Photo Gallery

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR

From front to back, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55), the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), the Italian Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Carabiniere (F 593), and the Spanish Alvaro de Bazan-class frigate Mendez Nunez (F-104), transit the Strait of Gibraltar, Nov. 25. USS Harry S. Truman, the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Gomez) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), USS Higgins (DDG 76), Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7) and the Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341) conduct a refueling-at-sea while underway in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 17, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Geoffrey L. Ottinger) Share

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

Maj. Steven Lundin, from Portland, Oregon, greets family on the pier after the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) returns to Naval Base San Diego, Nov. 24, 2024. Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and embarked Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit returned home to San Diego following a five-month deployment in the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Jhoani Basurto, from Tempe, Ariz., signals to the pilot of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Blue Hawks” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 78 aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 21, 2024. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brianna Walker) Share

NAVAL BASE GUAM

A Sailor assigned to the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) greets his family following the submarine's arrival onboard U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26. Minnesota, the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be forward deployed to Guam, joins four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward deployed in the Pacific. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam's fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces' forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert) Share

NAVAL BASE GUAM

Capt. Neil Steinhagen, right, commander of Submarine Squadron 15, greets Cmdr. Isaac Pelt, commanding officer of the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783), during the ship's arrival at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26, 2024. Minnesota, the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be forward deployed to Guam, joins four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward deployed in the Pacific. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam's fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces' forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert) Share

NAVAL BASE GUAM

The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26, 2024. Minnesota, the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be forward deployed to Guam, joins four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward deployed in the Pacific. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam's fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces' forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert) Share

NAVAL BASE GUAM

The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26, 2024. Minnesota, the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be forward deployed to Guam, joins four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward deployed in the Pacific. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam's fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces' forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert) Share

NAVAL BASE GUAM

The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives at U.S. Naval Base Guam, Nov 26, 2024. Minnesota, the first Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to be forward deployed to Guam, joins four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward deployed in the Pacific. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam's fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine forces' forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Wolpert) Share

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) prepares to pull into Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for a scheduled port visit. Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway 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 2nd Class Kassandra Alanis) Share

PHILADELPHIA

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 enters a flooded ballast tank aboard the ex-USS McHenry (LSD-43) during a render safe drill on an inert rocket in Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 2024. Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and EODMU 6 are training as an integrated team during a simulated afloat salvage exercise encompassing battle damage, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and long-range communication aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Seaman Valerie Ramos announces the ship's approach during an allied partner evolution in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), Nov. 15, 2024. Bulkeley is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joseph Macklin) Share