31 July 2026 USS Minnesota Completes First Deployment as Navy’s First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine NAVAL BASE GUAM (July 29, 2026) — Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam on July 29, 2026, completing its first deployment since becoming the Navy’s first forward-deployed Virginia-class submarine...
31 July 2026 CARAT Sri Lanka 2026 concludes, strengthening maritime partnerships in region TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka — The sixth iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Sri Lanka concluded July 31, 2026, in Trincomalee, following a series of exercises and exchanges between the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) and the U.S. Navy. The exercise began on July 27 and was designed to...
30 July 2026 Operation Pathways Planners Synchronize Future Campaign Across the Indo-Pacific FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — More than 200 military planners from over 70 commands, joint organizations, allied nations, and State Partnership Program participants gathered for U.S. Army Pacific's Summer Pathways Planning and Coordination Conference (P2C2), July 20–24, 2026, to synchronize future...
30 July 2026 Anywhere, Anytime: Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Proves Mobility of Combat Training Capabilities in the Indo-Pacific KOTA BELUD, Malaysia — Deep in the jungles and mountains of Malaysia, the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center is proving to the U.S. Army leaders that the future of combat readiness is mobile, multinational and exportable...
30 July 2026 George Washington arrives in Da Nang, highlighting enduring U.S.-Vietnam partnership DA NANG, Vietnam — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) arrived in Da...
29 July 2026 Navy EXMED teams share lessons from historic Artemis II recovery SAN DIEGO, California — For the medical teams supporting the historic Artemis II recovery mission this past April, success meant preparing for every possible outcome...
29 July 2026 USFJ, JSDF stress-test bilateral disaster relief capabilities during JXR 26 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Training for the day when theoretical projections become a disastrous reality, U.S. Forces Japan personnel joined the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Command for Joint Exercise Rescue (JXR) 2026, July 20-24. During the week-long exercise, the alliance partners...
28 July 2026 AFOSI enables joint, bilateral operations during VALIANT SHIELD 2026 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Air Force Office of Special Investigations personnel enabled U.S., joint and international partners during VALIANT SHIELD 2026 (VS26), providing counterintelligence and force-protection, supporting an exercise spanning thousands of miles of land, air and sea across the...
28 July 2026 Hawaiʻi National Guard Supports Final GPOI-Funded Garuda Canti Dharma III SENTUL, Indonesia — The Hawaiʻi National Guard participated alongside military members and civilians from 22 nations during the opening ceremony of the final Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)-funded Exercise Garuda Canti Dharma (GCD) III on July 20 at the Indonesian Peacekeeping Training...
27 July 2026 MRF-SEA, MRF-D communicators validate long-range high frequency communications across the Indo-Pacific MANILA, Philippines — Spanning approximately 2,000 miles between Manila, Philippines, and Darwin, Australia, communications Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, I MEF, successfully established long-range high...