06 June 2024 CNO and MCPON Conduct Visit to 5th and 6th Fleet to Highlight America’s Warfighting Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti visited Türkiye, Bahrain, and Normandy, to meet with partner navies, government and military leaders, and Sailors, ahead of the 80th D-Day anniversary, June 2-6...
06 June 2024 USS Normandy (CG 60) Attends 80th D-Day Remembrance CHERBOURG, France — Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) arrived in Cherbourg, France June 3, 2024, to commemorate their namesake’s region while paying tribute to the 80th year of D-Day...
05 June 2024 U.S. Sixth Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO to kick off BALTOPS 2024 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — Twenty NATO Allies, more than 50 ships, more than 85 aircraft, and approximately 9,000 personnel kicked off the 53rd iteration of annual exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 24) today during the pre-sail conference kick-off event...
05 June 2024 U.S. Navy ship to arrive in Portland for Rose Festival Fleet Week 2024 Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) is scheduled to arrive in Portland to participate in annual Rose Festival activities, June 5-9...
04 June 2024 Former SECDEF Mattis Talks About Leadership, Democracy During NPS Guest Lecture Service to country, selfless leadership, and personal integrity define the character and career of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, 26th Secretary of Defense, who visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) last week and addressed the NPS community in the school’s Secretary of...
04 June 2024 Former SECDEF Mattis Talks About Leadership, Democracy During NPS Guest Lecture MONTEREY, Calif. — Service to country, selfless leadership, and personal integrity define the character and career of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, 26th Secretary of Defense, who visited the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) last week and addressed the NPS community in the...
24 May 2024 WWII “Hit ‘em HARDER” submarine wreck site confirmed WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) has confirmed the wreck site of World War II submarine USS Harder (SS 257)...
22 May 2024 Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force 154 Marks Productive First Year MANAMA, Bahrain — Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force (CTF) 154 marked one year as the partnership’s multinational maritime training task force, May 22...
20 May 2024 SURFOR Establishes Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron (USVRON) Three SAN DIEGO – Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (CNSP) established Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron (USVRON) Three at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado during a ceremony, May 17...
20 May 2024 USS Jacob Jones Bell Conservation Efforts Begin Following London Turnover Ceremony WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Naval History and Heritage Command archaeological conservators have begun treatment assessments on the ship’s bell of USS Jacob Jones (DD 61) in the Conservation, Research, and Archaeology Laboratory on the Washington Navy Yard...