FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 handed over responsibility for Operation Prosperity Guardian, the presence and information-sharing mission to counter unlawful Houthi attacks on maritime shipping in the Red Sea region, to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 50, Feb. 1. DESRON 50, the surface warfare task force under U.S. Naval Forces … [Read more...]
Navy Supports Migrant Operations at Guantanamo
250131-N-SK336-1113 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 31, 2025) - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) sits moored at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) with the ship’s crew supporting the expansion of the base’s Migrant Operations Center as part of Operation Southern Guard. January 31, 2025. At the direction of the President of the United States to … [Read more...]
Navy Seeks Feedback to Improve Bases
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 – Top leaders overseeing base operations are actively seeking feedback and ideas from Sailors on how the Navy can improve installation quality of service programs. Programs offered at Navy installations include unaccompanied and family housing; Fleet and Family Support Centers; Child and Youth Programs; Morale, Welfare, and Recreation facilities and … [Read more...]
Sixth Fleet hosts MAKO Challenge 2025
Rear Adm. Jason Naidyhorski, vice commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet, delivers remarks during Exercise MAKO Challenge 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos) FEBRUARY 3, 2025 – Reserve Sailors from U.S. Sixth Fleet kicked off Exercise MAKO Challenge 2025 today at the Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) in Norfolk. The MAKO series is designed to provide Reserve … [Read more...]
Providing Technical Support for F-35B Sea Trials
FEBRUARY 3, 2025 – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s Platform Integrity Department engineers responded to a request from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Paxtuxent River F-35 Integrated Test Force (ITF) to support developmental flight trials aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class JS Kaga (DDH-184) in early October. The … [Read more...]