18 August 2025 USNS Comfort Returns Home After Continuing Promise 2025 NORFOLK, Va. – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), Aug. 17, 2025, marking the successful completion of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). Comfort returned to NSN after a 79-day deployment, providing medical care, humanitarian assistance...
15 August 2025 America’s Rapid Response Force, Iwo Jima ARG-22nd MEU (SOC) Deploys for Global Operations NORFOLK, Va. - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima (IWO) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) - 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment, August 14...
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...
14 August 2025 UNITAS 2025 To Be Held Across Multiple Locations Along the East Coast of United States MAYPORT, Fla. – U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and participating nation forces are set to arrive at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., in support of UNITAS 2025 (66) the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise, scheduled to start September 15, 2025...
13 August 2025 USNS Comfort Departs Trinidad Final CP25 Mission Stop PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Port of Spain, Trinidad, August 11, 2025, the last mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). During the seven-day visit, the team worked alongside Trinbagonians to provide medical care and...
12 August 2025 Expedition Reveals Thirteen Shipwrecks from WWII Battles off Guadalcanal HONIARA, Solomon Islands — A multinational expedition led by the Ocean Exploration Trust aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus has completed a groundbreaking archaeological survey of more than a dozen World War II era shipwrecks in Iron Bottom Sound, August 1, 2025...
08 August 2025 USS Savannah (LCS 28) Returns To Homeport SAN DIEGO – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) arrived at its San Diego homeport Aug. 7, following a 12-month rotational deployment throughout the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operation. The Savannah operates with a dual-crew, allowing the hull to stay in...
04 August 2025 USNS Comfort Departs Costa Rica After Fifth CP25 Mission Stop The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Limón, Costa Rica, August 1, 2025, after spending eight days providing medical care, dental care, veterinary care, and multiple subject matter exchanges for Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25)...
28 July 2025 USS Mitscher Departs Naval Station Norfolk for Scheduled Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), assigned to Destroyer Squadron Two (DESRON-2), departed Naval Station Norfolk for a regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, July 25, 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...