Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Brown | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 06.24.2024
240624-N-OE145-1282 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 24, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Carnell Hill, from Lexington, South Carolina, signals the retraction of the arresting gear wire after an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the Dambusters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 06.23.2024
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) and the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) steam alongside in the Norwegian Sea, June 23, 2024. Headquartered in Naples, Italy, NAVEUR-NAVAF operates U.S. naval forces in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) areas of responsibility. U.S. Sixth Fleet is......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Emma Burgess | USS Nimitz (CVN 68) | 06.23.2024
Sailors handle mooring lines on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). USS Nimitz returned from sea trials following the completion of a six-month planned incremental availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Emma Burgess)...
Photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 06.21.2024
U.S. Marines assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors assigned to Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) man the rails as Germantown pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, June 21. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel......
Photo by Seaman Michael Gomez | USS Harry S Truman | 06.21.2024
240621-N-DL824-1480 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 21, 2024) Sailors participate in damage control training during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 21. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Samuel Wagner | USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) | 06.21.2024
240621-N-MW880-1451 NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (June 21, 2024) Capt. Dave Pollard shakes hands with Sailors after a change of command ceremony aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), June 21, 2024. During the ceremony, Capt. Robert Bibeau relieved Capt. Dave Pollard as commanding officer, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). USS George H.W. Bush is undergoing a planned......
Photo by Seaman Trevor Hale | Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15 | 06.18.2024
240618-N-HT008-1821 SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 18, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), left, conducts bilateral operations with Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) in the South China Sea, June 18, 2024. Combined operations such as this are intended to improve interoperability between allied navies and support a free and......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Monroe | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 06.15.2024
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2024) ) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jaime Olivo enters a smoke-filled space during a general quarters drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) in support of Valiant Shield 2024. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service and......