By Lt. Ian Tumulty, July 23, 2025 MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), all assigned to Gerald R. Ford Carrier…
Hanwha Shipping Orders LNG Carrier From Hanwha Philly Shipyard
RRelease From Hanwha USA Corporate Communications It will be the first U.S.-ordered LNG carrier since the late 1970s HOUSTON (July 21, 2025) – Hanwha Shipping, an American subsidiary of Hanwha Ocean, announced today that it has ordered a liquefied natural…
Living Namesake Rides First Set of Sea Trials for DDG 124
By NAVSEA Public Affairs, July 21, 2025 In a rare moment of living history, ship namesake and Medal of Honor recipient, Col. Harvey “Barney” Barnum Jr. joined members of future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.’s (DDG 124) crew, the Navy…
USNS Comfort Departs Dominican Republic After Fourth CP25 Mission Stop
By U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet – Continuing Promise Detachment, July 22, 2025 PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, July 21, 2025, after a four-day…
Trilateral Naval Logistics Arrangement for Further Cooperation Signed
From the Navy’s Office of Information, July 11, 2025 BRISBANE, Australia – Senior U.S., Australian and Japanese flag officers agreed today to further enhance logistics interoperability among their maritime forces. Their intent is to enable deeper maritime cooperation among the…
USS George Washington, HMS Prince of Wales Conduct Dual-Carrier Ops
From U.S. Pacific Fleet, July 18, 2025 TIMOR SEA — U.S. Navy George Washington Carrier Strike Group participates in dual carrier operations alongside Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group while underway in the Timor Sea, as part…
SECDEF Announces Flag and General Officer Nominations
Release From the U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as…
SECDEF to Replace Naval Academy Superintendent with Marine General
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to replace U.S. Naval Academy superintendent Vice Admiral Yvette Davids with Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte, according to reports from the Washington Post and the New York Times. Davids was the first woman to…
USS Santa Fe and JMSDF Submarine Conduct Bilateral Exercise
By MC2 Daniel Providakes YOKOSUKA, Japan – The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) and a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine conducted Submarine Exercise 25-1 (SUBEX) in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2025. This bilateral exercise portrayed the interoperability…
Scientific Systems Introduces VENOM Autonomous Small USV
From Scientific Systems VENOM Is Cost-Effective, Quickly Built With Rapidly Scalable Manufacturing, And Designed To Meet The U.S. Navy’s Need For sUSV Interceptors BURLINGTON, Mass., July 15, 2025 – Scientific Systems, an industry leader in developing AI-powered autonomy for defense…
