Thirty African nations have wrapped up two-weeks of intense training during Exercise Obangame Express 2025 (OE25), strengthening regional collaboration and reaffirming their commitment to maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean off Africa’s western coast. This...

After a year of focused planning and analysis, the installation of this mooring system is a necessary precaution to ensure environmental protection ahead of removing the platforms later this year.   Additionally, this action supports the platform removal emergency response plan...

NORFOLK, Va. – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 15, concluding a nearly three-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. ...

DAKAR, Senegal – African nations are ramping up enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF), a practice draining billions from coastal economies...

MANAMA, Bahrain – Vice Adm. Scott Gray, Commander, Navy Installations Command, and CNIC Force Master Chief Andre Brown visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, May 11...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Sailors from Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Twentynine Palms showcased Navy Medicine career opportunities to local high school students during a recent Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) Exposition held on May 1, 2025 at Marine Corps Air...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Springtime in D.C. brings visitors from across the country to take in the sights. The cherry blossoms in bloom, the artifacts of the Smithsonian, and the monuments draw countless sightseers every year. But in May, 2025, five visitors quietly came to the nation’s...

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River [Patuxent River, MD]Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Andrew Conklin, HM3 McKellen Jaramillo, and HM3 Rickey Samuels recently led a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course for fellow sailors at NMRTC Patuxent River. TCCC is a...

MAYPORT, Florida – The U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will deploy this June-August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025 mission. After several months of detailed...

The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel May 1 while supporting Joint Interagency Task Force South. This is the ship's third successful interdiction during its maiden deployment. In mid-April, the Minneapolis-Saint Paul...