U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Nouméa, New Caledonia for a routine port visit April 26, 2025. This is Blue Ridge’s first visit to the city since 2011.U.S. 7th Fleet staff, embarked aboard USS Blue Ridge, commands the world’s largest forward-deployed fleet with the primary...

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, led by its flag ship Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), is operating in the Philippine Sea following a scheduled port visit to Guam, demonstrating the ship’s operational readiness and the U.S. Navy’s commitment to a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific...

SOUTH CHINA SEA - The U.S. Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted a joint sail in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, April 25...

SAN DIEGO - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) arrived Apr. 22 in its new homeport of Naval Base San Diego, California from Naval Base Everett, Washington, after conducting phased modernization at Vigor Shipyard in Seattle. This move was a permanent change of...

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), flagship of Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG 11), embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW 17), and destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) departed Guam after a scheduled port visit, April 21...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines – Exercise Balikatan 25, the largest annual bilateral exercise conducted between the Philippines and the U.S., commenced with an opening ceremony today...

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Cairns, Australia, following a scheduled port visit, April 16 - 20, 2025...

CORONADO, Calif. – Over 300 Navy Reserve Component Sailors on staff at U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet and U.S. 10th Fleet participated in MAKO Sentry 2025-2 in Coronado, California, and other Department of Defense locations including Norfolk, Virginia, Denver,...

APRA HARBOR, Guam - Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG 11), embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW 17) and destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101), USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) arrived in Guam for a regularly scheduled port visit, April 18...

CHINHAE NAVAL BASE, Republic of Korea — U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 and their counterparts from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) successfully concluded Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2025, in Chinhae, South Korea on April 11, 2025...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Cairns, Australia for a routine port visit April 16, 2025. This is Blue Ridge’s first visit to the city since 2013...

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025...

NAVAL BASE GUAM (April 14, 2025) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, April 14, 2025...

BAY OF BENGAL (April 12, 2025) – 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...

Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SUBPAC) conducted a change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 11. Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, from Convoy, Ohio, relieved Rear Adm. Rick Seif, from...

KAKINADA, India (April 11, 2025) – Nearly 1,000 U.S. and Indian military personnel took part in a large-scale amphibious landing drill on Kakinada Beach in Andhra Pradesh, India, on April 11, 2025, for the culminating event in Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Apr. 8, 2025) — Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (SUBPAC) hosted the 2025 Undersea Warfare Commanders’ Conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 1-4, 2025. Rear Adm. Rick Seif, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, welcomed...

PACIFIC OCEAN – Rear Adm. Adan Cruz was relieved by Rear Adm. Todd Whalen as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, during a change of command ceremony held aboard the Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier and flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN...

PHILIPPINE SEA – The U.S. Navy’s expeditionary Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131, operating under Task Force 70, joined surface and air forces from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for bilateral training south of Okinawa, Japan, on April 3, 2025...

VISAKHAPATNAM, India – U.S. and Indian armed forces are incorporating satellite and unmanned technologies into this year’s edition of the joint combined Tiger Triumph exercise for the first time, April 2025...