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Pacific Ocean

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 11, 2024) – Multinational ships sail in formation during Pacific Dragon 2024, Aug. 11. Hosted by U.S. 3rd Fleet, Pacific Dragon is a biennial exercise in waters around the Hawaiian Islands that enhances participating forces' ability to work together to track and intercept ballistic missiles. (Courtesy photo by LSIS Daniel Goodman) Share

HMAS STIRLING, Australia

GARDEN ISLAND, Western Australia, Australia (Aug. 16, 2024) – Military Sealift Command civil service mariners assigned to the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) throw a heaving line from the ship to Royal Australian Navy sailors on the pier as the Emory S. Land moors at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Aug. 16. HMAS Stirling is Emory S. Land’s seventh port call since it departed on deployment May 17. Emory S. Land is on deployment supporting the U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward deployed numbered fleet, operating with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Emory S. Land provides expeditionary intermediate-level maintenance, services, and logistics support to deployed submarines. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Darek Leary) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) in the South China Sea, Aug. 14, 2024. Abraham Lincoln, flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, 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 Seaman Joey Sitter) Share

CARTAGENA, Colombia

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kami Tabor, right, assigned to Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, speaks to a Colombian navy sailor during a Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) roundtable aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) in Cartagena, Colombia during Continuing Promise 2024. Continuing Promise 2024 upholds the U.S. 4th Fleet/U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command commitment to the U.S. Department of Defense's WPS Implementation Plan, which outlines defense objectives and goals that the DoD will strive to achieve in order to move the bar toward full WPS implementation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Michael Case, from Mountain Home, Arkansas, conducts pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 while underway operating with Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 13, 2024. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy's timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Ostas) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Vice Adm. Gene Black arrives at his retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Vice Adm. Gene Black and spouse, Lori Blaisdell, depart his retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Vice Adm. Gene Black delivers remarks during his retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti attends Vice Adm. Gene Black’s retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti delivers remarks at Vice Adm. Gene Black’s retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (Aug. 9, 2024) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti arrives at Vice Adm. Gene Black’s retirement ceremony at the Sail Loft on Washington Navy Yard Aug. 9, 2024. Black retires after 38 years of naval service. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Giovanna De Vito) Share

LEZGAZPI, Philippines

LEGAZPI, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2024) - U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel Keeler, the Pacific Partnership 2024-2 (PP24-2) mission commander, right, gifts a plaque to the Legazpi City mayor, Hon. Carmen Rosal during the PP24-2 Philippines mission stop closing ceremony onboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) in Legazpi, Philippines, Aug. 13, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot) Share