PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii - The young eyes locked on Timothy Golden in eager anticipation of what was to come. A quiet fell over the crowd and then, POP!, a white plume suddenly appeared and delightful cheers erupted from the visiting schoolchildren.

WASHINGTON, May 19 — Vice Adm. John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force, announced Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class (IW/EXW) Lewis McClintock as the 2022  Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year (RSOY), May 19, 2023. 

PASCAGOULA, Miss – The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) successfully completed acceptance trials, returning to Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division May 18.  DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Expeditionary Medical Facility Juliet (EMF-J) welcomed home Navy Expeditionary Medical Unit 10- Gulf (NEMU 10G), Rotation 13, after a 7-month deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, May 4.

SAN DIEGO – Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt was relieved by Capt. Pete Riebe as commanding officer, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), during a change of command ceremony held on the flight deck, May 18.

PHILIPPINE SEA – Commander, Task Force 70 hosted culinary and logistics specialist sailors from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) from May 12-19.

SASEBO, Japan -- The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and units from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for a scheduled port visit, May 19.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ -- The U.S. 5th Fleet commander transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) with naval counterparts from France and the United Kingdom, May 19.

SAN DIEGO - The future USS Canberra (LCS 30) will join the U.S. Navy active fleet on July 22 with the U.S. Navy’s first international commissioning ceremony at the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia.

MONTEREY, Calif. -- Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, & Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer Meredith Berger visited Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Command (FNMOC) in Monterey, California, April 26, 2023. Berger met with Sailors and Civilians,