Rear Adm. Richard S. Lofgren is a 1993 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History. He was commissioned an Ensign after completing the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps curriculum at Texas. He is a third generation Naval Officer - the Son and...

Rear Adm. Muckian is a native of Elmhurst, Illinois. He was commissioned in 1995 through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies...

Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States completed Freedom Edge 25, the premier trilateral multi-domain exercise between the three nations, Sept. 15-19...

U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Pyeongtaek, South Korea for a port visit, Sept. 18, 2025, after completing the trilateral exercise Freedom Edge...

Navy Week will set its “anchor” along the Connecticut River for the first time since the inception of the program in 2005, with a variety of outreach events scheduled Sept. 22-28 across the Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts region...