18 December 2024 Strengthening partnerships under the waves: URC and UUVRON 1 practice undersea rescue fundamentals with the Peruvian Navy PACIFIC OCEAN - On the surface, Sailors assigned to the Undersea Rescue Command (URC) and Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Group ONE (UUVGRU-1) received a notification of a disabled submarine (DISSUB) in need of assistance. These Sailors and the DISSUB Response Team sprang into action, deploying a remotely...
16 December 2024 MSRON 1B Strengthens Alliances through Exercise Bull Shark Sailors from MSRON-1B provide maritime security during Exercise Bull Shark, a biannual joint training with U.S., Djiboutian, Spanish and French maritime forces...
02 December 2024 USS Michael Murphy, USS Spruance and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. Conduct Port Visits in Thailand and Singapore INDIAN, OCEAN – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and USS Spruance (DDG 111) conducted a port visit in Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 22-26, and USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) in Sembawang, Singapore, Nov. 23-27...
15 November 2024 Exercise Phoenix Express 2024 Concludes in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia – U.S. Sixth Fleet and Tunisian Naval Forces hosted the closing ceremony for exercise Phoenix Express, concluding the 19th iteration of Phoenix Express Nov. 15, 2024...
14 November 2024 Running to the Flames: Third Generation Submariner Rescues Two People Trapped by Apartment Fire NORFOLK, Va - Electronics Technician (Nuclear) 1st Class Gabriel Journey, stationed aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Albany (SSN 753) saved two people who were trapped during an apartment fire in Norfolk...
09 November 2024 Ships Set Sail for Phase Two of Exercise Phoenix Express 2024 Allied and partner navies participating in exercise Phoenix Express 2024 (PE24) departed from La Goulette Naval Base, in Tunis, Tunisia, November 9, 2024...
05 November 2024 Exercise Phoenix Express 2024 Kicks Off in Tunisia TUNIS, Tunisia — Exercise Phoenix Express 2024 will take place Nov. 5 - 15, 2024, starting in Tunisia and taking place in the Southern Mediterranean Sea...
05 November 2024 VAW-123 Sends their Last E-2C Hawkeye to the Boneyard TUCSON, Ariz. – Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 123 transferred two of their four E-2C Hawkeye aircraft to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the largest aircraft boneyard in the world in Tucson, in September...
05 November 2024 Forging the Future: Carrier Air Wing Five’s return to USS George Washington PACIFIC OCEAN – “Flight quarters, flight quarters! Man your flight quarters stations now manning for event two,” Cmdr. Matthew Voss, head of air department aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), also known as “Air Boss,” called out over the...
30 October 2024 Joint forces remove 1,160 pounds of trash from remote San Nicolas Island beach SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. – Over 60 volunteer Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) and Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) participated in an annual coastal cleanup on the remote...