Strengthening U.S. Navy, JMSDF interoperability through consolidated cargo replenishment-at-sea

Military Sealift Command’s commercial charter motor tanker Stena Imperative conducted ships qualification training (SQT) with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Ōmi (AOE-426), culminating in a consolidated cargo replenishment-at-sea, west of Kyushu, Japan, Aug. 12-15, 2025.

Northern Edge 2025 kicks off across Alaska

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — More than 6,400 service members, 100 aircraft, and 7 U.S. and Canadian vessels began participation in exercise Northern Edge 2025, a joint field-training exercise at various locations in-and-around Alaska, on Aug. 17.

U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy seize nearly 1,300 pounds of cocaine in Eastern Pacific

PACIFIC OCEAN - A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel and seized approximately 1,296 pounds of cocaine in international waters Aug. 11.

USS George Washington Strike Group arrives in Guam, Saipan

APRA HARBOR, Guam — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) arrived in Guam for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 17, while the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) visits Saipan.