A native of Houston, Texas, Rear Adm. Marcus J. Lockard, Jr. was commissioned in 1998 via ROTC at Texas A&M University. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from Texas A&M, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) returned to Naval Station Mayport after completing a 91-day surge deployment in the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR)...

The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of America, returned to Naval Station Mayport after completing a surge deployment on November 10, 2025...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), entered the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility (USSOUTHCOM AOR), Nov. 11. The maritime forces’ arrival comes after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed the...

Rear Adm. Damian D. “Dom” Flatt is a U.S. Navy JAG Corps officer and a native of Phoenix, Arizona.  He graduated from Trinity University in 1992 and Lewis & Clark Law School in 1995.  He was a fellow in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's foreign policy seminar (Seminar XXI) in 2013.At sea,...