From U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia, Dec. 19 2025 SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew returned home Sunday after completing a successful expeditionary patrol under Operation Blue Pacific, deepening partnerships with Pacific nations and bolstering…
Pentagon Announces General Officer Nominations
From the Department of Defense, Dec. 19, 2025 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Dec. 19 the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan for appointment to the grade of general, with assignment as…
Coast Guard Cutter Active Returns Following Counterdrug Patrol, $41.3M Cocaine Seized
From U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District, Dec. 22, 2025 PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to its home port of Port Angeles Sunday, concluding a 60-day counternarcotics deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean…
Fincantieri Marinette Marine Appoints Former SECNAV Kenneth J. Braithwaite as Chairman
From Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Dec. 19, 2025 Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) appointed former U.S. ambassador to Norway and the 77th secretary of the Navy, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, as chairman of their board of directors. “It is a pleasure and a…
White House, Navy Announce Trump-Class Battleships
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships. The future USS Defiant (BBG 1)…
Austal USA Starts Construction on Fourth New Navy Utility Landing Craft
Release From Austal USA MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility on December 18, 2025. Austal USA was awarded a $91.5…
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Returns to San Diego
Release From USS Higbee SAN DIEGO, CA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of…
Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Dec. 19, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller,…
USS Hawaii Returns Home from Deployment
By Chief Petty Officer Omar Dominquez of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Dec.11, 2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Dec.8, 2025) – Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a scheduled deployment, Dec. 8, 2025….
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Mk 72 Solid Rocket Motor for U.S. Navy
ELKTON, Md. – Dec. 18, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a successful static fire test of a prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor (SRM) at its advanced propulsion production facility in Elkton, Maryland. This achievement highlights the…
