16 February 2026 Australia, Philippines, U.S. conduct Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity SOUTH CHINA SEA — The combined armed forces of Australia, the Philippines, and the United States, demonstrated a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific while conducting a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA)...
11 February 2026 USS Pinckney departs Singapore after ship repair and maintenance exercise Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) departed Singapore, Feb. 4, after a port visit in support of a ship repair and maintenance exercise...
10 February 2026 U.S., Japan naval forces complete Mine Warfare Exercise 1JA 2026 The U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) completed Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 26 1JA off the coast of Japan in Ise Bay, Jan. 30 -Feb. 11...
10 February 2026 BOXARG-11th MEU complete at-sea integrated training exercise PACIFC OCEAN — The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group - 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed a routine integrated training exercise off the coast of Southern California, Jan. 21 – Feb. 6, 2026. Conducted underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations, the amphibious training enhanced warfighting...
10 February 2026 USS Dewey departs Otaru following port visit Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) departed Otaru, Japan, Feb. 10, following a successful multi-day port visit that strengthened the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan...
09 February 2026 USS Dewey departs Kushiro following port visit KUSHIRO, Japan — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) departed Kushiro, Feb. 1, following a successful multi-day port visit that strengthened the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan...
30 January 2026 USS Greeneville returns home following deployment NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA, Calif. - Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Point Loma, following a regularly scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific region in support of U.S. national security objectives, Jan. 30, 2026...
27 January 2026 Philippines, U.S. conduct bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. Navy conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open...
24 January 2026 USS Cincinnati arrives in Ream Naval Base Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) arrived in Ream Naval Base for a temporary port visit, Jan. 24, 2026...
21 January 2026 A look back at decades of maintaining USS Nimitz at PSNS & IMF First in its class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was commissioned May 3, 1975, before many of the workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were born. Nimitz is currently the oldest American aircraft carrier in active service...
16 January 2026 USINDOPACOM enhances collaboration at Regional Ambassadors Conference Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted the Regional Ambassadors Conference at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Hawaii, Jan. 15, 2026...
16 January 2026 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command harnesses past experience at Former Commanders Conference CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed his predecessors back to USINDOPACOM headquarters for a Former Commanders Conference, Jan. 14, 2026...
15 January 2026 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard coordinate to evacuate ill mariner from cable-laying vessel off Guam SANTA RITA, Guam — A U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter crew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 safely evacuated and transferred an ill mariner from the 459-foot U.S.-flagged cable-laying ship Decisive, Jan. 13, thanks to the coordinated efforts of HSC-25 and the watch at U.S. Coast...
06 January 2026 USS Fitzgerald returns to San Diego following seven-month underway Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month underway to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Jan. 6, 2026...
01 January 2026 U.S. Navy rescues three Filipino fishermen in South China Sea On Jan. 1, 2026, at approximately 12:45 p.m., the crew aboard Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14) rescued three fishermen in distress aboard a fishing vessel while transiting the South China Sea...
19 December 2025 USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee returns to San Diego SAN DIEGO – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations (AOO), Dec. 19...
18 December 2025 U.S., Japanese forces conduct joint diver-injury drill to strengthen medical readiness YOKOSUKA, Japan — Commander, Submarine Group 7; U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH)Yokosuka; Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Hospital Yokosuka; Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Undersea Medical Center; and the U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center’s (SRF-JRMC) Navy...
17 December 2025 USS Nimitz returns to homeport BREMERTON, Wash. -- Nimitz-class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to its homeport of Bremerton following nine months underway in the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, Dec. 16...
16 December 2025 U.S. Navy, ASEAN members conclude AUMX 2025 BATAM, Indonesia — U.S. Navy Sailors from Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) and Commander, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, rejoined service members from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ashore in Batam, after concluding the ASEAN-U.S. Maritime...
11 December 2025 Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrives in Guam APRA HARBOR, Guam — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, surface ships from Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), and the embarked staffs of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21, arrived for a scheduled...