The Honorable Peter F. Mulrean, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, visited the amphibious dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Oct. 9 as the ship began its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in response to Hurricane Matthew...

When evacuees receive the "all clear" and are able to return to their installations in the tri-base area, they will have help waiting for them...

Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville and Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Fla., as well as Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., are still closed. Only mission essential personnel and first responders are on board the bases...

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) along with more than 500 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit will get underway today from Norfolk, headed for Haiti to support Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) missions in the wake of Hurricane Matthew...

The Navy will commission the amphibious transport dock ship John P. Murtha (LPD 26), Saturday, Oct. 8, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia...

The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and LCS Crew 111 returned to their homeport of San Diego Oct. 7, following a 23-month rotational deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific area of operation...

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport docking ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) steamed toward Haiti Oct. 7 to support Joint Task Force Matthew, which is overseeing U.S. military relief efforts on the island nation...

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has directed the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) to transit towards Haiti, where it will join Joint Task Force-Matthew disaster relief operations...

Amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) completed a 10-day, mid-deployment maintenance availability at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Oct. 7...

Naval Station Guantanamo Bay returned to full operational capability Oct. 6, and offers sincerest condolences to those in Haiti and other areas affected by Hurricane Matthew...