04 June 2021 U.S. 7th Fleet Commander visits USS Ronald Reagan at the start of 2021 deployment PHILIPPINE SEA – Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, visited the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), June 2...
04 June 2021 U.S. 7th Fleet commander visits USS America PHILIPPINE SEA – Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, visited the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6), at sea, June 2...
04 June 2021 USS Ross Conducts Live Fire Missile Exercise OUTER HEBRIDES - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fired a Standard Missile – 2 (SM-2) at a subsonic sea skimming target during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise (LFWAP), June 1, 2021, proving the ship is capable of air defense in a maritime environment...
03 June 2021 Midway, Momentum and Manpower - The Navy's Bureau of Personnel in World War II War is a team sport. To get the complete picture of the Battle of Midway and what it meant for the war effort, you need to know what happened behind the scenes in Washington, 5,523 miles away. The combination of Nimitz's warriors stopping the Japanese advance in 1942, and the parallel stubby pencil...