APRIL 6, 2026 - Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) completed a ship wartime repair and maintenance exercise (SWARMEX), April 5, as part of its scheduled port visit to Cebu. These exercises are routinely conducted to maintain readiness and proficiency. This iteration follows Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) … [Read more...]
Ships Awarded for Their Excellence
APRIL 6, 2026 – Five ships from Military Sealift Command (MSC) were recognized for their readiness efforts and awarded the Maritime Excellence Award (Maritime “E”) for the year 2025 on April 2, 2026. The awarded ships are MSC’s dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5), dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), fleet replenishment … [Read more...]
Anduril Wins Tactical Missile Innovation Challenge
APRIL 3, 2026 — The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced Anduril as the winner of the Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge, for demonstrating a compelling path forward for next-generation tactical missile development. Launched in January 2026, the Tactical Missile Innovation Prize Challenge called … [Read more...]
Navy’s Free Barracks Wi-Fi Program Reaches Installations
APRIL 2, 2026 – The Navy’s initiative to provide free, high-speed Wi-Fi to all Navy owned-and-operated unaccompanied housing (UH) has reached 86 percent completion, with the service now available in 827 of 952 total buildings since launching last November. The program, a partnership between Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) and the Navy Exchange Service Command … [Read more...]
Marine Innovation Redefines Naval Strike Capabilities
APRIL 2, 2026 - In a groundbreaking display of innovation, Marines assigned to the III Expeditionary Operations Training Group at Okinawa, Japan, and operators from U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command executed the Marine Corps' first live-fire drone strike against a maritime surface vessel from a naval surface craft in March. An unmanned surface vessel, also designed and … [Read more...]