14 August 2024 NAVAL BASE KITSAP, Wash. - Ronald Reagan departed Yokosuka, Japan, May 16, where it’s been forward deployed since 2015, and served as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, operating in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR),…
U.S. Coast Guard Announces Juneau Homeporting for Future Icebreaker
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Aug. 14, 2024 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday it will homeport a commercially procured icebreaker in Juneau. The Coast Guard is acquiring the Aiviq, a U.S. registered ship originally built to serve as…
USS Somerset Returns Home After Indo-Pacific Deployment
From Lt. Zachary Anderson, 13 August 2024 SAN DIEGO – Sailors assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) returned home Aug. 13 to San Diego after a seven-month deployment with embarked Marines from the 15th Marine…
August 13 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command Aug. 13, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. - In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two Iranian-backed Houthi vessels in the Red Sea. These vessels presented a clear and imminent threat to U.S. and…
Q&A: Vice Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson, Commander, Pacific Area and Commander, Defense Force West, U.S. Coast Guard
Vice Admiral Andrew J. Tiongson assumed command of Coast Guard Pacific Area in Alameda, California on July 8, 2022. He serves as the operational commander responsible for all Coast Guard missions westward from the Rocky Mountains across the Indo-Pacific, Arctic,…
U.S. Navy Launches New Attack Submarine
By Team Submarines Public Affairs, Aug. 13, 2024 GROTON, Connecticut ── One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarines, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River Aug. 6. The launch,…
Saildrone Surveyor to Begin Mapping Cayman Islands EEZ
From Saildrone, Aug. 13, 2024 Today, Saildrone, a pioneer in collecting ocean data using autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), announced the start of a first-of-its-kind mission to map the 29,300 square nautical miles (100,530 sq km) of the Cayman Islands’…
Austin Orders Additional Naval Assets to Middle East Amid Rising Tensions
Aug. 12, 2024 | By Matthew Olay, DOD News Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered additional naval assets to the Middle East to reinforce the United States’ commitment to Israel’s defense amid escalating regional tensions, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force…
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche Returns Home Following 120-day Indo-Pacific Patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Aug. 12, 2024 ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WSML 751) and crew returned to their Base Alameda home port Sunday, following a 120-day patrol throughout the Indo-Pacific. Waesche participated in various engagements, exercises,…
Austal USA Christens the Future USNS Point Loma
Mobile, Alabama — With the smash of a champagne bottle on the bow of the ship, Elizabeth Asher christened the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) at a ceremony Aug. 10 at Austal USA’s Mobile ship manufacturing facility. Asher is…
