30 January 2024 U.S. Military and Kuwait Armed Forces Collaborate in Exercise Eager Defender 24 KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait- The Kuwait Naval Force, Kuwait Coast Guard, U.S Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command (MARCENT) have joined forces in Exercise Eager Defender 24, a bilateral maritime drill aimed at strengthening mutual interoperability and...
30 January 2024 UCT 1 Supports U.S. Allies in São Tomé SÃO TOMÉ, São Tomé and Príncipe - Seabee divers assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1 (UCT 1) conducted a four-week cross training exercise with São Tomé Coast Guard divers and executed underwater harbor clearance efforts to allow for safer navigation through the shipping channel of São Tomé...
24 January 2024 USS Gunston Hall Departs Norfolk for NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 NORFOLK, Va. -- The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 24, for Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades...
22 January 2024 Pacific Partnership 24-1 Concludes Final Mission Stop in Chuuk MICRONESIA — Pacific Partnership 24-1 (PP24-1) concludes 12 days of medical, engineering, host nation outreach efforts, and humanitarian and disaster response in the Federated States of Micronesia, closing out its final mission stop Jan 21...
22 January 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Hosts Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group 2 commenced Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Jan. 22, 2024 following the arrival of Navy EOD Mobile Units (EODMU) and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn...
18 January 2024 Solomon Islands Property Donation to Improve Surgical Care for Citizens BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – A recent Defense Logistics Agency-aided property donation by the U.S. Navy is expected to dramatically improve health care access for residents across the remote Solomon Islands for years to come...
16 January 2024 Integrated Battle Problem 23.2 Concludes as Unmanned Surface Vessels Return to Homeport PORT HUENEME, Calif. – Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, the third multi-domain unmanned capabilities exercise under U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Experimentation Plan, concluded as unmanned surface vessels (USVs) operated by Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One (USVDIV-1) returned to Naval...
16 January 2024 Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 142 Returns from Deployment WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - After an extended 2023 deployment, the “Gray Wolves” of Electronic Attack Squadron 142 (VAQ 142) return to Whidbey Island. The “Gray Wolves” deployed with Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW 8) aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) as part of Carrier Strike...
16 January 2024 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37 Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – The “Ragin Bulls” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 37 returned to their home base Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia, January 15, 2024, following a nearly nine-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations...
16 January 2024 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 Returns from Deployment NORFOLK, Va. – The “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 returned to their home base Naval Air Station Oceana on January 15, 2024, following an eight and a half-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12 to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation...