PENSACOLA, Fla. - Naval Education and Training Command’s Rear Adm. Pete Garvin and Force Master Chief Matthew Harris paid a visit with Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets from Columbia Heights Educational Campus’ Bell Multicultural High School in Washington D.C. June 2...

BALTIC SEA - Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command is participating in the 51st iteration of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) via the embarked Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) detachments aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the Blue Ridge-class...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) ships conducted joint training exercises with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships in the Mediterranean Sea on June 6...

SASEBO, Japan – The crew of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) hosted Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) admirals, who toured the ship while moored at Commander Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, June 1...

HONOLULU - During the ceremony, Battle of Midway veterans Navy Watertender 1st Class Julian Hodges and U.S. Marine Corps Private 1st Class Edgar R. Fox were honored and recognized for their service and sacrifice during the battle...

NORTHWOOD, U.K. - NATO’s advanced anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose will begin 13 June 2022. The exercise will see the participation of Sailors and Airmen from nine NATO nations: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and the United States...

QUONSET POINT, R.I. – General Dynamics Electric Boat conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine, USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, June 4...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Capt. Joe Ring relieved Rear Adm. Tim Kott as Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific (MIDPAC) during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii, June 3...

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...

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...