25 August 2025 Navy Brings First-Ever Navy Week to Eugene in Celebration of 250 Years of Maritime Excellence The U.S. Navy proudly announces Navy Week in Eugene, Oregon, taking place Oct. 25 to Nov. 1, 2025. As part of a nationwide outreach effort, Eugene Navy Week will bring 50-75 Sailors to engage directly with the community through a week-long series of performances, educational events and service...
25 August 2025 USS Higgins Completes Expeditionary Missile Reload Simulation At Sea CLEVELAND BAY, Australia – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) simulated an expeditionary reload of a Standard Missile (SM) 2 while anchored in the vicinity of Townsville, Australia, July 28...
22 August 2025 USS Santa Barbara Conducts First-Ever Visit to Colombo, Sri Lanka COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) conducted its first-ever port visit to Colombo, Aug. 16-21. During their time in port, the crew hosted senior Sri Lankan officials aboard to display the combat capabilities of the LCS mission set and...
22 August 2025 Strengthening U.S. Navy, JMSDF Interoperability Through Consolidated Cargo Replenishment at-Sea SASEBO, Japan – Military Sealift Command’s commercial charter motor tanker Stena Imperative conducted ships qualification training with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Ōmi (AOE-426), culminating in a consolidated cargo replenishment at-sea, west of Kyushu, Japan, Aug...
19 August 2025 U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy Seize Nearly 1,300 Pounds of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel and seized approximately 1,296 pounds of cocaine in international waters Aug. 11...
18 August 2025 USNS Comfort Returns Home After Continuing Promise 2025 NORFOLK, Va. – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), Aug. 17, 2025, marking the successful completion of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). Comfort returned to NSN after a 79-day deployment, providing medical care, humanitarian assistance...
15 August 2025 U.S. Navy Week Sets Sail for Branson/Springfield, MO, August 25-31, 2025 The U.S. Navy is bringing Navy Week to Branson/Springfield, Missouri, from August 25-31, 2025. As part of a nationwide outreach effort, Branson/Springfield Navy Week will connect Sailors with the community through a variety of performances, educational events, and service projects. ...
15 August 2025 America’s Rapid Response Force, Iwo Jima ARG-22nd MEU (SOC) Deploys for Global Operations NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima (IWO) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) - 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment, August 14...
15 August 2025 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns from 9-month Deployment The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, returned to its homeport of San Diego on Aug. 14, following a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations...
14 August 2025 UNITAS 2025 To Be Held Across Multiple Locations Along the East Coast of United States MAYPORT, Fla. – U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and participating nation forces are set to arrive at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., in support of UNITAS 2025 (66) the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise, scheduled to start September 15, 2025...