ATLANTIC OCEAN - Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12) completed its Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) Sept. 22, 2022. SWATT is the Surface Navy's premier advanced tactical training exercise, developed and led by Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), which...

PAPEETE, Tahiti - Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) Gold crew completed a successful port visit to Papeete, Tahiti, Sept. 24...

UNITED STATES - Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) directed two Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercises – one on each coast, simultaneously – from SMWDC’s exercise control center (ECC), September 2022...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Members of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 1 hosted their counterparts from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Air Reconnaissance Squadron (VQ) 81 during Raijin 22-2, as part of an annual unit exchange, Sept. 21-22...

WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA, Republic of Korea - The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began a series of exercises in the East Sea with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, Sept. 26-29 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures...

MANAMA, Bahrain - The U.S. Navy enjoys a decades-long partnership with the Kingdom of Bahrain based on shared commitment to maritime security and stability in the Middle East. Regional waters are very dynamic and have central importance to global trade...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12) completed its Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) Sept. 22, 2022...

PLAINVIEW, Texas -- Four days after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, America suddenly found itself at war against the combined might of the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan. Achieving victory would be a massive effort that would require the participation of not only those who were...

DARWIN, Australia - The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) participated in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) ashore in Darwin, Australia, and at sea in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 12-24...

MALDIVES – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) and crew arrived in the Maldives, Friday, and this is the first Coast Guard ship to visit the Maldives since the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell did in 2009...