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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 2, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) load a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo for Exercise Agile Dagger 2021 (AD21). AD21 is a training exercise, with one-third of the Pacific Submarine Force getting underway, to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the joint force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) Share

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 2, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) load a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo for Exercise Agile Dagger 2021 (AD21). AD21 is a training exercise, with one-third of the Pacific Submarine Force getting underway, to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the joint force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) Share

PEARL HARBOR

PEARL HARBOR (June 2, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) load a Mark 48 advanced capability torpedo at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii for Exercise Agile Dagger 2021. Agile Dagger is a training exercise, with one-third of the Pacific Submarine Force getting underway, to assess warfighting readiness and build capacity for the joint force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 25, 2021) During exercise Phoenix Express 2021 members of the Egyptian visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team climb a Jacobs ladder to board the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) in the Mediterranean Sea, May 25, 2021. Exercise Phoenix Express 2021, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Coffer) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 28, 2021) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), the U.S. Navy command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), with the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, joined ships from NATO Standing Maritime Groups One and Two for an impressive display of maritime power in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, May 28, 2021. The rendezvous was part of Steadfast Defender 21, a large-scale defensive exercise designed to test NATO's ability to rapidly deploy forces from North America to the coast of Portugal and the Black Sea region. (Royal Navy photo by LPhot Unaisi Luke) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 28, 2021) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), the U.S. Navy command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), with the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, joined ships from NATO Standing Maritime Groups One and Two for an impressive display of maritime power in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, May 28, 2021. The rendezvous was part of Steadfast Defender 21, a large-scale defensive exercise designed to test NATO's ability to rapidly deploy forces from North America to the coast of Portugal and the Black Sea region. (Royal Navy photo by LPhot Unaisi Luke) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 28, 2021) The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08), the U.S. Navy command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), with the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, joined ships from NATO Standing Maritime Groups One and Two for an impressive display of maritime power in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, May 28, 2021. The rendezvous was part of Steadfast Defender 21, a large-scale defensive exercise designed to test NATO's ability to rapidly deploy forces from North America to the coast of Portugal and the Black Sea region. (Royal Navy photo by LPhot Unaisi Luke) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

LISBON, Portugal (May 19, 2021) The Portuguese navy submarine NRP Tridente (S160) departs Lisbon, Portugal to participate in NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2021, May 19, 2021.Steadfast Defender is a defensive exercise based on an Article 5 scenario which is designed to deter aggression and respond to crisis if necessary. (Photo courtesy of the Spanish navy by Petty Officer Laura Pons Miles) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (May 18, 2021) Cmdr. Tyler Forrest, from Linwood, New Jersey, salutes the sideboys, as he walks off the brow of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) following a change of command ceremony. Cmdr. Corey Barksdale, from Matoaca, Virginia, relieved Forrest as Columbia's commanding officer during the ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (May 18, 2021) Cmdr. Corey Barksdale, from Matoaca, Virginia, right, salutes Capt. Michael Majewski, commodore, Submarine Squadron 7, as he assumes command of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771). Barksdale relieved Cmdr. Tyler Forrest, from Linwood, New Jersey, as Columbia's commanding officer during the ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro) Share

GROTON, Conn.

GROTON, Conn. (May 14, 2021) Capt. John Stafford, incoming commodore of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4, delivers remarks during a change of command ceremony at Flasher WWII Memorial in Groton, Conn., May 14, 2021. Stafford relieved Capt. Andrew Miller, right, during the ceremony. SUBRON FOUR's primary mission is to provide attack submarines that are ready, willing, and able to meet the unique challenges of undersea combat and deployed operations in unforgiving environments across the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten) Share

GROTON, Conn.

GROTON, Conn. (May 14, 2021) Capt. John Stafford, left, salutes Capt. Andrew Miller, right, during a change of command ceremony for Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4 at Flasher WWII Memorial in Groton, Conn., May 14, 2021. Rear Adm. Rick Seif, center, Commander, Undersea Warfighting Development Center, presided over the ceremony. SUBRON FOUR's primary mission is to provide attack submarines that are ready, willing, and able to meet the unique challenges of undersea combat and deployed operations in unforgiving environments across the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten) Share