From Seaman Apprentice Mario Reyes Villatoro, April 9, 2025 NAVAL BASE GUAM – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) returned to its homeport in Apra Harbor, Guam, April 9, 2025. Emory S. Land’s arrival marked the completion of…
USS Shiloh Returns to Home Port After Oceania Maritime Security Initiative 2025
From U.S. 3rd Fleet, April 7, 2025 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) returned to its home port, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 4, 2025. Shiloh, in partnership with an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment…
Navy Commissions Attack Submarine USS Iowa
By Joe Markowski, Submarine Readiness Squadron 32, April 7, 2025 GROTON, Conn. – Christie Vilsack, Iowa’s sponsor and former First Lady of Iowa, gave the crew the traditional order to “man our ship and bring her to life,” after which Iowa’s sailors…
Sea-Air-Space: Navy Spearheads Historic Investments in Shore Infrastructure
The U.S. Navy is modernizing the condition, configuration and affordability of its public shipyards and shore infrastructure, according to Rear Admiral Dean VanderLey, including by departing in some cases from traditional acquisition strategies. “Our shore infrastructure on our Navy bases…
Sea-Air-Space: Shipbuilding, Industrial Base Concerns Come to the Fore for SECNAV, Congress
Fourteen days into his tenure as the 79th secretary of the Navy, John Phelan said he plans to focus on three things: strengthening the shipbuilding industry and defense industrial base; creating an accountable, adaptable warfighting culture; and improving the health,…
Sea-Air-Space: Fighting from the MOC Requires Standardization, Speakers Say
The concept of “fighting from the MOC” will require much greater standardization of Maritime Operations Centers, in training, equipping, resupplying and data management and protection, speakers said at a panel April 7 at Sea-Air-Space. The MOCs are purpose-built for fleet…
Sea-Air-Space: Readying our Platforms: Admirals Focus on 80% Combat Surge Ready
U.S. Navy type and system commanders discussed their efforts to achieve a combat surge readiness (CSR) of 80% during the opening panel of the Navy League’s 2025 Sea-Air-Space Expo in National Harbor, Maryland. Speaking in an April 7 panel —…
Sea-Air-Space: New Pit-Stop Approach Can Cut Engine Overhaul from Months to Days, FMD Says
Imagine if a Navy ship could pull into a pit stop like a race car, get its engine overhauled and be back on the seas in less than a month. That’s what the team at Beloit, Wisconsin-based Fairbanks Morse Defense…
Sea-Air-Space: Textron Offers the Tsunami USV Family for Multi-Purpose Navy Use
Textron Systems (Booth 1827, D1), originator of the Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) in U.S. Navy service, has developed a less expensive USV that could be used for a variety of missions and could even be considered attritable. Textron is…
Navy to Commission Submarine Iowa
From the U.S. Navy Office of Information, Apr. 4, 2025 GROTON, Conn. — The Navy will commission the 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, April 5, at Naval Submarine…
