OEIRAS, Portugal - Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) concluded the NATO-led Vigilance Activity NEPTUNE SHIELD 2022 (NESH22) from STRIKFORNATO’s Joint Operations Centre in Oeiras, Portugal, May 31...

MANAMA, Bahrain - A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized 310 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated U.S. street value of $11 million from a fishing vessel while conducting patrols in the Gulf of Oman, May 31...

Friday nights at the barracks are a buzz with the chatter of Marines and Sailors excited to have finally made it to the weekend. Through the hallways floats the warm, buttery smell of freshly made pancakes. The scent entices the residents wandering the hallways, leading them by their noses to the...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Gold Star Families were honored during the Pass-in-Review ceremony Friday, May 27, at Recruit Training Command (RTC).In recognition of May’s Gold Star Awareness Month, dedicated by the Navy Gold Star Program, 30 family members of deceased armed forces personnel were introduced to...

APRA HARBOR, Guam - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), the flagship for Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22), arrived in Guam, May 26, for a logistics stop. This marks Mercy’s first visit to Guam in four years, with Pacific Partnership 2018 being the last time the ship moored in...

IWAKUNI, Japan - Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) completed its first foreign port visit to Iwakuni, Japan, May 20-22, 2022...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Personnel from the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), Jacksonville, Fla., recently hosted 40 visitors from North Florida Educational Institute (NFEI) Jacksonville, and Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from Upson-Lee High School, Thomaston, Ga...

GREAT LAKES, Ill. -- Navy Nurse Corps Capt. Jeremy J. Hawker assumed command of Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Great Lakes June 1, in a virtual and in-person ceremony at Naval Station Great Lakes, relieving Capt. Thomas J. Nelson.NMRTC Great Lakes is the command located at the Captain...

SAN DIEGO - Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern...

Capt. Brian “Ferg” Ferguson has spent a significant portion of his career involved with air-to-air combat training exercises like the one described above. Ferguson attended the Adversary Instructor Course at the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN. He also commanded the Fighting Saints...