NEW ORLEANS — More than 3,000 Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and international maritime partner personnel arrived in New Orleans May 28, launching Sail 250 New Orleans, the inaugural port call of the national Sail 250 series of events, a major feature of the nation’s Freedom 250...

ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) hosted several delegations from Caribbean nations during the latest leg of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSOUTH)/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, from the end of May into...

SAN DIEGO -- Pacific Partnership, the U.S. Navy’s largest annual maritime humanitarian and civic assistance effort conducted in the Indo-Pacific, officially began with the departure of U.S. personnel from San Diego to the mission coordinating hub in the Philippines, May 27, 2026...

The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy conducted a Maritime Counter Special Operations Forces Exercise (MCSOFEX) in the surrounding waters of the Republic of Korea, May 11-14.This iteration of MCSOFEX encompassed four days of enhanced bilateral training, focusing on naval interoperability...

Senior naval leaders from the United States and Argentina convened at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Argentina from May 18-22, 2026, for tri-service Maritime Staff Talks, reaffirming partnerships and outlining a path for future collaboration in cybersecurity and the maritime domain...

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Senior Scientist for Intense Particle Beams & Plasma Processes, Gurudas Ganguli, Ph.D., pioneered and directed an experiment that has deepened our understanding about the evolution of electromagnetic turbulence in space...

U.S. Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU-1) concluded Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2026 alongside Australian maritime forces and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces at Jinhae Naval Base, April 6–10, 2026. The exercise marked the 42nd iteration of the long-standing...

SHIMODA, Japan – Forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) departed Shimoda after a port visit, May 17, following participation in the city’s Black Ship Festival...

Following a successful first flight in April, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that the MQ-25A Stingray received Milestone C approval to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP)...

The Navy Exchange Service Command Hospitality Group recognized its top hotels and team members on May 13, 2026, during its training symposium at Naval Air Station North Island, California...