Bremerton, Wa. – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for the last time in its 51-year service history, as part of a scheduled homeport shift to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, March 7...

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2026) — Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) hosted a weeklong leadership course for prospective commanding officers, executive officers, and command senior enlisted leaders, Feb. 3-6.More than 30 senior naval aviation officers and enlisted personnel...

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Commander, Task Force 67 (CTF-67) hosted the fifth iteration of the Joint Exploration and Discussion of Initiatives (JEDI) symposium at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Feb. 9-12, 2026. The symposium convened elite maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands – The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), currently deployed in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, arrived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 1, 2025...

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – During the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s advanced search and rescue (SAR) capabilities, establishing an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) in Alaska’s...

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) wrapped up participation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint force exercise Northern Edge 2025 from the North Pacific Ocean, Aug, 25, 2025.Over the course of nine days, from the Gulf of Alaska out through the...

OAK HARBOR, WA – Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 135 completed a month of high-intensity joint training from three locations, flying enough miles in their six EA-18G Growlers to circle the globe four times during exercises Red Flag-Nellis and Bamboo Eagle.“Our team...

Corpus Christi, Texas – Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) held a change of command ceremony aboard decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 16) Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas, August 1.Rear Adm. Max G. McCoy Jr. relieved Rear Adm. Richard T. Brophy Jr. as commander, CNATRA...

BANDA SEA (NNS) - The USS George Washington (CVN 73) missing Sailor who was assumed overboard July 28 has been identified as Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Launch/Recovery Equipment) Airman Jose Antonio Rivera Lynch IV.After more than 45 hours of continuous search and rescue efforts covering roughly...

TIMOR SEA (NNS) – The U.S. Navy suspended the active search for a Sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), effective 12:40 p.m. on July 30, 2025. The Sailor was reported missing July 28 while the ship was transiting the Timor Sea. The efforts concluded following an...