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SAN DIEGO, Calif.

A Sailor lowers from an MH-60S Seahawk during maritime recovery training in San Diego Bay with Sailors attached to amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 “Wildcards,” and NASA personnel, March 19, 2025. In preparation for NASA's Artemis II crewed mission, which will send four astronauts around the Moon and beyond in the Orion spacecraft, NASA and the Department of Defense will conduct a series of tests to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures, and hardware used in recovery operations for crewed lunar missions. The DoD has many unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including its amphibious ships with the ability to embark helicopters, launch and recover small boats and provide medical care at advanced onboard facilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Olivia Rucker) Share

KRISTIANSAND, Norway

KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY — A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 conducts an expeditionary mine countermeasures (exMCM) historical ordnance disposal operation (HODOP) on a live mine from World War II in Kristiansand, Norway, Feb. 12, 2025. Arctic Specialist is an annual Norway-hosted multinational joint EOD and expeditionary mine countermeasure (ExMCM) exercise providing training, exercise, and development of land and maritime EOD tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) at the squad and team level in a cold-weather environment. Allied forces from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden trained alongside U.S. forces at this year’s event, Feb. 3-13, 2025. EODMU 8 is part of the forward deployed Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68. CTF 68 is responsible for providing explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security and theater security efforts to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. 6th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) b. 3-13, 2025. EODMU 8 is part of the forward deployed Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68. CTF 68 is responsible for providing explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security and theater security efforts to U.S. Naval Forces Europe-U.S. Naval Forces Africa and U.S. 6th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins) Share

GREAT LAKES, Ill.

Newly capped Sailors don their Navy ball cap during a capping ceremony in front of USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). Trayer, more commonly referred to as "Battle Stations," is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, testing their knowledge and skills in basic seamanship, damage control, firefighting and emergency response procedures. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Posada) Share

APRA HARBOR, Guam

APRA HARBOR, Guam (Nov. 24, 2024) Military Sealift Command (MSC) civil service mariner Vincent O'Haire, right, and MSC civil service mariner Eric Nanpei, both search and rescue (SAR) swimmers assigned to the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), participate in a SAR exercise conducted in Apra Harbor, Nov. 24. Frank Cable repairs, rearms and re-provision submarines and surface vessels in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Victoria Mejicanos) Share

BENGHAZI, Libya

Vice Adm. J.T. Anderson, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, Ambassador Richard Norland, the U.S. special envoy for Libya and Mr. Richard Brandt, Chargé d’Affaires, pose with key Libyan military and civilian officials during a key leadership engagement aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in Benghazi, Libya, April 21, 2025. Mount Whitney, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region. Share

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES

Philippine and U.S. government and military representatives conduct the “crossing of hands” during the opening ceremony to commence Exercise Balikatan 25 at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett) Share

PATUXENT RIVER, Md.

Rendering of the U.S. Navy's future E-130J aircraft, which will relieve the E-6B Mercury of the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission. Share

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Royal Australian Navy sailors graduate the United States Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) in the hangar bay of USS Yorktown (CV 10), April 18, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Dart D. Delagarza) Share

Okinawa, Japan

Susan Orsega, center, deputy assistant secretary of defense for health services policy and oversight, meets with U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Director Capt. Kathleen Cooperman, left of center, and hospital leadership during a visit to the facility April 9, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trey Fowler) Share

Okinawa, Japan

During a town hall at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa April 9, 2025, Susan Orsega, deputy assistant secretary of defense for health services policy and oversight, takes questions from staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trey Fowler) Share

Okinawa, Japan

Susan Orsega, deputy assistant secretary of defense for health services policy and oversight, talks with Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ian Sibal, a laboratory technician, during a tour of the Armed Forces Blood Bank Center (ASBBC) at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa April 9, 2025. The ASBBC at the hospital is one of two sites in the Military Health System that does in-house testing of their blood products. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trey Fowler) Share

Okinawa, Japan

Susan Orsega, deputy assistant secretary of defense for health services policy and oversight, talks with Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ian Sibal, a laboratory technician, during a tour of the Armed Forces Blood Bank Center (ASBBC) at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa April 9, 2025. The ASBBC at the hospital is one of two sites in the Military Health System that does in-house testing of their blood products. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trey Fowler) Share