27 May 2025 USS Bulkeley visits Rotterdam following NATO live-fire exercise The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) arrived in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Netherlands relations and strengthen NATO Alliance cohesion, May 26-28, 2025. Prior to arriving in Rotterdam, Bulkeley participated alongside eleven...
22 May 2025 Surface Force Warships and USO Team Up to Boost Warfighter Resiliency Sailors aboard USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) celebrated a significant morale boost May 22 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new United Service Organizations-provided entertainment center, part of a growing initiative to enhance resiliency for deployed warfighters.The unstaffed center—complete with...
16 May 2025 USS Normandy Returns from Deployment to 4th Fleet The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) returned to Naval Station Norfolk May 15, concluding a nearly three-month deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.The crew departed Feb. 25, 2025 with their mission focused on strengthening maritime partnerships,...
06 May 2025 USS Forrest Sherman Departs Norfolk for Routine Deployment Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a scheduled deployment on May 6, 2025.USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) departed Norfolk as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG-12) for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th...
24 April 2025 USS New York, USS Oak Hill to Participate in Fleet Week New York 2025 NORFOLK, Va. - Fleet Week New York returns to New York City on May 21 – 27, 2025, with two U.S. Navy ships, two Coast Guard cutters, and five U.S. Navy Academy Yard Patrol boats (YPs). Additionally, our Canadian neighbor will join the week-long celebration.Ships from the U.S. and Royal Canadian...
17 April 2025 USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Makes Multiple Drug Busts The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis Saint-Paul (LCS 21), in coordination with joint partners, stopped two alleged drug smuggling operations in the Caribbean Sea within a 72-hour span.Minneapolis-Saint Paul, with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment...
14 April 2025 Better Together: Iwo Jima ARG Strengthens Naval Force through Successful Integration Training The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)—all part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWOARG)—completed a two-week Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) in the Atlantic...
10 April 2025 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Returns to Norfolk from Forward Deployment A U.S Navy expeditionary sea-base ship USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, Apr. 10, after operating forward deployed for almost five years, supporting U.S. Navy and allied efforts in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) – U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operation.Williams...
07 April 2025 USS LEWIS B. PULLER (ESB 3) ARRIVES IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary mobile base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for a scheduled port visit April 4, 2025. Puller’s transit continues its forward deployment in support of maritime security. This port visit allowed...
27 March 2025 USS Normandy and GDFS Shahoud conduct Maritime Exercise Deployed to strengthen maritime partnerships in the Caribbean, the U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) with the Guyana Defence Force Defiant-class patrol vessel GDFS Shahoud (1039) on Mar. 27.A PASSEX is an exercise...