The commanding officer of USS Preble (DDG 88), Cmdr. Peter Lesaca, was relieved of command June 14 by Capt. Patrick H. O’Mahoney, commodore, Destroyer Squadron (COMDESRON) 23, due to loss of confidence in his ability to command...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro issued Secretarial Letters of Censure (SLOC) to three U.S. Marine Corps officers and two U.S. Navy officers who were in leadership roles during the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) tragedy on July 30, 2020, which resulted in the death of...

Rear Adm. Jennifer Couture, commander, Naval Service Training Command, relieved Capt. Jeffry Sandin, commanding officer, Recruit Training Command, of command on June 11, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command...

On June 10, 2022, Capt. Stefan Walch, Commodore, Destroyer Squadron Two (CDS-2), relieved USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) commanding officer, Cmdr. Devine Johnson and Command Master Chief Earl Sanders, due to a loss of confidence in their ability to effectively function as a command leadership team...

WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today, during the Naval War College commencement, that future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer DDG-138 will be named USS J. William Middendorf (DDG 138)...

The Navy will christen its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29), during a 9 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, June 11, at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi...

SAN DIEGO – This evening at approximately 6 p.m., an MH-60S Seahawk crashed near El Centro, Calif. while conducting a routine training flight from Naval Air Facility El Centro. All four of the air crew on board survived the crash and have been safely recovered. One of the aircrew has suffered...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday hosted the Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy, Vice Adm. David Saar Salama in Washington, D.C., for a formal counterpart visit, June 8-9...

PARIS, France - U.S. Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Bill Merz met with his counterpart, French Deputy Chief of International Relations Rear Adm. Christophe Lucas and French Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Rear Adm. Xavier Petit at the French Ministry...

On June 8, 2022, Capt. Patrick Hourigan, Commander, Carrier Air Wing 1, relieved the commanding officer of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, Cmdr. Matthew McCormick, due to loss of confidence in his ability to command...