PHILIPPINE SEA – Sailors assigned to the “Warlords” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 Detachment 3, currently attached to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) and conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, received a maritime...

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. – The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) received the 2021 Battle Efficiency Award for a West-Coast based aircraft carrier from Commander, Naval Air Forces Pacific, March 16, 2022...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Under Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable Meredith Berger, whom is also the ship’s sponsor, visited Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Fort Lauderdale at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard, Mar. 25...

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. 5th Fleet and the Israeli Navy kicked off a 10-day maritime exercise March 27 that will take place in and off the coast of Israel...

MANAMA, Bahrain - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) announced March 26 that Romania has joined a multinational maritime coalition established in 2019 to deter attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday attended and delivered remarks at the christening ceremony for the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) in Pascagoula, Mississippi, March. 26...

WASHINGTON - It takes honor, courage and commitment to leap into danger at a moment’s notice — which is why Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) recognizes stellar individuals with the calendar year 2021 Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Awards Program...

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces (NECF) operated alongside the United States Marine Corps (USMC) off the coast of Camp Lejeune to conduct Fleet Battle Problem (FBP) 22-1 March 16-21...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) today amended the health advisory for the last four zones on the Navy water system, declaring water in all 19 affected zones safe to drink. The DOH amendment is located here...

PACIFIC OCEAN. – It started as an ambitious experiment. Cmdr. Kenneth Whiting, a respected naval aviator, initiated the idea to convert a cargo ship into a vessel able “to take planes around with the fleet.” Two years later, on March 20, 1922, the former USS Jupiter (Collier #3) recommissioned as...