From U.S. Fleet Forces Command, June 26, 2025 PACIFIC OCEAN – U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy interdicted three suspected drug smugglers and more than 7,850 pounds of cocaine, with an assessed wholesale value of approximately $58.1 million, in the…
Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Point Loma
By Team Ships Public Affairs, June 24, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configuration, from Austal USA, June 24. The…
Navy Successfully Demonstrates Swarm Mission Planning Tech
From Naval Air Systems Command, June 25, 2025 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully demonstrated innovative mission planning software for swarms and other configurations of unmanned air, surface, and underwater systems at its headquarters. The new Optimized…
USNS Comfort Departs Grenada During Continuing Promise 2025
by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. Fourth Fleet Public Affairs – Continuing Promise Detachment June 24, 2025 SAINT GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed St. George’s, Grenada, June 16, 2025, concluding a…
Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Departs for Deployment
From Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet Public Affairs, June 24, 2025 NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 4,500 Sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, June 24, for a regularly-scheduled deployment…
Marine Corps General Tapped for JAG of the Navy
From U.S. Department of Defense, June 24, 2025 ARLINGTON, Va.–Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced today that the president has made the following nomination: Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David J. Bligh for appointment as judge advocate general of the Navy….
Austal USA Completed Acceptance Trials on 19th Independence-variant LCS Pierre
From Austal USA, June 24, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA successfully completed acceptance trials on the company’s 19th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the last ship in the class. Future USS Pierre (LCS 38) returned to port late on…
Acting CNO Kilby Visits BlackSea Technologies in Baltimore, Observes Small USV Operations
From the Navy Office of Information, June 18, 2025 Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited the BlackSea Technologies (BlackSea) headquarters and production facilities in Baltimore, June 18, to see first-hand how BlackSea supports the U.S. Navy’s Small…
Pacific Partnership 2025 Concludes Mission Stop in Suva, Fiji, June 16, 2025
By MC2 Moises Sandoval, June 20, 2025 SUVA, Fiji – Pacific Partnership 2025 officially concluded its mission stop in Fiji with a closing ceremony hosted at the Waiqanake District School on June 16, 2025. The largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster response…
U.S. Navy Achieves FY25 Recruiting Goal 3 Months Early
From the Navy Office of Information, June 18, 2025 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy achieved its 2025 recruiting goal June 18, three months ahead of the end of the current fiscal year after contracting 40,600 future Sailors. Achieving the contracting…
