12 June 2024 RIMPAC To Begin June 27 SAN DIEGO- Planning and preparations are being finalized for the 29th biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), a multinational exercise involving 29 nations and more than 25,000 personnel, set to run June 27 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands...
11 June 2024 USS Constitution to Host Change of Command Ceremony BOSTON – USS Constitution’s 78th commanding officer will take command of Old Ironsides during a change-of-command ceremony, scheduled for Friday, June 21, 2024, at noon...
07 June 2024 USS Somerset (LPD 25) Commanding Officer Relieved Rear Adm. Christopher Stone, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (ESG 7), relieved Capt. Michel Brandt as commanding officer of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), June 6, 2024, due to loss of confidence in her ability to lead the crew...
07 June 2024 Navy to Christen Future USNS Cherokee Nation The Navy will christen the Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue ship, the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, June 8, in Houma, Louisiana...
06 June 2024 Secretary of the Navy Travels to Normandy; Participates in 80th Anniversary of D-Day Commemoration Events COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro observed the 80th commemoration of Operation Overlord and the Allied landings in Normandy at the Normandy American Cemetery and spoke at Monument Fédéral à Utah Beach, June 6, 2024...
05 June 2024 Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s Meeting with His Excellency Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander-in-Chief, Bahrain Defense Force and Rear Admiral Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Al Bin Ali, Commander, Royal Bahrain Naval Force Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti met His Excellency Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander-in-Chief, Bahrain Defense Force and Rear Admiral Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Al Bin Ali, Commander, Royal Bahrain Naval Force, June 5...
04 June 2024 Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s Meeting with Kingdom of Bahrain’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister, His Royal Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti met with the Kingdom of Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister, His Royal Highness Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, June 4...
03 June 2024 Readout of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s Meetings with Senior Defense Leaders in Türkiye Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler and the Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces Gen. Metin Gürak at the Ministry of National Defense, and the Turkish Head of Navy Adm. Ercument Tatlıoğlu at the Turkish Navy Headquarters in...
03 June 2024 U.S. Sixth Fleet Participates in the Romanian Led Exercise Dacia ITALY — U.S. Sixth Fleet’s Task Force (TF) 66 and TF-68 participated in the Romanian-led operational exercise Dacia 2024, May 27 - June 3, 2024...
24 May 2024 Exercise Red Guardian 2024 to Take Place in the Atlantic U.S. Navy assets will commence exercise Red Guardian 24 in the Atlantic Ocean, June 3, 2024. Exercise Red Guardian 24 is an important tactical development exercise for anti-submarine warfare operations (ASW)...