21 January 2026 A look back at decades of maintaining USS Nimitz at PSNS & IMF BREMERTON, Wash. — First in its class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was commissioned May 3, 1975, before many of the workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were born. Nimitz is currently the oldest American aircraft carrier in active service...
20 January 2026 Shore Boss Visits Navy Installations in Japan FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan — Vice Adm. Scott Gray, commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC), visited Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) and Naval Air Facility Atsugi (NAFA), Japan, Jan. 20-21, 2026 for a familiarization tour of the Navy’s most important naval installations in the Western...
20 January 2026 31st MEU | U.S. Marines, Sailors Honor Legacy of Operation Swift During Battlefield Visit in Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam — From January 9–11, 2026, U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a battlefield visit to the site of Operation Swift, a pivotal engagement of the Vietnam War, to honor the legacy of those who fought there and to reflect on the...
16 January 2026 USINDOPACOM enhances collaboration at Regional Ambassadors Conference CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted the Regional Ambassadors Conference at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Hawaii, Jan. 15, 2026...
16 January 2026 U.S. Indo-Pacific Command harnesses past experience at Former Commanders Conference CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, welcomed his predecessors back to USINDOPACOM headquarters for a Former Commanders Conference, Jan. 14, 2026...
15 January 2026 U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard coordinate to evacuate ill mariner from cable-laying vessel off Guam SANTA RITA, Guam — A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter crew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 safely evacuated and transferred an ill mariner from the 459-foot U.S.-flagged cable-laying ship Decisive on Tuesday, thanks to the coordinated efforts of HSC-25 and the watch at U.S. Coast Guard...
15 January 2026 USCGC Hickory arrives in Guam, restoring full buoy tender capacity in Oceania SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Hickory (WLB 212), a 225-foot Juniper-class seagoing buoy tender, arrived at its new homeport in Guam on Wednesday, following a more than 13,000-mile transit over 71 days from the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore through the Panama Canal...
15 January 2026 Honolulu Defense Forum drives multi-domain dialogue for Indo-Pacific region HONOLULU — Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and senior command staff participated in the Honolulu Defense Forum in Honolulu, Jan. 11-13, 2026...
13 January 2026 Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group operates in 7th Fleet U.S. 7th FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS — The Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group, composed of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
13 January 2026 Air Force Reserve wing forges critical alliances with Philippine Air Force through mobile training team MANILA, Philippines — In today’s environment of increasingly complex security challenges, the importance of allied partnerships in intelligence have become even more critical to national defense...