Photo Gallery

YOKOSUKA, Japan

Sailors selected to the rank of chief petty officer stationed at Fleet Activities Yokosuka and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force participate in a bilateral community relations event aboard the decommissioned Japanese battleship Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 6, 2024. The battleship was the flagship of Adm. Heihachiro Togo, commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dyxan K. Williams) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) remove chocks and chains from an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 on Dewey’s flight deck while operating in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 4, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Mehki Edwards, from Jacksonville, Florida, uses a needle gun to remove paint from a bit on the forecastle aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 4, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

VALPARAISO, Chile

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kris Marrero observes a training evolution involving a simulated flight deck casualty with multinational forces aboard the Chilean navy replenishment oiler CNS Almirante Montt (AO-52) in Valparaiso, Chile during UNITAS LXV, Sept. 4, 2024. UNITAS is the longest-running multinational maritime exercise in the world, focused on enhanced interoperability in maritime and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and to create new relationships that will promote peace, stability, and prosperity. U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet is the maritime component of U.S. Southern Command and the trusted maritime partner for Caribbean, Central and South America maritime forces leading to improved unity, security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hunter S. Harwell) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) is underway in formation with other U.S. Navy ships and Republic of Korea navy ships in the Pacific Ocean during exercise Ssang Yong 24, Sept. 4, 2024. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S. alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward combined amphibious capability in defense of the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James Finney) Share

NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla.

Sailors coordinate line handling as the amphibious transport dock ship USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Aug. 30, 2024. Richard M. McCool, Jr. is scheduled to be commissioned Sept. 7 at the air station. (U.S. Navy photo by Warrant Officer Christopher Paredes) Share

East Java, Indonesia

Operations Specialist 2nd Class Juana Cerriteno creates a maneuvering board aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during a screening exercise as part of exercise Super Garuda Shield in East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2024. The screening exercise was conducted to demonstrate multilateral interoperability through external communications with other ships. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the third consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, focused on commitment to partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexander Timewell) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Personnel Specialist 3rd Class Eyby Santiago, from New York, directs a team of line handlers aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) in the Philippine Sea as part of exercise Pacific Vanguard, Aug. 29, 2024. Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73 logistically resupplies deployed units in the Indo-Pacific along with regional Allies and partners. Pacific Vanguard is an opportunity for like-minded forces to strengthen their skills in maritime operations, anti-submarine warfare operations, air warfare operations, live-fire missile events, and advanced maneuvering scenarios in the Mariana Islands Range Complex. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors apply a soft patch to a pipe rupture in the upper vehicle deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a simulated response drill in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 23, 2024. Boxer and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Miles) Share

KOREA STRAIT

Sailors aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) participate in a flight deck fire drill in the Korea Strait, Sept. 2, 2024. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires its Mark 45 5-inch, lightweight gun during a naval surface fire support drill as part of exercise Pacific Vanguard while operating in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 1, 2024. Pacific Vanguard is an opportunity for like-minded forces to strengthen their skills in maritime operations, anti-submarine warfare operations, air warfare operations, live-fire missile events, and advanced maneuvering scenarios in the Mariana Islands Range Complex. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

KEFLAVIK AIR BASE, Iceland

Builder 3rd Class Noah Sago, from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, smooths concrete as part of an airfield repair at Keflavik Air Base in Iceland during Northern Viking 24 (NV24), Aug. 29, 2024. NV24 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and sea lines of communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap. (U.S. Navy photo by Utilitiesman 2nd Class Joshua Oun) Share