24 February 2025 USS Stockdale returns home after seven-month deployment to 5th Fleet and 7th Fleet NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) returned to homeport at Naval Base San Diego after a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, Feb. 21...
24 February 2025 CTF153 and USS Stout ‘Ready Together’ for Red Sea Maritime Security MANAMA, Bahrain - Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force 153 and the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) have remained ‘ready together’ as they safeguard maritime security in the Red Sea...
24 February 2025 Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. participate in Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint 25-71 (Resilient Shield) YOKOSUKA, Japan – Japan Self-Defense Forces and U.S. forces launched Fleet Synthetic Training – Joint (FST-J) 25-71 (Resilient Shield), at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan, and other command centers throughout the region, Feb. 24-27, 2025...
24 February 2025 The Navy’s carrier airwing flies further with Hercules’ new tanker approval PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The Navy Reserve’s KC-130T Hercules fleet, upgraded with the NP200 propeller system, is cleared to aerially refuel a significantly wider range of aircraft across the carrier airwing following envelope expansion testing at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division...
21 February 2025 Adm. Munsch Discusses Vital Role of NPS in Developing Warfighters, Warfighting Solutions MONTEREY, Calif. -- The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recently hosted U.S. Navy Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and Allied Joint Forces Command, Naples, for a thought-provoking discussion, Feb. 4, 2025, as the latest distinguished speaker to...
21 February 2025 Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 Concludes in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — U.S. 6th Fleet and the Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) hosted the closing ceremony for Exercise Cutlass Express 2025, concluding the exercise’s 15th iteration since 2011, on February 21, 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...
20 February 2025 International Maritime Exercise 2025 concludes MANAMA, Bahrain -- The Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2025, concluded during a closing ceremony here, Feb 20...
19 February 2025 USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) Deploys to Fourth Fleet NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – The Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) departs Naval Station Mayport, Florida to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 18. ...
19 February 2025 Reserve Cyber Warfare Technicians and Maritime Cyber Warfare Officers Elevate Navy Cyber Operations In today’s contested digital environment, the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Cyber Warfare Technicians (CWT) and Maritime Cyber Warfare Officers (MCWO) incorporate cyber operations into the Operational Level of War (OLW), seamlessly bridging the gap between strategic cyber capabilities and tactical...
19 February 2025 Navy Region EURAFCENT sweeps Retention Excellence Awards for FY24 NAPLES, Italy -- Six commands throughout Navy Region Europe, Africa, and Central (EURAFCENT), the Navy’s largest region, received Retention Excellence Awards (REA) for fiscal year (FY) 2024. ...