BAY OF BENGAL

BAY OF BENGAL (April 8, 2025) Indian Navy sailors aboard a landing craft mechanized (LCM) deployed from the Indian Navy amphibious transport dock INS Jalashwa (L 41) prepare to enter the welldeck of the U.S. Navy’s Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) during cross-welldeck operations in the Bay of Bengal during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025, April 8. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness and interoperability. Tiger Triumph enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy photo) Share

INDIAN OCEAN

250408-N-DG889-1173 INDIAN OCEAN (April 8, 2025) Sailors handle line aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a refueling-at-sea with the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), April 8, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Apprentice Denise Leiva) Share

Tamil Nadu

TAMIL NADU, India (April 12, 2025) A detachment from the U.S. Navy’s Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 poses in front of their P-8A Poseidon alongside members of Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 312 and their P-8I at Indian Naval Station (INS) Rajali in Tamil Nadu, India, during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025, April 12. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness and interoperability. Tiger Triumph enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy photo) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Rear Adm. Rick Seif, left, outgoing commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, is relieved by Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, incoming commander, during the COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, delivers remarks during the COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, receives report of relief from Rear Adm. Chris Cavanaugh, incoming commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during the COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Rear Adm. Rick Seif, outgoing commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, receives his end-of-tour award from Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, during the COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, delivers remarks during the Commander, Submarine Force, U. S. Pacific Fleet change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 11, 2025) – Rear Adm. Rick Seif, outgoing commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, delivers remarks during the COMSUBPAC change of command ceremony aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794), April 11, 2025. The Pacific Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence; anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; precision land strike; intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning; and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, Zumwalt-class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), far right, and fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), far left, steam in formation in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2025. The Nimitz CSG is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations on a scheduled deployment, demonstrating the U.S. Navy's unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hannah Kantner) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 9, 2025) - The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) conducts routine underway operations while in the South China Sea, April 9. Savannah part of Command, Destroyer Squadron 7, is on a rotational deployment operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Aristotle Toyco) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors remove chock and chains from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Indians" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 during Flight Operations on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) in the Pacific Ocean, April 8, 2025. Curtis Wilbur, assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations on a scheduled deployment, demonstrating the U.S. Navy's unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Mark Bergado) Share