Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 2.Cmdr. David Carter relieved Cmdr. Mark Anderson in front of friends, family members, and MDSU-1 personnel as part of an outdoor ceremony at...

Adm. Stephen Koehler assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT) during a change of command ceremony on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 4. He relieved Adm. Samuel Paparo, who took over as commander of PACFLT in May 2021...

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...

ASAN, Guam - The island of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Republic of Palau are often referred to as the jewels of the Pacific. As I say farewell to the paradise island that I have called home for the last two years, I...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) conducted a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780), June 15...

CORONADO, Calif. - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 1 welcomed its newest leader during a change-of-command ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 24...

Cmdr. Jenna Van Zeyl became the first Gold crew commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) during an assumption of command ceremony aboard the ship, Oct. 7...

AFLOAT IN THE SEA OF JAPAN - Capt. Fred Goldhammer, a native of New York, passed command of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), to Capt. Daryle Cardone during a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay while underway in the Sea of Japan,...

SINGAPORE (Sept. 2, 2022) – Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7 held a change of command ceremony aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) in Singapore, Sept. 2, 2022...

Rear Adm. Michael Donnelly relieved Rear Adm. Will Pennington as commander of Task Force 70 and Carrier Strike Group 5 during a ceremony in Yokosuka, Japan...