10 December 2023 U.S., Japan Ships Complete Bilateral Exercise in Gulf of Aden GULF OF ADEN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer FS Akebono (DD 108) conducted bilateral exercise in the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 25...
07 December 2023 Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined...
06 December 2023 Senate Confirms Rear Adm. Darin Via as next Navy Surgeon General FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Rear Adm. Darin Via received U.S. Senate confirmation to become the Navy’s 40th Surgeon General...
06 December 2023 U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT - A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on December 6 (local time)...
05 December 2023 U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Center Journalists Visit Norfolk NORFOLK, Va. - U.S. Fleet Forces Command and NATO leaders hosted twenty journalists from the U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Center for two days of media engagements and unit visits Nov. 29-30, 2023. ...
30 November 2023 Combined Multinational Effort Averts Attempted Seizure in the Gulf of Aden MANAMA, Bahrain –A combined naval effort between multiple nations thwarted an attempted seizure of an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 26...
29 November 2023 Littoral Combat Ship, Unmanned Systems Pair Up to Advance Lethality in the Middle East MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) continues advancing lethality at sea, utilizing the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) as a staging base and command center for a host of unmanned systems during live weapons firing exercises in the international...
27 November 2023 IKE Strike Group Transits the Strait of Hormuz ARABIAN GULF – The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) completed a scheduled transit through the Strait of Hormuz into the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 26...
27 November 2023 U.S. Navy Destroyer Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea PARACEL ISLANDS, South China Sea — On November 25, USS Hopper (DDG 70) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law. At the conclusion of the operation, USS Hopper (DDG 70) exited the excessive claim area and...
19 November 2023 President Biden, First Lady Host ‘Friendsgiving’ for Gerald R. Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower Families NORFOLK, Va. - President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, alongside renowned Chef Robert Irvine, hosted a Friendsgiving meal in the Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 hangar on Naval Station Norfolk for roughly 400 family members of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS...