25 September 2025 Ships Announced to Participate in Navy and Marine Corps 250th Birthday Celebration The cities of Philadelphia and Camden will host the Navy Marine Corps 250 celebration October 9-16, 2025, with four U.S. Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters, and four U.S. Navy Academy Yard Patrol boats (YPs) and sailboats. These vessels will participate in the Parade of Ships on Thursday, Oct 9...
22 September 2025 U.S. Navy, Timor-Leste Defense Forces Commence 14th CARAT DILI, Timor-Leste — The U.S. Navy (USN) and Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL), also known as Falintil- Forças de Defesa de Timor-Leste (F-FDTL), marked the start of the 14th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Timor-Leste 2025, with an opening ceremony in Dili, Sept. 22...
19 September 2025 Freedom Edge 2025: Building Trilateral Trust Across the Indo-Pacific Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States completed Freedom Edge 25, the premier trilateral multi-domain exercise between the three nations, Sept. 15-19...
16 September 2025 USS America Enhances Joint Readiness with Army and Marine Corps Rotary-Wing Operations Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) concluded joint aviation training with the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, boosting interoperability and readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. On Sept. 7 and 11, 2025, off the coast of Pearl Harbor, America served as a floating airfield for rotary-wing...
12 September 2025 USS Blue Ridge Changes Command The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) held a change of command ceremony Sept. 5. ...
11 September 2025 Exercise Sea Breeze 2025-3 Fleet Commander’s Conference begins in Romania U.S. 6th Fleet and the Romanian Naval Forces hosted Exercise Sea Breeze 2025-3 (25-3) Fleet Commander’s Conference in Constanta, Romania, Sept. 11-12, 2025...
10 September 2025 USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Durres, Republic of Albania, Strengthening NATO and Maritime Partnerships The U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), arrived in Porto Romano, Durrës, Republic of Albania, on Sept. 9, 2025, for a scheduled port visit, highlighting the close partnership between the United States and Albania, a key NATO Ally...
09 September 2025 New Commanding Officer Takes the Helm at Office of Naval Research Global The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global welcomed a new commanding officer as Capt. Eric “Nutt” Hutter took the helm from Capt. Andy “Big Tuna” Berner in a formal ceremony at the HMS President, a shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve, Sept. 4...
05 September 2025 Naval Air Force Atlantic Holds Change of Command Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) held a change of command ceremony to mark the transition of command leadership aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), Sept. 5...
04 September 2025 USS New York enters shipyard NORFOLK, Va. – The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) arrived at Marine Hydraulic Industrial Shipyard for a CNO maintenance availability, Sept. 2...