30 July 2026 USS Minnesota Completes First Deployment as Navy’s First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine NAVAL BASE GUAM (July 29, 2026) — Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam on July 29, 2026, completing its first deployment since becoming the Navy’s first forward-deployed Virginia-class submarine...
30 July 2026 George Washington arrives in Da Nang, highlighting enduring U.S.-Vietnam partnership Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in Da Nang, July 30, 2026,...
29 July 2026 Naval Medical Forces Development Command supports first afloat Operational Readiness Evaluation aboard USNS Point Loma VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Assessors from Naval Medical Forces Development Command (NMFDC) evaluated the U.S. Navy’s first-ever Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE), and the first afloat ORE conducted for an expeditionary medical team, aboard the...
29 July 2026 Department of War Awards Historic Shipbuilding Contract to Cement Undersea Dominance WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of War expanded its undersea warfighting capabilities by awarding a five-ship contract modification to General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for the construction of five Columbia Class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), a nine-ship contract to GDEB and...