PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - In 2012, near the height of the Global War on Terror, then-Lt. Carrie Mora accepted a temporary assignment supporting a little-known office known as the Naval and Amphibious Liaison Element (NALE) at an Air Force base in the Central Command area of operations...

TOWNSVILLE, Australia - Units participating in this year's large-scale military exercise with Australia have demonstrated a key logistical capability critical for enabling U.S. and partner forces to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.  ...

NORFOLK, Va. -- Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Lt. Gen. Brian Cavanaugh, commander, Marine Forces Command announced the upcoming Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023 during a media event held at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, July 24...

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) commissioned at the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia, July 22...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - Mr. Michael Durkin, Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) Director, welcomed Vice Adm. Hiroshi Egawa, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, President, JMSDF Command and Staff College, Thursday, Jul. 20. Egawa received various briefs designed to provide a better...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on July 3, following a seven-month deployment...

INDIAN OCEAN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) conducted a Cooperative Deployment (CODEP) with the Indian Navy following the ship's port visit to Goa, India, on July 18...

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived in Sydney, Australia, July 18, ahead of the ship's ceremonial commissioning...

AT SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS John Finn (DDG 113) conducted a trilateral ballistic missile defense exercise on July, 16, alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Maya-class destroyer JS Maya (DDG 179), and Republic of Korea Navy Se Jong Daewang-class destroyer...

BRISBANE, Australia – Captain Manny Pardo relieved Capt. Shockey Snyder as commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier, USS America (LHA 6), in a ceremony aboard the ship, while moored in Brisbane, Australia, July 14...

TAIWAN STRAIT - A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on July 13 (local time). By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the navigational rights and freedoms of all nations...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - By invitation of the government of Brunei, 23 U.S. Navy personnel attached to the “War Eagles” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 hosted distinguished visitors (DV) on a P-8A Poseidon flight out of Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) Base in Rimba, June 27...

PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) - Maritime forces from Royal Australia Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and the U.S. Navy were underway in early July conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PV) 2023...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for a scheduled port visit, July 2...

DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed Da Nang, Vietnam, June 30, completing a visit that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the two countries’ Comprehensive Partnership. The port call marked the third visit of a U.S. aircraft carrier to Vietnam since 2018...

SOUTH CHINA SEA - Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 hosted sailors from the Republic of Philippine Navy aboard several strike group ships in the South China Sea during a maritime logistics demonstration that concluded June 16...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted military members from 24 countries at the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 initial planning conference (IPC) June 20-23...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (Nimitz CSG) returned to San Diego June 28, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations (AO)...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies are conducting combined naval training near Guam during exercise Pacific Griffin, June 16-29...

DA NANG, Vietnam - The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam, for a scheduled port call June 25, marking the third time a U.S. aircraft carrier has visited the country since 2018...