02 May 2024 USS Stout Provides Medical Assistance to Merchant Vessel at Sea ATLANTIC OCEAN, April 29, 2024 – While underway in the Atlantic Ocean during routine operations with Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG-8), the guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) responded to a notification of a cargo ship requiring medical assistance. Stout is currently operating as part of...
12 April 2024 USS Gunston Hall Returns Home After NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 11, following Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades. Gunston Hall is one of the 50 NATO naval assets, 80 air platforms, 1,100 combat vehicles and...
09 April 2024 USS Leyte Gulf Takes Down Semi-Submersible Vessel The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), has made multiple drug interdictions in the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of operations (AOR).In March, while on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean,...
08 April 2024 USS Cleveland Crest Unveiled at Ceremony in Namesake City of Cleveland Friday, April 5, 2024, marked a milestone for the last freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), when they unveiled the ships crest during a ceremony at the Union Club in Cleveland.“It was an absolute pleasure to meet with the Cleveland Legacy Foundation, ship’s...
21 March 2024 BATAAN ARG, 26TH MEU(SOC) RETURN FROM 8-MONTH DEPLOYMENT More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) returned to Hampton Roads following an eight and a half-month deployment to the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations,...
13 March 2024 USS Laboon (DDG 58) Sailors Provide Assistance to Distressed Mariners Laboon Sailors Provide Assistance to Distressed Mariners...
21 February 2024 USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) arrives in Harstad, Norway, for Steadfast Defender 2024 USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) arrives in Harstad, Norway, for Steadfast Defender 2024...
21 February 2024 USS Delbert D. Black Returns to Homeport Following a Surge Deployment USS Delbert D. Black Returns to Homeport Following a Surge Deployment...
21 February 2024 USS HERSHEL “WOODY” WILLIAMS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MAINTENANCE PERIOD IN CROATIA USS HERSHEL “WOODY” WILLIAMS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES MAINTENANCE PERIOD IN CROATIA...
21 February 2024 USS Arleigh Burke Arrives in Souda Bay, Crete SOUDA BAY, Greece -The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) arrived in Souda Bay, Greece, for a regularly scheduled port visit, Feb. 15, 2024...
02 February 2024 USS LEYTE GULF DEPLOYS FROM NORFOLK TO U.S. 4TH FLEET The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk on deployment, Jan. 28...
02 February 2024 USS GUNSTON HALL DEPARTS NORFOLK FOR NATO EXERCISE, STEADFAST DEFENDER 2024 The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 24, for Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades...
02 February 2024 USS NORMANDY RETURNS HOME FROM 8-MONTH DEPLOYMENT The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) – part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) – returned to homeport in Norfolk after an 8-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, Jan. 20, 2024...
02 February 2024 USS McFaul Returns Home from 8-month Deployment The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 after an 8-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations...
29 January 2024 SURFLANT Hosts First-Ever Bioskills Procedure Lab NORFOLK, Va. (Jan. 9, 2024) – One hundred twenty six Sailors participated in a historic bioskills procedure lab onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 9. Sailors from 29 different commands attended the lab, which was held to provide realistic training to operational forces to prepare them for...
26 January 2024 Navy Reservists Support SURFLANT During Surge Exercise NORFOLK, VA - Seventy five U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors reported to Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic (SURFLANT) last month as part of a large-scale surge support exercise designed to integrate Reserve personnel aboard surface force warships. The first-of-its-kind exercise at SURFLANT...
09 January 2024 Pursue, Attack, Vanquish: USS Truxtun Change of Command U.S. Navy Cmdr. James Koffi relieved U.S. Navy Cmdr. Chance Smith as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during a change of command ceremony here, Jan. 9, 2025.Friends, family, and honored military guests gathered to bid Commander Smith fair...
13 December 2023 COMNAVSURFLANT Hosts Annual Junior Officer Training Symposium NORFOLK – Commander, U.S. Naval Surface Force Atlantic hosted the second annual Junior Officer (JO) Training Symposium event in Norfolk, December 6, 2023.The event was held at the state-of-the-art Mariner Skills Training Center Atlantic on Naval Station Norfolk.The one-day symposium provided a...
15 September 2023 USS Bainbridge Holds Change of Command Ceremony Cmdr. Thad D. Tasso relieved Cmdr. James C. Hagerty as commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) during a change of command ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk, on Sept. 15th.A native of Baldwin, NY, Hagerty took command of Bainbridge in February 2022 and...
15 August 2023 NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability WASHINGTON NAVY YARD –The crew of USS Bataan (LHD 5), supported by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), recently completed the first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement for a de-ballast air compressor (DBAC) in only five days using her permanently installed metal 3D printer...