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The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departs Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding, Oct. 25, 2019, to conduct sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) (Photo by U.S. Navy photo/RELEASED)

U.S. Navy Efforts Get USS Gerald R. Ford Back Out to Sea

By U.S. Navy News Release

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) got underway today for sea trials from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) …

An F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 86 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flagship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Singley/Released)

Naval Aviation Hits Target for Readiness, Shifts Sights to Sustainment

By U.S. Navy News Release

Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) announced Sept. 24 that Naval Aviation has achieved its Secretary of Defense-mandated readiness target of …

A Sailor and civilian technicians monitor an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), after it was launched from Military Sealift Command's expeditionary sea base, USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (T-ESB 4), into the Chesapeake Bay, Sept. 14. The USV is a mine counter measure platform and the evolution was the first time a USV has been launched and recovered by a Military Sealift Command ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released)

Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures on USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams

By U.S. Navy News Release

USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams (T-ESB 4) recently completed a three-day voyage in the Chesapeake Bay to test an anti-mine system.…

WASHINGTON (Sept. 10, 2019) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V. Spencer awards retired Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Bernard B. Bartusiak, 95, with two Distinguished Flying Cross medals and the Air Medal (Strike/Flight), 2nd-8th awards, for meritorious service during World War II involving aerial flight from April 20, 1943 to August 26, 1944. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul L. Archer/Released)

Navy Veteran Awarded Medals 75 Years After WWII Service

By U.S. Navy News Release

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer awarded a WWII Sailor two high-level combat decorations in recognition of his meritorious …

USS Olympia Returns

USS Olympia Successfully Completes Around-the-World Deployment

By U.S. Navy News Release

Friends and families of the crew gathered on the submarine pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to welcome back the …

A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless drops a message container known as a “bean-bag” on the flight deck of USS Enterprise (CV 6) while crewmembers dart to catch the message to deliver it up to the ship’s bridge. (Photo provided by the Naval Aviation Museum)

U.S. Navy Resurrects WWII Communication Tactic

By U.S. Navy News Release

One hundred and ten degree heat radiated from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) …

James Geurts (left), assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, congratulates Rod Peterson on a successful Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) East in Camp Lejeune, N.C., on July 18, 2019. Peterson is the Marine Corps Vulnerability and Protection Program manager at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and was the technical lead for ANTX East. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelley Stirling/Released)

USMC Operators and R&D Innovators Test Prototypes at ANTX East

By U.S. Navy News Release

By Kelley Stirling, NSWCCD Public Affairs

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division co-led the third of three Advanced Naval Technology …

U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Team Effort Leads to Interception of Cocaine-smuggling Go-Fast Boat

By U.S. Navy News Release

While conducting routine operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Easyriders” …

The crew of the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), brings the ship to life during its commissioning ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alana Langdon)

USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), U.S. Navy’s Newest Destroyer Brought to Life

By U.S. Navy News Release

The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, …

Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Rio Ray directs a Humvee onto Landing Craft, Air Cushion 36, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4. Assault Craft Unit 4 is embarked with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group preparing for an upcoming deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 36 Supports Bataan’s Mission

By U.S. Navy News Release

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Anderson

The water gate of amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) is …