21 March 2025 Lasers Destroy Drones as Additive Manufacturing Builds Them: NPS Accelerates Emerging Technology at JIFX to Fulfill U.S. Navy and DOD’s Critical Needs MONTEREY, Calif. - Rapidly fielding emerging technologies and prioritizing investments in AI, drones, and counter-drone systems, among other technologies, are key to military modernization and remaining the strongest, most lethal force in the world...
19 March 2025 USNS John Lewis Completes First Fleet Tasked Underway Replenishment Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler, USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) became the first ship in the new John Lewis class to conduct a fleet task under Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, by refueling the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) of the coast of Southern California...
19 March 2025 Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Visits U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Dr. Stephen Ferrara, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, visited U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay to engage with leadership and staff on Feb. 27, 2025...
19 March 2025 Australia, India, Japan, Korea, and the U.S. Complete Multinational Exercise Sea Dragon 2025 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Exercise Sea Dragon 2025 (SD25) successfully concluded at Andersen Air Force Base , Guam, marking the completion of two weeks of intensive multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training, March 18, 2025...
18 March 2025 Navy Culinary Specialists Showcase Their Skills at the 49th Joint Culinary Training Exercise FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. - Culinary Specialists (CS) from across the fleet competed at the 49th annual Joint Culinary Training Exercise (JCTE), which ran from Feb. 28 until March 7, 2025, at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. This year's training event attracted over 150 U.S. military personnel from...
18 March 2025 Ready on Day One: U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and U.S. Sixth Fleet Reserve Enterprise NAPLES, Italy – Chief of Navy Reserve Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore’s initial fighting instruction in 2024 directed reservists to focus efforts on preparations and readiness to respond to the call when needed, “We will posture our Force for warfighting by accelerating the pace of...
18 March 2025 Seabees Prove Their Versatility by Constructing, Innovating, Supporting JTF-SG NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Operating with precision, efficiency, and self-sufficiency, the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 embodies a spirit of tirelessly building, repairing, and sustaining the infrastructure that keeps Joint Task Force Southern Guard (JTF-SG)...
18 March 2025 USS Vermont Returns Home From First Western Pacific Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam March 16, following a seven-month deployment, the submarine's first deployment to the Western Pacific. 104 Sailors assigned to Vermont earned their...
18 March 2025 US, French Host First-ever Military Hackathon at Sea PHILIPPINE SEA – Data scientists aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91) conduct the first-ever military Hackathon at sea during Exercise Pacific Steller 2025...
17 March 2025 NSA Bahrain, NAVCENT Hold First-of-its-Kind Exercise Vigilant Resolve MANAMA, Bahrain - In collaboration with U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain conducted Vigilant Resolve, a multi-layered emergency response exercise, March 11-12...