PHILIPPINE SEA - Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 hosted seven liaison officers (LNO) from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while JMSDF destroyer JS Amagiri (DD 154) operated in company with...

WASHINGTON - Juliana M. Strieter, executive officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington, was promoted to the rank of Captain at a ceremony held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on September 1, 2022. Her promoting officer was Rear Adm. Lore Aguayo, commander,...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. - A select number of Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), along with the ship’s commanding officer Capt. Brent Gaut, participated in a customized tour of Mount Vernon, George Washington’s family estate, Sept. 14...

U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee relieved Vice Adm. Gene Black III as commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) and commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) in a change of command ceremony held onboard U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples,...

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) was decommissioned in San Diego, Sept. 14...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) hosted tours for midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Sept. 2-6...

POINTE NOIRE, Republic of the Congo - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 12, 2022...

AKSAZ, Türkiye - NATO’s Exercise Dynamic Mariner-Mavi Balina 22 kicked off from Aksaz Naval Base Sept. 11...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Recently, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (SECVA) Denis Richard McDonough decided to extend Dr. John P. Albano, MD’s appointment to the Veterans Affairs’ Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War (VA AC FPOW)...

SAN DIEGO - Argentine Navy (Armada de la Republica de Argentina, or ARA) Rear Adm. Rodolfo Berazay-Martinez, Naval Attaché to the U.S., and members of the Argentine Navy were welcomed aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4)...