26 February 2026 Task Force Ashland, USS Ashland arrive in Thailand for Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 CHUK SAMET, Thailand — Task Force (TF) Ashland, a forward-deployed force of U.S. Marines and Sailors aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), arrived in the Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 22, to join approximately 8,000 service members from 30 nations for the 45th...
26 February 2026 AUKUS Submarine Maintenance Period Demonstrates Forward Sustainment in Australia HMAS STIRLING, Western Australia — Last November, on the edge of the Indian Ocean, just beyond mainland Australia and across the Garden Island Causeway to HMAS Stirling, a U.S. Virginia-class submarine quietly completed the first submarine maintenance period without the support of a U.S...
25 February 2026 Navy Realigns Base Maintenance and Public Works Under Shore Enterprise The U.S. Navy has begun transferring full command and control of installation maintenance and public works to Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), directly empowering installation commanding officers with greater authority...
25 February 2026 Secretary of War inducts Naval Aviator and Medal of Honor recipient into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes Last night President Donald J. Trump awarded retired Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams the Medal of Honor at the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol. Today, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle inducted Williams...