10 June 2025 USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) Completes Patrol with Newly Awarded Combat Action Ribbon NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain on Jun. 10, 2025 with a Unit Combat Action Ribbon following completion of her first Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol in the U.S. Sixth...
05 June 2025 Seconds to Spare: A Sailor’s Fight for Life in the Eye of the Storm Norfolk, Va. – The order to cancel evening flights came down at 8:15 p.m. on April 7, 2025, a reprieve from a rapidly approaching storm that promised to shroud USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in darkness and rain. ...
12 May 2025 USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Holds Change of Command NORFOLK, Va. – In a time-honored naval tradition, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), held a change of command aboard the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, May 12...
07 May 2025 NAVFAC Northwest Begins Electrical Upgrades to Improve Power, Increase Efficiency for Naval Platforms Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest, in coordination with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), began work to replace a degraded electrical substation in the Controlled Industrial Area of the shipyard in March...
07 May 2025 USS Forrest Sherman Departs Norfolk for Routine Deployment NORFOLK, Va. -- Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment on May 6, 2025...
17 April 2025 Secretary of the Navy John Phelan Visits PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 16, 2025) – The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), April 16, 2025. ...
15 April 2025 Navy Secretary Embarks Gerald R. Ford for First Carrier Visit ATLANTIC OCEAN - Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr. 10-11. The visit was the Secretary's first visit to an operational carrier...
18 March 2025 Navy Culinary Specialists Showcase Their Skills at the 49th Joint Culinary Training Exercise FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. - Culinary Specialists (CS) from across the fleet competed at the 49th annual Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), which ran from Feb. 28 until March 7, 2025, at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. This year's training event attracted over 150 U.S. military personnel from...
19 February 2025 USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) Deploys to Fourth Fleet NORFOLK, VIRGINIA – The Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) departs Naval Station Mayport, Florida to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations, Feb. 18. ...
13 January 2025 SECNAV Del Toro Names Future Aircraft Carriers CVN 82 and CVN 83 Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the names of two future Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83)...