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GOA, India

U.S. Naval Special Warfare operators and Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) conduct over-the-beach operations training during Exercise SANGAM 2024 in Goa, India, Nov. 25, 2024. NSW provides maritime special operations force capabilities to enable Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas. (Courtesy Photo) (Portions of this image have been blurred for security reasons.) Share

GOA, India

U.S. Naval Special Warfare operators and Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) members conduct urban combat training during Exercise SANGAM 2024 in Goa, India, Nov. 25, 2024. NSW provides maritime special operations force capabilities to enable Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas. (Courtesy Photo) (Portions of this image have been blurred for security reasons.) Share

GOA, India

U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators and Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) members clear a house during close quarters combat training during Exercise SANGAM 2024 in Goa, India, Nov. 25, 2024. NSW provides maritime special operations force capabilities to enable Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas. (Courtesy Photo) (Portions of this image have been blurred for security reasons. Share

GOA, India

U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators and Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) members conduct a simulated visit, board, search and seizure operation during Exercise SANGAM 2024 in Goa, India, Nov. 25, 2024. NSW provides maritime special operations force capabilities to enable Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas. (Courtesy Photo) Share

GUAM

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a vertical launching system at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam during Flight Experiment Mission-02. The Missile Defense Agency, in cooperation with U.S. Department of Defense partners, successfully conducted FEM-02 on December 10, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest) Share

California

NPS’ new master of operational energy curriculum provides graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the complex demands of operational energy in the field. The curriculum is in direct support of multiple naval and defense strategies, as is its unique approach to advanced graduate education through stackable certificates. (Photo Illustration by NPS) Share

SAN DIEGO

The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrives in its new homeport of San Diego, Dec. 9, 2024, after nearly a decade forward-deployed to Sasebo, Japan as part of the America Amphibious Ready Group operating in the U.S. Seventh Fleet area of operations. This homeport shift complies with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), requiring that U.S. Navy ships not be permanently forward deployed to Japan for more than 10 years. With a crew of 400 and the ability to embark 700 Marines, Green Bay’s mission is to transport and launch amphibious craft supporting amphibious warfare and humanitarian operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mark D. Faram) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Juan MalaveArroyo directs aircraft on the flight deck during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 7, 2024. George H.W. Bush is in the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan conducting flight deck certification. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Wagner) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Yurida Delangel, from El Paso, Texas, scans the horizon for surface vessels on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) during routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Dec. 6, 2024. Preble 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 Ryre Arciaga) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Ensign Mark Vaughan, from Mount Flower, Texas, left, salutes while taking over responsibilities of junior officer of the deck (JOOD) from Ensign Genesis Rapalo, from Fort Meyers, Florida,on the bridge aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) while operating in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 5, 2024. Benfold 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 Hannah Fry) Share

FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses the crew aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during an all-hands call on the flight deck while in-port at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 9, 2024. George Washington is U.S. 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Geoffrey L. Ottinger) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Sailors upload a NATO Sea Sparrow missile aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 7, 2024. Carl Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Nate Jordan) Share