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NORFOLK – The U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) returns to homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, April 29, 2026. Operated by Military Sealift Command Atlantic (MSCLANT) and operating in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility, the Peary supported Operation Southern Spear (OSS) – a counter narcotics mission to dismantle Designated Terrorist Organizations and counter illicit maritime activity that threatens the security and stability of the Western Hemisphere—by supplying 17 Navy vessels, including the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, and USS Lake Erie. MSCLANT executes tactical or administrative control for all MSC ships in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of America and in both the Southern Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans surrounding Central and South America. MSCLANT develops schedules and provides all combat logistics force (CLF), service support, expeditionary fast transport (EPF), and special mission ships for Commanders, Task Force 80 and 40 as well as strategic sealift ships for Combatant Commanders. Additionally, MSCLANT/CTG 80.83 deploys CLF support to U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets as independent deployers or in direct support for all carrier strike groups deploying from CTF 80. (U.S. Navy photo by Brett Dodge)