LAE, Papua New Guinea

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 26, 2025) – The Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrives in Lae, Papua New Guinea, in support of Pacific Partnership, July 26, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings) Share

LAE, Papua New Guinea

LAE, Papua New Guinea (July 26, 2025) – The Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrives in Lae, Papua New Guinea, in support of Pacific Partnership, July 26, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings) Share

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India — U.S. Navy Cmdr. Daniel Foose, Assistant Naval Attache, Lawrence Haselmaier, Senior Naval Oceanographic Office Representative aboard the pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62), Lieutenant General Dinesh Singh Rana, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command, and David Mitchell Captain aboard USNS Bowditch pose for a photo during a scheduled port visit to Sri Vijaya Puram, India, July 25, 2025. COMLOG WESTPAC supports deployed maritime forces, along with regional allies and partners, to sustain Western Pacific operations. (Photo by Courtesy Asset, Indian Navy) Share

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India — Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard personnel alongside U.S. Navy sailors pose for a photo in front of the pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62) during a scheduled port visit to Sri Vijaya Puram, India, July 25, 2025. COMLOG WESTPAC supports deployed maritime forces, along with regional allies and partners, to sustain Western Pacific operations. (Photo by Courtesy Asset, Petty Officer Lawrence Dass) Share

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India — Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard personnel alongside U.S. Navy sailors pose in front of the pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62) following a ship tour during a scheduled port visit to Sri Vijaya Puram, India, July 25, 2025. COMLOG WESTPAC supports deployed maritime forces, along with regional allies and partners, to sustain Western Pacific operations. (Photo by Courtesy Asset, Petty Officer Lawrence Dass) Share

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India

SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India — David Mitchell, center, Captain of pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62), poses with Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard personnel in the bridge of the USNS Bowditch during a scheduled port visit to Sri Vijaya Puram, India, July 25, 2025. COMLOG WESTPAC supports deployed maritime forces, along with regional allies and partners, to sustain Western Pacific operations. (Photo by Courtesy Asset, Petty Officer Lawrence Dass) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) monitor a landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, as it approaches the well deck while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 24, 2025. The Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), conduct a foreign object debris walkdown on the flight deck, July 23, 2025. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dominic Delahunt) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2025) U.S. Navy Sailors form into firefighting hose teams during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 24. The Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is underway conducting exercises to bolster strike group readiness and capability in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Maddix Almeyda) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2025) – An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), July 24. The Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is underway conducting exercises to bolster strike group readiness and capability in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Haro Gonzalez) Share

CORAL SEA

CORAL SEA (July 21, 2025) A CH-47JA Chinook helicopter from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during Talisman Sabre 25, July 21. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2025) Royal New Zealand Navy Able Hydrographic System Operator Blake Todd, assigned to HMNZS Matataua, and U.S. Navy Robotics Warfare Specialist 2nd Class Roddrick Guerra, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, recover a Remus 100 autonomous underwater vehicle in a rigid-hull inflatable boat assigned to the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) off the coast of Australia during Talisman Sabre, July 18, 2025. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and partners, while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class W. Chase Stephens) Share