An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Marine Strike Squadron (HSM) 46 prepares to lower a dipping sonar transducer during anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training with the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).

An MH-60R “Seahawk” assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 60 (HSM 60) embarked onboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) team conducts enhanced counter narcotics operations Aug. 4, 2020. Nitze and embarked LEDET recovered 725 kilograms of suspected cocaine and 3,190 pounds of suspected marijuana. Nitze is deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Gunners Mate 3rd Class Jessica Telfer/Released)

Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, speaks to Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64).

Capt. Christopher Follin, commodore, Destroyer Squadron Two, Cmdr. Rusty J. Williamson and Cmdr. Bobby J. Rowden attend the change-of-command ceremony for the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74).

The newly-commissioned Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) flies ceremonious flags during its first moments of life at it’s homeport, Naval Station Mayport. LCS 19, the seventh ship in naval history to be named St. Louis, will be homeported at Naval Station Mayport.

An adult male Cuvier's beaked whale is tagged with a satellite-linked dive recording tag in the Virginia Capes operating area while a research team from Duke University and Southall Environmental Associates track two separate groups of beaked and pilot whales.