05 May 2025 USS Blue Ridge arrives in Suva, Fiji The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Suva, Fiji, for a scheduled port visit May 5, 2025, marking the ship’s first return to the city since 1998...
04 May 2025 READOUT: Pacific Fleet Commander’s travel to Pohnpei and Yap States in Federated States of Micronesia, May 1-2, 2025 Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited the states of Pohnpei and Yap during a trip to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) May 1-2, 2025. As Pacific nations, the U.S. and FSM share values, a deep history, and a common vision for peace and security in the Indo-Pacific,...
02 May 2025 USS Miguel Keith completes ROH at MHI YOKOHAMA, KANAGAWA, Japan — The U.S. Navy’s Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) completed a five-month Regular Overhaul (ROH) availability at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Yokohama, Japan, April 15, 2025...
01 May 2025 USS Blue Ridge participates in Exercise Croix du Sud 2025 U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) participated in the 11th iteration of Exercise Croix du Sud in the Coral Sea near New Caledonia, May 1, 2025...
01 May 2025 Blue Ridge departs Noumea, New Caledonia following port visit The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff departed Nouméa, New Caledonia, following a scheduled port visit, April 26 - May 1, 2025...
30 April 2025 Military Sealift Command changes commanders in Far East Military Sealift Command’s leadership in the Far East changed hands, when Navy Capt. David L. Reyes relieved Navy Capt. Robert R. Williams as commander of Singapore-based Military Sealift Command Far East, at the Singapore Naval Installation in Sembawang, April 30, 2025...
26 April 2025 Blue Ridge Arrives in Nouméa, New Caledonia 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...
25 April 2025 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Conducts Maritime Operations in the Philippine Sea 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...
25 April 2025 U.S. and Australian Forces Conduct Joint Sail 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...
24 April 2025 USS Cape St. George Arrives in San Diego after Modernization 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...
22 April 2025 USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Departs Guam 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...
21 April 2025 Exercise Balikatan 2025 kicks off with opening ceremony highlighting ironclad alliance 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...
21 April 2025 Blue Ridge departs Cairns, Australia following port visit 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...
18 April 2025 MAKO Sentry 2025-2: Generating Warfighting Capability and Lethality in the Pacific 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,...
18 April 2025 USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrives in Guam 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...
17 April 2025 U.S and ROK Navy Divers Conclude Successful SALVEX Korea 2025 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...
16 April 2025 Blue Ridge Conducts Port Call in Cairns, Australia 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...
16 April 2025 U.S. Navy, ROK Navy Complete Combined Mine Warfare Exercise SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025...
15 April 2025 USS Minnesota Returns Home to Naval Base Guam 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...
14 April 2025 Patrol Squadron 8, Task Force 72 join Indian Navy for anti-submarine warfare training during Tiger Triumph 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...