WASHINGTON NAVY YARD - “A starry night in 7th fleet/ Another year we sail to meet/ 3,000 miles across the mighty Pacific/ Dreaming of home, how could we not miss it?/ Leaving San Diego’s June gloom in our wake/ Deployment ’21 a salty Sailor will make” wrote Ens. Sarah Weinstein, on the first night...

Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Bill Lescher traveled to Newport, Rhode Island, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in Kittery, Maine, and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Shipyard in Groton, Connecticut, April 26-27, to discuss leadership and problem solving best practices.  ...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – Submarine Group 7 held a change of command ceremony at the Fleet Theater onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 13, 2022...

WILMINGTON, Delaware – President of the United States Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and First Lady Jill Biden, the ship sponsor, celebrated the commissioning of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) Saturday, April 2, in a ceremony in Wilmington, Delaware...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The U.S. Navy is concluding its Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 this week, wrapping up nearly three weeks of research and training on, above and below Arctic Ocean ice...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The ice chunks drifting on Arctic waters are inhospitable and, for most people, inaccessible. As a result, gathering accurate information about the environment in this harsh – but important – region of the world is challenging for researchers...

GROTON, Conn. – The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Colorado (SSN 788) returned to Naval Submarine Base New London on Sunday, March 13, after a nearly seven-month deployment...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – The Hon. Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, visited the U.S. Navy’s Ice Camp Queenfish, built on a sheet of Arctic ice floating 160 nautical miles offshore, and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) on March...

U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH – Joining U.S. military forces at Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 are personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy, as well as the United Kingdom Royal Navy...

PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska - In an environment like this, the Navy’s meteorological specialists are the first line of defense between the vulnerable ice camp personnel and those dangerous conditions. At Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022, the Navy has built Ice Camp Queenfish on a floe of Arctic ice approximately...