PACIFIC OCEAN - Allied navies joined the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to conduct the Pacific Dragon 2024 (PD24) ballistic missile defense exercise from July 29-Aug. 13, 2024, in waters around the Hawaiian Islands...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to Naval Base San Diego Aug. 16, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet...

HMAS STIRLING, Australia -  The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) pulled into HMAS Stirling, Aug. 16, marking the seventh port visit in Australia since the ship left its homeport of Guam, May 17...

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, met with key leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 31, 2024...

SAN DIEGO – Leaders from across the Navy, business, and academia gathered to discuss the future of naval surface warfare at the fifth annual Surface Navy Association (SNA) West Coast Waterfront Symposium onboard Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 14-15...

The U.S. Navy and French Navy joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 13.The operations included U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) and the French Navy Aquitane-class frigate FS...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Koror, Palau, after following a scheduled port visit, Aug. 10 - 14, 2024.Palau is a Pacific Island nation that is part of the freely associated states and part of the Compact of Free Association with the United...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. - Ronald Reagan departed Yokosuka, Japan, May 16, where it’s been forward deployed since 2015, and served as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), maintaining a free and open...

Sailors and Marines embarked family members to experience a life-at-sea cruise, also known as a Tiger Cruise, aboard the San Antonio class transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) as they transited homebound to San Diego...

SAN DIEGO – Sailors assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) returned home Aug. 13 to San Diego after a seven-month deployment with embarked Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operations...

PACIFIC OCEAN - The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event (MLDE) held in the Indo-Pacific by the U.S. Navy and Italian Navy, Aug. 9...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Koror, Palau for a routine port visit, Aug. 10.This visit marks the first time USS Blue Ridge has pulled into the Republic of Palau, a Pacific Island nation that is part of the freely associated states (FAS) and...

HAWAII — Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat logistic fleet (CLF) ships have completed their support to the world’s largest, international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, in Hawaii...

U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted an integrated small craft action team training on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 8...

The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy successfully held a live-fire exercise using a common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 12. The CUSV, equipped with six Poniard rockets, successfully engaged a target...

PACIFIC OCEAN — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS O’Kane (DDG 77), and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) departed Naval Base Guam, August 8, 2024, after conducting a scheduled four-day port call to the island...

Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and the United States uphold the right to freedom of navigation and overflight, other lawful uses of the sea and international airspace, as well as respect for maritime rights under international law, as reflected in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea...

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 2.Cmdr. David Carter relieved Cmdr. Mark Anderson in front of friends, family members, and MDSU-1 personnel as part of an outdoor ceremony at...

The Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) humanitarian mission kicked off in Legazpi, Albay, with an opening ceremony at the Legazpi City Expo Center, Aug. 2, 2024...

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) will move to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of a scheduled rotation of forces in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy announced today. This move will be a permanent change of station for the crew and family members...