Photo Gallery

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

Pohang, South Korea

Ssang Yong, meaning “twin dragons” representing the U.S. and ROK forces, is intended to strengthen ROK-U.S. combat readiness and combined interoperability, advancing the ROKMC Marine Task Force and command and control capabilities through combined training and amphibious operations. For more than 70 years, the ROK-U.S. Alliance has been the foundation of peace and security on the Korean peninsula. Exercise Ssang Yong builds upon this alliance by exercising capabilities crucial to both nations' national defense. 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

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) returns to homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 1, 2024. Laboon, assigned to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group returned to its homeport following a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Matthew N. Jackson) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 24, 2024) Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class James Braunius, from Bloomberg, New York, inventories ordnance transferred from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) to the the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Aug. 24, 2024. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group. The aircraft carrier is underway in the Atlantic Ocean to further develop core unit capabilities and skills such as fuels certification and ammunition on-load during its basic phase of the optimized fleet response plan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Thomas Steiner) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), left, and USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), middle, and the Ford-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), right, transit the Atlantic Ocean during an ordnance transfer, Aug. 24. The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are underway in the Atlantic Ocean for an ordnance transfer between the three ships and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Nass) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Jordan Marciano, a native of Brazil, left, and Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Isaiah Martinez, a native of La Morada, California, right, both assigned to the “Proud Warriors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72, fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during an ordnance transfer, Aug. 24. The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are underway in the Atlantic Ocean for an ordnance transfer between the three ships and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Nass) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

240822-N-RG232-1054 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 24, 2024) Sailors attach cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the "Dragonslayers" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 11, on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during an ordnance transfer, Aug. 24. The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) are underway in the Atlantic Ocean for an ordnance transfer between the three ships and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darren Cordoviz) Share