WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – The Navy Department Library has commenced its relocation to a refurbished site on the historic Washington Navy Yard. The new Naval History and Research Center, a state-of-the-art, 2-floor structure, seamlessly combines two former ordnance factories and warehouses. ...

TARANTO, Italy (June 30, 2023) – Commodore Paul Stroude of the Royal Navy has assumed command of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in Taranto, Italy on June 30, 2023. Commander of Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), Vice Admiral Mike Utley CB OBE, presided over the handover ceremony...

HOUSTON - Lt. Anca Selariu, a microbiologist with Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) INDO-PACIFIC, along with three other volunteers, began a simulated Mars mission on June 25 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...

TÓRSHAVN, Faroe Islands - The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) arrived in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands for a scheduled port visit, June 26, 2023...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard works daily to support the mission of repairing, modernizing, and inactivating our Navy’s warships and training platforms on time, every time, to protect America. It takes dedicated people who invest time and skill into the work they do in order to achieve that goal...

The Navy will christen one of its newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarines, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, June 17, 2023, General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut...

SAN DIEGO, Ca -  Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) returned to her homeport of Naval Base San Diego, June 14, 2023, following a 26-month rotational deployment...

BALTIC SEA - In BALTOPS 23, the dynamic nature of Personnel Recovery is mitigated by relentless practice – five events, ranging from stranded-at-sea helicopter rescues to Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, on the beachfront...

MANAMA, Bahrain - The Egyptian Navy turned over command of a multinational Red Sea task force to the U.S. Navy, June 12, six months after Egypt began leading the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) operational staff for the first time...

GULF OF OMAN - The U.S. Navy assisted seven stranded mariners from Oman and the United Arab Emirates, June 11, after their fishing vessel experienced engine trouble in the Gulf of Oman...