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NORFOLK (July 28, 2025) Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and United Service Organization (USO) staff take a group photo during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The event acknowledges the grand opening of the first USO afloat recharge centers on an amphibious assault ship. Iwo Jima is the flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) which is capable of conducting global missions to accomplish U.S. strategic goals, deter adversaries, and ensure unimpeded commerce by keeping the high seas open and free in accordance with international law. Embarked aboard ARG shipping is the 22nd MEU (SOC) and provides a forward-deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) capable of conducting amphibious operations—to include enabling the introduction of follow-on forces and designated special operations to meet Combatant Commander’s requirements. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Erickson B. Magno)

KINGS BAY, GA. (June 18, 2025) – Capt. Gregory Price, commanding officer, Strategic Weapons Facility, Atlantic (SWFLANT), departs a change of command held at the Explosives Handling Wharf onboard Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., June 18, 2025. During the ceremony, Price relieved Capt. Juan Hines as commanding officer of SWFLANT. SWFLANT’s mission is to deliver safe, secure and effective sea-based strategic deterrence capabilities to fleet ballistic missile submarines. (U.S. Navy photo by Ashley Berumen)

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Destroyer Squadron Two Commodore, Capt. Mark Lawrence, left, speaks with Italian Navy Lt. Gabriel Petri, second from the right, a liaison officer from ITS Spartaco Schergat (F598), and other members of the DESRON-2 staff while in USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) Surface Undersea Combat Center, July 23, 2025. DESRON-2, a part of Carrier Strike Group Twelve, is currently deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mariano Lopez)

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (July 17, 2025) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Abby Marvin, assigned to the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), takes a Dominican patient’s temperature at a medical site in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during Continuing Promise 2025, July 17, 2025. Continuing Promise 2025 is the 16th iteration of the U.S. 4th Fleet/U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command-led mission since 2007, which aims to foster goodwill, strengthen existing partnerships with partner nations, and form new partnerships between host nations, non-federal entities, and international organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. William Hunter)