The USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is now scheduled to conduct its Continuing Promise 2025 mission stop in Manta, Ecuador from July 4-10, instead of the previously planned July 12-19. Adjusting the mission dates allows the USNS Comfort to maintain readiness to support U.S. Navy global operations while...

YOKOSUKA, Japan – The U.S. Navy, the Japanese government, and Yokosuka City participated in the 17th annual Joint Response Drill onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Dec. 17...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – When Hurricane Helene swept across North Carolina, it left communities like Asheville in ruins—roads blocked by debris, homes destroyed, and entire neighborhoods cut off from aid. U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brock McQueen, an Information Warfare Officer with Naval Information...

YAP, Federated States of Micronesia–A multinational team representing five Pacific nations concluded the fourth mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) with a closing ceremony at the Yap Living History Museum in Colonia, Yap, Sept. 10...

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS) 1 deployed observational buoys in front of Hurricane Francine’s projected path on Tuesday, Sept. 10...

For the first time in the Navy’s history a major humanitarian mission’s leadership are both MSC officers...

LEGAZPI, Philippines — The Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) humanitarian mission kicked off in Legazpi, Albay, with an opening ceremony at the Legazpi City Expo Center, Aug. 2, 2024...

SEMBAWANG, Singapore — The underway Pacific Partnership 2024.2 (PP-24.2) team embarked the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9), led by Rear Admiral Mark A. Melson, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Executive Agent for Pacific Partnership who will lead...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) working with the State of Hawaii, transferred two centrifuge units to the County of Maui this week to support their wastewater operations. Weighing nearly 7,300 pounds each, the centrifuge operates by separating...

NAPLES, Italy — Sailors from USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM 79) provided life-saving assistance to an adrift vessel on July 16, during routine operations in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea...