NORFOLK, Va. - Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) held a change of command ceremony at Joint Forces Staff College Aug. 2, where Rear Adm. Daniel Martin relieved Rear Adm. Christopher Engdahl as the 59th commander of the Navy’s safety organization.Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Vice Adm...

GROTON, Conn. – In a first for the AUKUS trilateral enhanced security partnership, a group of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) enlisted sailors has graduated from the United States Navy’s Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS). The sailors all graduated with distinction with one of them being...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Sailors and Marines walk about passageways as the ship’s air conditioning system works overtime under the beating sun. These deckplates have supported the weight of servicemembers across the armed services through oceans and seas around the world...

In the less than two years since working toward expanding its capabilities to provide mission-critical logistics support around the globe, the Navy Reserve's Fleet Logistics Support Wing (FLSW) has delivered record C-130T readiness. The wing increased mission capable aircraft from an average of six...

PUERTO CORTES, Honduras – Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, July 27, 2024 as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2024...

Reserve Sailors from across the U.S. gathered for the first MAKO Global 2024, an operational level of war (OLW) exercise featuring a Maritime Operations Center (MOC) training scenario simultaneously run in three locations, coast to coast. The introduction of MAKO Global into the MAKO exercise series...

Sailors from USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM 79) provided life-saving assistance to an adrift vessel on July 16, during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – U.S. Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) departed from Kingston, Jamaica, July 13, 2024 after a five-day visit as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2024 (CP24)...

More than 70 Sailors and civilians from 10 submarine commands received hands-on submarine experience using Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s Mobile Training Lab (MTL), June 24-28. onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia...

Three P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and aircrew assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 began their participation in exercise Breeze 2024, July 11...

Surface Combat Systems Training Command Hampton Roads recently conducted a ribbon cutting for SCSTC’s third Reconfigurable Combat Information Center Trainer onboard Naval Station Norfolk...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2024 mission held a ceremony in front of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) commemorating the official transfer of medical supplies and hurricane...

BOSTON – U.S. Navy divers from Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) engaged with Boston Navy Week attendees during a diving exhibition over the 3rd and 4th of July...

The U.S. Navy Spearhead-class fast transport ship, USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), departed from Naval Station Mayport for Latin America and the Caribbean in support of Continuing Promise 2024...

NORFOLK, Va. – Rear Adm. Wesley “Wes” McCall was relieved by Rear Adm. Carl A. Lahti as commander of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (CNRMA) today, during a ceremony at Pennsylvania House onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK - The crew of the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) held a decommissioning ceremony on June 28, 2024.Hundreds gathered to celebrate the ship's distinguished history of Naval service. Vicksburg’s former Commanding Officer Capt. Chip Swicker, USN (Ret.), spoke of the...

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) returned to Naval Station Mayport, July 2, 2024, after being deployed for more than eight months in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of operations...

 MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) and Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) conducted joint operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (EMED) today...

During the change of command event, Cmdr. Brad Weiland, a native of Northridge, California, assumed all duties and responsibilities as VAW-121 commanding officer from Cmdr. Matthew Campbell, a native of Cleveland, Tennessee.During his time at VAW-121, the Bluetails returned from a first-of-its-kind...

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 26...

SHREVEPORT, La. – Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) represented the Navy’s leg of the nuclear triad during the 25th Annual Nuclear Triad Symposium held on the Louisiana State University (LSU) Shreveport campus June 20th. ...

An Annandale, Virginia native and 2018 graduate of Annandale High School is training to be a Navy submarine scuba diver at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC) at Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Components of the Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean after an eight-month deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), June 22, 2024...

NORFOLK, Va. – Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) recently conducted a pilot of the newly developed Warship Theater Anti-Submarine Warfare (TASW) course of instruction to USS Truxtun (DDG 103) with USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) supporting with an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) team.“Our...

Twenty NATO Allies concluded the 53rd iteration of exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS-24) in Kiel, Germany, June 20, 2024...

“It was an amazing experience for all of us involved. To see the camaraderie, dedication, and passion that the young men from ODU football put into perfecting their craft is nothing short of inspiring. The fundamentals of excellence translates across disciplines and we are truly thankful for the...

Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) dedicated a conference room in honor of Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the first African American Naval Aviator in the United States Navy, June 21...