16 May 2026 World’s Largest Aircraft Carrier, Strike Group Return from Historic 11-Month Deployment NORFOLK, Va. - Nearly 4,500 Sailors of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) returned to Naval Station Norfolk the morning of May 16, following a historic and successful 11-month deployment to the U.S. 4th, 5th and 6th Fleets...
15 May 2026 Navy Announces Commissioning of the Future USS Cleveland CLEVELAND (May 15, 2026) - The Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio...
15 May 2026 Navy's Top Culinary Teams Honored at Military Foodservice Awards CHICAGO -- Sailors representing the Navy's afloat and ashore winners of the 2026 Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Food Service Awards were formally honored during a Military Foodservice Awards dinner at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, May 15...
15 May 2026 Brazilian and U.S. Navies Conduct Bilateral Maritime Engagement in Atlantic Ocean ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Brazilian and U.S. navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSOUTH)/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, May 12-13...