Photo Gallery

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C.

Aaron Weld, Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) H-53 work leader and member of the depot’s Forward Deployed Combat Repair (FDCR) Team, performs repairs on a CH-53E Super Stallion during a training exercise designed to enhance the aircraft maintenance and repair knowledge and capabilities the FDCR Team may need if deployed. Share

SYDNEY

250530-N-WM182-1013 SYDNEY (May 30, 2025) Naval leaders from Canada, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and France meet aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) for the Fleet Commanders' Round Table in Sydney while the ship conducts a scheduled port visit, May 30, 2025. 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 1st Class Caitlin Flynn) Share

SYDNEY

250530-N-WM182-1099 SYDNEY (May 30, 2025) Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Rear Adm. Ji Hoon Kim, Deputy Commander, ROK Navy Fleet, speaks during a gathering of naval leaders from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the U.S. aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) for the Fleet Commanders' Round Table in Sydney while the ship conducts a scheduled port visit, May 30, 2025. 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 1st Class Caitlin Flynn) Share

SYDNEY

250530-N-WM182-1187 SYDNEY (May 30, 2025) Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks during a gathering of naval leaders from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the U.S. aboard the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) for the Fleet Commanders' Round Table in Sydney while the ship conducts a scheduled port visit, May 30, 2025. 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 1st Class Caitlin Flynn) Share

SYDNEY

250530-N-WM182-1076 SYDNEY (May 30, 2025) Australian Fleet Commander Rear Adm. Chris Smith speaks during a gathering of naval leaders from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the U.S. aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) for the Fleet Commanders' Round Table in Sydney while the ship conducts a scheduled port visit, May 30, 2025. 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 1st Class Caitlin Flynn) Share

SYDNEY

250530-N-WM182-1048 SYDNEY (May 30, 2025) Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, addresses naval leaders from Australia, Canada, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, and the U.S. aboard the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) during the Fleet Commanders' Round Table in Sydney while the ship conducts a scheduled port visit, May 30, 2025. 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 1st Class Caitlin Flynn) Share

ARCTIC OCEAN

Invented by NPS faculty Benjamin Reeder, the cryophone shown on the left can detect soundwaves traveling though the ice. (Courtesy photo from Benjamin Reeder) Share

ARCTIC OCEAN

Inserted into a hole in sea ice, the cryophone on the right is frozen in place. Attached around its protective sleeve is a microphone. (Courtesy photo from Benjamin Reeder) Share

ARCTIC OCEAN

Though the weather conditions were ideal for the cryoacoustics measurements, the subzero temperature frosted the breath of U.S. Navy Lt. and METOC officer-scholar Caroline Kelly. (Courtesy photo from William Jenkins, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Share

ARCTIC OCEAN

In February 2025, Arctic researchers William Jenkins, U.S. Navy Lt. Caroline Kelly, and Benjamin Reeder (left to right) conducted cryoacoustics experiments on sea ice floating in the Arctic Ocean to improve current and future U.S. naval operations in this growingly contested environment. (Courtesy photo from Mike Demello, Arctic Submarine Laboratory) Share

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby meets with Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy Vice Adm. René Tas for a counterpart engagement at the Pentagon, June 6, 2025. The two leaders reaffirmed the strength of their naval partnership and their shared commitment to European maritime security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joe Cardona Gonzalez.) Share

VIRAC, Philippines

VIRAC, Philippines (June 2, 2025) – Hawaii National Guardsmen and personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines construct a platform used to conduct urban rescue training with local emergency responders and civilian authorities in Virac, Philippines, June 2, 2025. This effort is part of a two-week urban rescue training exercise supporting the humanitarian assistance and disaster response objectives of Pacific Partnership 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management 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 2nd Class Jordan Jennings) Share