Photo Gallery

SIBUTU PASSAGE

Sailors perform preventative maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship transits the Sibutu Passage, Feb. 6, 2025. 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 Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez) Share

U.S. 5TH FLEET

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conducts a pre-action calibration fire (PACFIRE) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Kennedy Cabrera, left, and Fire Controlman (Aegis) 3rd Class Aidan Po, right, perform daily operations aloft the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Feb. 1, 2025. Oscar Austin 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 Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) heave a line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Jan. 31, 2025. Oscar Austin 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 Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) participate in a visit, board, search and seizure training in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Jan. 29, 2025. Oscar Austin 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 Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) participate in an emergency flight quarters drill in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Jan. 25, 2025. Oscar Austin 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 Jasmin L. Aquino) Share

NEW ORLEANS

U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 recover personal effects from a submerged vehicle after carrying its occupants to safety outside of New Orleans, Feb. 6, 2024. NMCB-11, assigned to Naval Construction Group TWO, is homeported in Gulfport, Ms. as part of the Naval Construction Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Electronics Technician 2nd Class Tiara Mickalowksi) Share

LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 conduct Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) and medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) training during the Snow Crab exercise in Little Falls Minnesota, Feb. 4, 2025. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy EOD and Navy diver's capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment to improve combat effectiveness. (U.S. Navy photo by Master-at-Arms Second Class Morgan Musteen) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

Inside a cleanroom laboratory, NPS researchers Leonardo Herrera, Jae Jun Kim, and Brij Agrawal (left to right) stand to the side of the invisible light pathway between the High Energy Laser Beam Control Research Testbed (HBCRT), rear view in foreground, and the range-in-a-box (RIAB), in background. The HBCRT replicates a laser weapon system (LWS) found aboard a ship, and the RIAB uses an optical bench and a miniature model to simulate a full-size drone in flight about 5 kilometers away. The researchers collected thousands of target images for AI training and development of an AI model that automates LWS target classification, pose estimation, aimpoint selection and aimpoint maintenance. (U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

Naval Postgraduate School faculty researchers Brij Agrawal, right, and Leonardo Herrera, center, observe U.S. Navy Ensign Nicholas Messina as he positions a Reaper drone model in an optical beam path that simulates how a laser weapon system engages a distant flying drone. NPS, located in Monterey, California, provides defense-focused graduate education, including classified studies and interdisciplinary research, to advance the operational effectiveness, technological leadership, and warfighting advantage of the Naval service. Established in 1909, NPS offers master’s and doctorate programs to Department of Defense military and civilians, along with international partners, to deliver transformative solutions and innovative leaders through advanced education and research. (U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya) Share

LITTLE FALLS, Minn.

250204-N-PS797-2000 LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Feb. 4, 2025) A U.S. Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 conduct ice dive training dive during the Snow Crab exercise, in Little Falls Minnesota, February 4, 2025. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians and Navy Diver’s capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment to improve combat effectiveness. (U.S. Navy photo by Master-at-Arms Second Class Morgan Musteen) Share

WASHINGTON

Official logo for Exercise Cutlass Express 2025. Exercise Cutlass Express 2025 is one of three regional Express series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and enabled by U.S. 6th Fleet as part of a comprehensive strategy to provide collaborative opportunities amongst African forces and international partners in order to address maritime security concerns. Share