Photo Gallery

MONTEREY, Calif.

Space Systems Academic Group (SSAG) faculty associate for research Alex Savattone demonstrates the LED On-Orbit Payload (LOOP) for the Otter CubeSat mission. 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

MONTEREY, Calif.

Dr. Wenschel Lan poses with the Otter Unit. Share

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C.

Capt. Randy Berti, center, commanding officer of Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE), cuts the ribbon during an informal ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of its F-35 Lightning II expansion project at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 14, 2025. The expansion project, which offers the facility’s F-35 Modification Line more space and aircraft bays, is scheduled to support an additional 337,000 hours of work through fiscal year 2028. Berti was accompanied by George Wilson, F-35C assistant program manager for logistics at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Jeanie Holder, modifications and induction lead at the F-35 Joint Program Office; Ericka Bishop, contracting branch head for the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Facilities Engineering and Acquisitions Division; and Buddy Davis, FRCE Facilities and Infrastructure Management Department head. (U.S. Navy photo by Joseph Andes) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors discuss safety precautions prior to launching aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 18, 2025. Nimitz is underway in 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carson Croom) Share

SOUTH CHINA SEA

Electronics Technician 1st Class Michael Flaherty, from Louisville, stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) in the South China Sea, Jan. 17, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brianna Walker) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

An MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 19, 2025. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating 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 3rd Class Darian Lord) Share

PENSACOLA, Fla.

Sailors salute the American flag during a retirement ceremony in Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 25, 2024. Share

U.S. 5TH FLEET

A Sailor works on a transfer rig during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 20, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Logan Choate, from Jacksonville, Florida, and Damage Controlman Fireman Robert Applebee, from Visalia, California, plug a simulated hole during a structural damage drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 18. Preble is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

An E/A-18G Growler from the "Cougars" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Jan. 18, 2025. Nimitz is underway in 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carson Croom) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Rohan Preston, executing duties as landing signal enlisted aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65), signals to pilots of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 on the flight deck while operating in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 14, 2025. Benfold is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's Largest DESRON and U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Monica Walker) Share

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN

Turkish navy Rear Adm. Rüştü Sezer, outgoing commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Vice Adm. George Wikoff, commander of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and Pakistan navy Commodore Sohail Azmie, incoming commander of CTF 151, render honors during a change-of-command ceremony in Manama, Bahrain. (U.S. Navy photo) Share