30 January 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival Day 2 SAPPORO, Japan (Jan. 30, 2025) – U.S. Navy Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Enrico Dagsindal, a native of Skokie, Illinois and U.S. Navy Snow Team Lead holds a maquette of an F-35C Lighting II stealth fighter jet while Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Caroline Lui works on the snow sculpture during...
30 January 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival Day 1 SAPPORO, Japan (Jan. 29, 2025) – U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Caroline Lui, a native of Arcadia, California, assigned to Commander, Task Force 70 (CTF 70), the lead designer of the U.S. Navy Snow Team finishes a sketch as the team builds a snow sculpture during the 75th Annual...
29 January 2025 U.S. Pacific Fleet Navy Reserve Public Affairs Summit: Training to be the Strategic Advantage and Enabling Effective Communication in the Indo-Pacific Region JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Forty Sailors from six Navy public affairs reserve units supporting Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) attended a reserve public affairs summit Jan. 9 to 11, 2025, focused on rapidly developing and sustaining their warfighting readiness skills...
29 January 2025 Navy Snow Team Departs to Sapporo for Snow Festival The Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa Snow Team has arrived in Sapporo, Japan, Jan. 28 to begin work on a Navy-themed snow sculpture for the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, marking the Navy’s 40th year of participation...
28 January 2025 Marshall Islands, military leaders strengthen partnership, defense U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s senior military official to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) met with local leaders in Majuro to discuss defense and security, Jan 23...
26 January 2025 U.S. and Allied Forces Conduct La Perouse 2025 The U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) participated in the French Navy-led multilateral training exercise La Perouse 2025 alongside other allied and partner nations, in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean, Jan. 16-23.La Perouse is a biennial, multilateral...
21 January 2025 U.S. Seventh Fleet Opens New Navigation, Seamanship and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) Facility U.S. Seventh Fleet opens the new Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainer facility in Yokosuka, Japan...
21 January 2025 Philippines, U.S. Partner in Maritime Cooperative Activity in South China Sea The U.S. and Philippine navies Navy conducted a bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the South China Sea...
15 January 2025 USS Higgins (DDG 76), HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) Conduct Bilateral Operations The U.S. Navy (USN) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) joined forces to conduct bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the South China Sea, Jan. 8-11.The bilateral operations included the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and the Royal...
07 January 2025 Superlative Sound: U.S. Pacific Fleet Band Shares Culture with Pacific Islands, Continues Proud Tradition The U.S. Pacific Fleet Band performed for about 2.5 million people during 600 engagements in nine countries during community concerts, school visits, official Navy events and ceremonies, and shows for Sailors. Band members also participated Pacific Partnership, visiting Vietnam, the...
30 December 2024 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrives at Port Klang, Malaysia PORT KLANG, Malaysia – The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group arrived in Malaysia for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 29...
27 December 2024 USS Montana arrives to new home port of Pearl Harbor JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a change of home port from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 23, 2024...
27 December 2024 USS Montana arrives to new homeport of Pearl Harbor JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a change of homeport from Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Dec. 23, 2024...
23 December 2024 Navy Uses First-of-Their-Kind Simulators to Train Carrier Air Wings at Sea Aviators across USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) carrier air wing now train as a joint fighting force while deployed at sea in advanced simulators thanks to aviation pros across the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) enterprise. ...
20 December 2024 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Returns to San Diego After 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet Deployment The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), returned to San Diego Dec. 20, 2024, after completing a five-month deployment that included combat operations in the Middle East...
20 December 2024 USS Spruance returns home after five-month deployment to 5th and 7th Fleet NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), returned to their homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after a five-month deployment in time for the holidays, Dec. 19...
17 December 2024 For First Time, Australian Submariner Earns US Dolphins YOKOSUKA, Japan— The U.S. Navy qualified the first Royal Australian Navy officer on a nuclear-powered Virginia-class submarine at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12. In a pier-side ceremony, Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Group 7 awarded Royal Australian Navy Lt...
17 December 2024 MSC Far East Delivers Care to Children’s Centers in the Philippines Approximately 30 Military Sealift Command (MSC) civilian mariners (CIVMARs) partnered with Olongapo local organizations and visited two centers for children in order to interact with children and provide donations during a community outreach event in Olongapo, Philippines, Dec. 8, 2024...
16 December 2024 High Praise for Security Force Trainers at CENSECFOR Detachment Pearl Harbor Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) Adm. Stephen T. Koehler expressed his satisfaction in a letter of appreciation received in early December by Lt. Cmdr. Mantas Rysevas, Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) Detachment Pearl Harbor officer in charge...
16 December 2024 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314) Returns from Combat Deployment The “Black Knights” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 returned to their home base with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar following a five-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of operation, Dec. 14, 2024...