OEIRAS, Portugal - “Missile detected!” is announced over the ships speakers. Quickly, the commander orders a response and fires a missile to shoot the threat before it can reach its target. A service member pushes a single button, everyone collectively holds their breath, watching a computer...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) joined French Navy Charles de Gaulle Strike Group (CDG CSG), May 26, 2021 in the Mediterranean in support of joint operations and interoperability training, demonstrating mutual commitment to stability...

PHILIPPINE SEA - Combined logistics planning by the French Navy, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Navy culminated in ships from each country exercising its ability to sustain each other at sea...

The crew of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) received the first in a series of relic displays from the USS Arizona (BB-39) in commemoration and remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor during a ceremony May 20...

The Seaman-To-Admiral (STA-21) commissioning program, which provides an opportunity for qualified Sailors to receive college educations and U. S. Navy commissions, is soliciting applications for fiscal year 2022, as announced in NAVADMIN 094/21...

SAN DIEGO - More than 5,000 Sailors and Marines of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) return to their San Diego homeport this weekend, concluding a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation...

EL AOUINA, Tunisia - Maritime forces from Europe, North Africa, and the United States began the 16th iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Phoenix Express 2021 (PE21) with an opening ceremony held at the National Center for Cartography and Remote Sensing Amphitheater in El Aouina,...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The director of Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) participated in a ceremony to present the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to James D. Hornfischer May 17 during a virtual ceremony...

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - Ships from U.S. Exercise Ragnar Viking met up with the ships participating in the Royal Navy’s Strike Warrior Exercise in the North Atlantic Ocean, May 17, 2021.  ...

SPOKANE, Wash.–At 6 p.m. May 12 during the Virtual Navy Week held in Spokane, Washington, Rear Admiral Kristen Fabry, a native of Silverdale, Washington, swore-in 20 future sailors into the United States Navy delayed entry program (DEP). Fabry is serving as Commander, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)...