EVERETT, Wash. - When official notification was sent on Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery’s selection of the next chief nursing officer for the Marine Corps’ 3d Medical Battalion, the chosen top candidate was wrapping up an assignment with all the trademarks of why he was nominated...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - With plankowners, former crew members, and veterans of the Battle of Hué in attendance, the crew of USS Hué City (CG 66) decommissioned their ship at a Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia ceremony on Sept. 23...

ADRIATIC SEA - Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) , Sept. 22...

MONTEREY, Calif. - With encouragement from a former Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) recognized the achievements of its Summer Quarter 2022 graduating class during a ceremony at King Auditorium, Sept. 23...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The AEGIS Fleet Symposium, a continuation of efforts fleet wide, was held for the waterfront at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), September 20-21...

ADRIATIC SEA – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) completed a series of tactical air defense exercises (ADEX) with the Italian Navy Orizzonte-class destroyer ITS Caio Duilio (D 554) in the Adriatic Sea, Sept. 16, 2022...

NORFOLK, Va. - The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) had the honor of hosting HMS Queen Elizabeth during the ship’s stay. Sailors from both nations were given the opportunity to board one another’s ship and learn about their operations...

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Department of the Navy (DON) participated in the 2022 Pentagon Energy Expo Sept. 20-21, 2022, by showcasing emerging energy capabilities from across the Navy and Marine Corps...

HEBRIDES, Scotland - Identifying and destroying their target took only minutes. Closely coordinated U.K and U.S. allies in the air, on land and sea launched munitions from more than 100 miles over the horizon during the long planned multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) Atlantic Thunder 22 (AT22)...

SAN DIEGO - Lt Cmdr. Kyle S. Combs, Jr., a native of Galveston, Texas, and assigned to the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) as the Supply officer, won the Vice Adm. Robert F. Batchelder Award for 2021...