03 August 2023 USS Arlington (LPD 24) Holds Change of Command Ceremony Capt. Ian Scaliatine, commanding officer of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), departs Arlington’s change of command ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia, Aug. 3. Scaliatine became Arlington’s ninth commanding officer since the ship’s commissioning April 6, 2013...
13 October 2022 Kearsarge ARG Returns after Deployment in the High North and Baltic Sea NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned home to Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Virginia after completing a seven-month deployment in the Sixth Fleet area of operations, Oct. 13...
04 July 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrives in Rijeka, Croatia for mid-deployment voyage repair The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and embarked Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Rijeka, Croatia, July 4, 2022, to complete a scheduled maintenance availability and to strengthen relations with a key NATO ally...
22 June 2022 U.S. Naval Forces Africa participates in Exercise African Lion 2022 U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF) is participating in Exercise African Lion 2022 in Agadir, Morocco and Gabes, Tunisia along with partners and allies from 11 nations, June 21-30, 2022...
28 May 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24) and 22nd MEU join Turkish exercise San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived off the coast of Izmir, Turkey to support the Turkish-led multinational exercise EFES Combined Joint Live-Fire...
09 May 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24), 22nd MEU arrive in Greece for bilateral training VOLOS, Greece - The San Antonio-class dock landing ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Volos, Greece for a scheduled port visit in support of the U.S.- Greek (Hellenic) bilateral training exercise Alexander the Great 2022 (ATG22), May 4,...
05 May 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24), 22nd MEU arrive in Greece for bilateral training VOLOS, Greece - The San Antonio-class dock landing ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Volos, Greece for a scheduled port visit in support of the U.S.- Greek (Hellenic) bilateral training exercise Alexander the Great 2022 (ATG22), May 4,...
16 April 2022 U.S., Iceland wrap up exercise Northern Viking 2022 Out at sea, French, German and Norwegian surface combatants were joined by American and German maritime patrol aircraft in a hunt for adversary submarines while small boats from Arlington and Icelandic vessels conducted visit, board, search and seizure missions on suspect vessels...