For more than two decades, the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) Regional Security Education Program (RSEP) has provided leading subject matter experts to deploying forces in transit delivering on-site, graduate-level briefings on regional issues and challenges, historical and security context, and...

U.S. Navy divers continue work with the Italian Navy and Coast Guard to assess the Ports of Naples and Salerno for future visits by U.S. Navy ships, Jan. 25 – Feb. 11...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) conducted an arrival ceremony in Batumi, Georgia, while making a brief stop for fuel and supplies, Feb. 5, 2021...

Frontline healthcare workers, first responders, and security personnel have begun to receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Italy. Staff from U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Naples have steadily been vaccinating the community...

The forward deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews in the Port of Djibouti, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2021, after completing the ships inaugural deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet Area of Operations...

On Feb. 5 (local time) USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law...

PHILIPPINE SEA - The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) made a brief stop near Okinawa, Japan today as part of her deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, giving the crew a rare opportunity to integrate with a III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) force...

Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), began receiving the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccination Feb. 2, on Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY).The second round of shots follows Ronald Reagan’s initial vaccinations, which...

USS America (LHA 6), the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, is at sea this month operating with F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121.“Operating the F-35B from our most advanced ship in the America Strike Group brings an extraordinary...

Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) completed an emergent maintenance availability for USS O’Kane (DDG 77) five days early on Jan. 22. The work repaired failures that prevented the ship from getting underway to conduct a mission essential exercise...