Photo Gallery

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO

Lt. j.g. Giovanni Guerrero embraces his family on the pier during a homecoming for the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) at Naval Base San Diego, Aug. 13, 2024. Somerset returned to San Diego with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit after a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region in support of regional stability and a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz) Share

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits Puget Sound towards its new homeport at Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, following a three month underway, Aug. 13, 2024. After nine years as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed flagship aircraft carrier, Ronald Reagan shifted into the 3rd Fleet area of operations to undergo a routine maintenance period in Bremerton, Washington. Ronald Reagan provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Heather C. Wamsley) Share

SEA OF JAPAN

Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) participate in a live-fire exercise in the Sea of Japan, Aug. 10, 2024. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jamaal Liddell) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Proud Warriors" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 72 takes off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 10, 2024. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing integrated naval warfighting training. Composite unit training exercises are an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force, to assess their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea, and drive future warfighting development. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hunter Day) Share

U.S. 5TH FLEET

An aviation machinist’s mate conducts maintenance on an EA-18G Growler from Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during routine operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, Aug. 10, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt is deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet to support maritime security and stability in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo) Share

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Sailors clear an F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the "Sunliners" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 to take off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 10, 2024. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean completing integrated naval warfighting training. Composite unit training exercises are an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force, to assess their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea, and drive future warfighting development. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan McGuire) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) wave to CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters from the "White Knights" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced) as they fly by the flight deck while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 9, 2024. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet with elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz) Share

LEGAZPI, Philippines

Logistics Specialist (Submarine) 1st Class Hsien Clod Pascua, from Honolulu, Hawaii, plays tag with students during a community outreach event at the Arimbay Elementary School in support of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 in Legazpi, Philippines, Aug. 5, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Raymond D. Diaz III/Released) Share

PHILIPPINE SEA

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Michael Guilliams, left, from Coshocton, Ohio, and Boatswain's Mate Seaman Apprentice Mehki Edwards, from Jacksonville, Florida, clear the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) after attaching a training pallet to an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 during a vertical replenishment simulation in the Philippine Sea as part of initial ship aviation team training, Aug. 10, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 9, 2024) The Italian navy aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), left, sails alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the first-ever U.S. Navy and Italian navy bilateral multi-large deck event (MLDE) in the Indo-Pacific, Aug. 9, 2024. Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Valerie Morrison) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sailors participate in a pipe patching evolution on the fantail during a damage control Olympics aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy's timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Elizabeth Grubbs) Share

PACIFIC OCEAN

An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the "Golden Dragons" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy's timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah B. Goessl) Share