16 August 2024 USS Halsey Homecoming 2024 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to Naval Base San Diego Aug. 16, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet...
16 August 2024 U.S. Second Fleet Joins Multinational Partners for Operation Nanook 2024 U.S. Second Fleet’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), departed Halifax, Canada August 15, 2024, to join maritime partners from Canada, Denmark, and the U.S. Coast Guard for Operation Nanook 2024...
10 August 2024 USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Koror, Palau KOROR, Palau - U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Koror, Palau for a routine port visit, Aug. 10...
26 July 2024 U.S. Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Future USS Patrick Gallagher The Navy will christen the future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), during an 11:00 EST ceremony Saturday, July 27, in Bath, Maine.The Honorable Sean Fleming, Ireland’s Minister of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs (International Development and Diaspora), will deliver the principal
26 July 2024 Navy Focuses on Shipbuilding, Restoring Capacity to Build With maritime statecraft in mind and building on the Secretary of the Navy’s prioritization of shipbuilding, the Navy is establishing a Direct Reporting Program Manager for Maritime Industrial Base (DRPM-MIB) next month. This role will help to oversee investments in ship and submarine...
24 July 2024 US-ROK IAMD Tabletop Academy 2024 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Pacific Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Center hosted the fifth United States-Republic of Korea (ROK) Tabletop Academy (KTTA), marking a significant step in strengthening ROK-U.S. defense cooperation. The event, held from July 8 to 19, brought...
24 July 2024 Navy Demonstrates ‘Game-Changing’ System to Rearm Warships at Sea PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) successfully conducted the first land-based demonstration of the Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM), which will enable U.S. Navy surface combatants to reload missile canisters into their MK 41 Vertical...
24 July 2024 U.S. Navy, JMSDF Conduct Ships Qualification Training SASEBO, Japan - Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader conducted ships qualification training (SQT) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) oiler JS Hamana (AO-424), in which the ships performed a simulated consolidated cargo replenishment at...
24 July 2024 U.S. Navy, JMSDF Conduct Ships Qualification Training SASEBO, Japan - Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader conducted ships qualification training (SQT) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) oiler JS Hamana (AO-424), in which the ships performed a simulated consolidated cargo replenishment at...
23 July 2024 NCTF-RH Conducts Spill Drill Ahead of Tank Pressure Washing Operations JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill (NCTF-RH) conducted a spill drill exercise on July 22, in preparation for pressure washing operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (RHBFSF). ...