07 May 2025 USS Forrest Sherman Departs Norfolk for Routine Deployment NORFOLK, Va. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment on May 6, 2025...
06 May 2025 U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s NIKE Laser-Target Facility Helps to Advance Department of Defense Nuclear Mission WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced a new strategic direction for its NIKE laser-target facility to align its world-class capabilities with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) nuclear strategic priorities...
06 May 2025 374 MDG hosts Navy Corpsman for TCCC training YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan — The 374th Medical Group hosted Sailors from the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet for two iterations of tactical combat casualty care training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 30 - April 4 and April 13 - 18...
06 May 2025 Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo Completes Five-day Operational Readiness Exercise FORT MCCOY, WI – Expeditionary Medical Facility Kilo, the readiness command embedded at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, completes an operational readiness exercise on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The five-day training exercise which began April 25, 2025, covered multiple areas of patient care in a...
06 May 2025 Sullivan’s Island Plays Key Role in Navy’s ‘Southern Lightning’ Event NIWC Atlantic and NSWC Crane's "Southern Lightning," supported by Sullivan's Island (Mayor O'Neil), tested unmanned systems communications for a hybrid fleet. Part of Silent Swarm, it integrates manned/unmanned systems. Testing used vehicles supported by the USS Cole and SC...
05 May 2025 Exercise Obangame Express holds Opening Ceremony in Cabo Verde PRAIA, Cabo Verde — Obangame Express 2025 (OE 25), sponsored by United States Africa Command and conducted by U.S. Sixth Fleet, held the opening ceremony for the exercise May 5th, 2025 in host nation Cabo Verde...
05 May 2025 US Postal Service announces stamps celebrating the 250th anniversaries of the US Army, US Navy and US Marine Corps The U.S. Postal Service announces stamps celebrating the 250th anniversaries of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps on March 6, 2025. ...
05 May 2025 The United States Honors Egyptian Admiral and Celebrates Maritime Partnership During USS Truxtun Visit to Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt — U.S. Navy Vice Adm. George M. Wikoff, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet, presented Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Navy Vice Adm. Ashraf Ibrahim Atwa Megahed with a personal military decoration from U.S. Central Command during a...
05 May 2025 Blue Ridge Arrives in Suva, Fiji SUVA, Fiji — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Suva, Fiji for a scheduled port visit May 5, 2025, marking the ship’s first return to the city since 1998...
05 May 2025 U.S. 6th Fleet and STRIKFORNATO kick off Exercise Formidable Shield 2025 BODØ, Norway — Eleven Allied nations kick off exercise At Sea Demonstration (ASD) / Formidable Shield (FS) 25, led by U.S. 6th Fleet and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), in the North and Norwegian Seas and North Atlantic Ocean, May 3, 2025...