Bath, Maine - The keel for the future USS William Charette (DDG 130), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, was laid during a ceremony on Aug. 29 at General Dynamic Bath Iron Works (BIW).The ship is named in honor of Master Chief Hospital Corpsman William R. Charette, a veteran who was...

ATLANTIC OCEAN — The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), also known as Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8, completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Aug. 23, 2024. ...

NORFOLK, Va. - Operation NANOOK 2024, an annual exercise led by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and supported by the U.S. 2nd Fleet and U.S. Coast Guard, successfully concluded on August 26, 2024...

ATLANTIC OCEAN – Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Joint Force Command – Norfolk Vice Adm. Doug Perry led the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) in the role of a NATO maritime component commander during a multi-day scenario in the strike group’s current Composite Unit...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The U.S. Navy and Italian Navy convened to conduct bilateral operations in the Philippine Sea in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Aug. 18-21...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) is conducting a routine Taiwan Strait transit on August 22 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedom of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law...

PACIFIC OCEAN - Allied navies joined the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to conduct the Pacific Dragon 2024 (PD24) ballistic missile defense exercise from July 29-Aug. 13, 2024, in waters around the Hawaiian Islands...

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to Naval Base San Diego Aug. 16, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - U.S. Second Fleet’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), departed Halifax, Canada August 15, 2024, to join maritime partners from Canada, Denmark, and the U.S. Coast Guard for Operation Nanook 2024...

U.S. Second Fleet’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), departed Halifax, Canada August 15, 2024, to join maritime partners from Canada, Denmark, and the U.S. Coast Guard for Operation Nanook 2024...