26 June 2020 Naval Base Guam paves way for safe haven liberty ports The base has been recognized for the ability to support and maintain U.S. 7th Fleet ships’ COVID-free “bubble,” while enhancing liberty opportunities...
26 June 2020 Command of Carrier Strike Group 1 changes hands Rear Adm. Timothy J. Kott relieved Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey during a ceremony held at the U.S. 3rd Fleet headquarters in San Diego...
26 June 2020 NMCB-5 completes 100th Seabee project in Timor-Leste A ribbon-cutting ceremony at a two-room schoolhouse in Dili, June 23, marked a milestone in the Seabees' impactful contribution in the country...
25 June 2020 USS Preble returns after successful counter-narcotics deployment The guided-missile destroyer returned home following a surge deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations...
25 June 2020 USS Blue Ridge returns to Yokosuka following regional patrol The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship returned to Yokosuka, Japan, June 24, after a five-month Indo-Pacific patrol...
23 June 2020 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrives in Guam for safe haven liberty During the visit Sailors and Marines have access to specific designated areas on the pier and a secured beach on base...
23 June 2020 U.S. Navy, JMSDF exercise together in South China Sea USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) and a pair of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force training ships conducted a variety of drills while sailing together...
23 June 2020 San Diego squadron receives first CMV-22B Osprey The Navy’s first CMV-22B Osprey for operational use, assigned to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30, has arrived at Naval Air Station North...
20 June 2020 Theodore Roosevelt, Nimitz carrier strike groups operate together in 7th Fleet The two strike groups commenced dual carrier flight operations in the Philippine Sea, June 21...
20 June 2020 Navy littoral combat ship USS Kansas City joins the fleet The Navy commissioned Kansas City administratively via naval message due to the pandemic and transitioned the ship to normal operations...
18 June 2020 USS Theodore Roosevelt aviators eject safely at sea Two aviators ejected from an F/A-18F Super Hornet and are in good condition aboard the aircraft carrier after being quickly recovered by helicopter...
17 June 2020 Blue Ridge conducts submarine familiarization with USS Asheville The training in the Philippine Sea gave the crew of the 7th Fleet flagship the chance to observe and operate with a submarine...
16 June 2020 USS John S. McCain certified for return to operations The crew of the guided-missile destroyer recently completed basic phase certification, returning the ship to operational status...
15 June 2020 Coastal Riverine Group 1 holds change of command Capt. Allen Adkins relieved Capt. Michael Ray as commodore during a ceremony at the CGR 1 headquarters in Imperial Beach, California...
15 June 2020 Command of USS Makin Island changes hands Capt. Tom Ulmer relieved Capt. Chris “Woody” Westphal as commanding officer of the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship...
13 June 2020 USS Fitzgerald en route to San Diego homeport The guided-missile destroyer departed Pascagoula, Mississippi, after more than two years of restoration and modernization...
11 June 2020 USS Milius named Navy's top Pacific Fleet sub hunter The Bloodhound Award is presented to one ship in both the Atlantic and Pacific for exceptional performance in anti-submarine warfare (ASW)...
11 June 2020 USS Preble interdicts 2,000 kilograms of cocaine The guided-missile destroyer and embarked U.S. Coast Guard team seized 100 bales of suspected cocaine worth over $40 million, in the Eastern Pacific...
10 June 2020 USS Montgomery returns home from Indo-Pacific deployment The littoral combat ship returned to San Diego following a 12-month rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
10 June 2020 USS Kidd departs San Diego as deployment continues The guided-missile destroyer returns to sea after more than a month in San Diego aggressively responding to an earlier COVID-19 outbreak at sea...