20 May 2024 USS Jacob Jones Bell Conservation Efforts Begin Following London Turnover Ceremony WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Naval History and Heritage Command archaeological conservators have begun treatment assessments on the ship’s bell of USS Jacob Jones (DD 61) in the Conservation, Research, and Archaeology Laboratory on the Washington Navy Yard...
17 May 2024 USS Leyte Gulf Returns from Final Deployment NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. –The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, May 17, 2024, marking their final deployment...
16 May 2024 Ambassador Emanuel, U.S. Navy and JMSDF leaders bid farewell to USS Ronald Reagan after 9 years as FDNF-Japan carrier YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, Japanese Government officials and leaders from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) bid farewell to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) before the ship departed Yokosuka, Japan, for the last time as the U.S. Navy’s...
13 May 2024 WASP ARG and 24th MEU Complete Joint Force’s Most Complex Training Atlantic Ocean – The Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (WSP ARG-24th MEU) completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), May 12, 2024. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) completed their COMPTUEX alongside...
12 May 2024 Cole: Well Trained, and Ready for Tasking ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) completed composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), May 7. The ship completed much of their integrated naval training with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) – 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, who...
12 May 2024 Advancing Expeditionary Medical Care, One Team at a Time ATLANTIC OCEAN - Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG) and embarked Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) have long been ready to care for those in need, whether helping Sailors and Marines who are wounded, ill, or injured; or supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. ...
12 May 2024 Vice Adm. Doug Perry, commander, U.S. Second Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk, embarked the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) May 7, 2024. ATLANTIC OCEAN – Vice Adm. Doug Perry, commander, U.S. Second Fleet and Joint Force Command Norfolk, embarked the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) May 7, 2024...
10 May 2024 U.S. Navy Destroyer Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - On 10 May, USS Halsey (DDG 97) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, consistent with international Law...
08 May 2024 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on May 8 through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law...
08 May 2024 7th Fleet Destroyer Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit on May 8 through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law...