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Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, Md.

A joint team consisting of F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force flight test members, U.S. Sailors and Marines, and the crew of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) are executing developmental sea trials in the eastern Pacific Ocean to gather the necessary data to certify F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft operations. While aboard the MSDF’s largest ship, the Pax ITF flight test team has been gathering compatibility data for analysis in order to make recommendations for future F-35B operational envelopes, further enhancing the Japanese navy's capabilities. The results of the testing will contribute to improved interoperability between Japan and the United States, strengthening the deterrence and response capabilities of the Japan-U.S. alliance and contributing to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Japan is an F-35 Joint Program Office foreign military sales customer planning to purchase 42 F-35Bs. The F-35 Joint Program Office continues to develop, produce, and sustain the F-35 Air System to fulfill its mandate to deliver a capable, available, and affordable air system with fifth-generation capabilities (U.S. Navy Photo by Darin Russell) Share

NORFOLK

Rear Adm. Jason Naidyhorski, vice commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet, delivers remarks during Exercise MAKO Challenge 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos) Share

INDIAN HEAD, Md.

Traffic queues at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Md. gate, Feb. 3, 2020, during a recent exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain (CS-SC) security drill. NSF Indian Head and NSF Dahlgren, Va., will participate in CS-SC 2025 starting on Feb. 3 and running through Feb. 14. (U.S. Navy photo by Andrew Revelos) Share

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBORHICKAM, Hawaii

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Jan. 10, 2025) Adm. Steve Koehler, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, center, met with Sailors from several Navy Reserve public affairs units that support the command during a public affairs summit at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Jan. 10. Koehler discussed the vital role public affairs and the information environment play in denying, defending and dominating adversaries in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. Share

JOINT RESERVE BASE FORT WORTH, Texas

Texas National Guard troops load into CH-47 Chinook helicopters at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth as part of the Texas Tactical Border Force deployment. These efforts support the coordination with U.S. Border Patrol in enhancing border security under Operation Lone Star, a mission directed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Courtesy photo by Carl Richards) Share

GULFPORT, Miss.

Luther Cuevas, a military police officer assigned to NCBC Gulfport Security Forces, participates in an active shooter drill during Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2024. CS-SC24 is an annual force protection exercise that ensures U.S. Navy security forces maintain peak readiness to respond to changing and dynamic threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Derek Harkins) Share

DANVILLE, Va.

Jim Hook, an Accelerated Training for Defense Manufacturing (ATDM)  instructor, teaches a student how to use a Haas CNC machine at the newly opened National Training Center in Danville, Virginia. This state-of-the-art facility, which opened on January 13, 2025, expands the program's capacity to train skilled workers for submarine and surface ship manufacturing. (Courtesy photo from ATDM) Share

DANVILLE, Va.

The Accelerated Training in Defense Manufacturing (ATDM) program opened its National Training Center on January 13, 2025. Situated on the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) campus in Danville, Virginia, this state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot facility will train 1,000 students each year to support naval shipbuilding and maintenance. (Courtesy photo from ATDM) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

NPS students, faculty and staff observe the launch of the Otter mission, an NPS CubeSat suite aboard the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 12 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Jan. 14. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSA Abreen Padekan) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

Among the 131 payloads loaded onto the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter 12 rocket is Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX) Share

MONTEREY, Calif.

In preparation for the Otter CubeSat mission, Space Systems Operations students Lt. Jibri Kea (left) and Kurt Heyde (right) point a telescope to the skies as they attempt to configure tracking software with provided coordinates to follow fast moving objects across the heavens. Otter will provide an opportunity to test and prove paths to optical communications to ground stations here at NPS and their global partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya) Share