10 September 2025 USS Mount Whitney Arrives in Durres, Republic of Albania, Strengthening NATO and Maritime Partnerships The U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), arrived in Porto Romano, Durrës, Republic of Albania, on Sept. 9, 2025, for a scheduled port visit, highlighting the close partnership between the United States and Albania, a key NATO Ally...
04 September 2025 Australia, Canada, the Philippines and the U.S. conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity The combined armed and defense forces of Australia, Canada, the Philippines, and the United States, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific, conducted a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA)...
18 August 2025 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Transits Strait of Dover NORTH SEA – The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mahan (DDG 72), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), all assigned to Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), transited the...
15 August 2025 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns from 9-month Deployment The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, returned to its homeport of San Diego on Aug. 14, following a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations...
11 August 2025 Long-Standing Navy Program Accelerates Drone, AI, and Technology Development Under Field Conditions The roar from cutting-edge drone technology filled the sky above the Naval Postgraduate School’s (NPS) latest Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) event in May at Camp Roberts in central California. Over a hundred flights tested new drones, artificial intelligence (AI), combat...
11 August 2025 USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group arrives in Bahrain Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11, embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, and destroyers USS Gridley (DDG 101) and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) arrived in Manama, Bahrain, for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 10...
04 August 2025 USS Gerald R. Ford and USS Winston S. Churchill Arrive in Marseille, France MARSEILLE, France – The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) arrived in Marseille, France, for a scheduled port visit August 4, 2025...
28 July 2025 USNS Bowditch Port Visit Strengthens U.S.-India Maritime Ties SRI VIJAYA PURAM, India – The Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62) departed Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly known as Port Blair) following a scheduled port visit on July 25, 2025...
24 July 2025 USS Thomas Hudner Returns from Deployment to 4th and 6th Fleet The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) returned to Naval Station Mayport July 23, concluding a five-month deployment across multiple geographic theaters, including the U.S. 4th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. ...
21 July 2025 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and ESPS Canarias (F86) Transit Strait of Gibraltar MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The United States’ newest and world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), all assigned to Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG),...