NOVEMBER 12, 2025 – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of America, returned to Naval Station Mayport after completing a surge deployment on November 10, 2025. The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike … [Read more...]
Navy Honors 250 Years this Veterans Day
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 - This Veterans Day, the Department of the Navy commemorates 250 years of American seapower with “Above, Below, and Beyond,” a two-hour Presidential special airing Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025, on Fox Nation. A once-in-a-generation broadcast, the special takes viewers behind the scenes of the world’s preeminent maritime force; revealing never-before-seen footage, … [Read more...]
Navy Completes Training in South China Sea
OCTOBER 30, 2025 – The U.S. Navy and Royal Brunei Armed Forces completed the 31st iteration of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei, Oct. 30, after five days of shore-based engagements in Bandar Seri Begawan and two days of sea-phase exercises in the South China Sea. CARAT Brunei is a bilateral exercise designed to enhance U.S.-Bruneian interoperability … [Read more...]
Navy Enhances Veteran Care with Joint VA Initiative
OCTOBER 29, 2025 - In a landmark step toward stronger partnership and integrated health care, Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville has launched a new initiative in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of War (DoW). The program, led by Cmdr. Elizabeth Farrar as the administrative team lead and Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Marsh as the clinical team … [Read more...]
Navy Hospital Jacksonville Earns Award
OCTOBER 28, 2025 - Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville Management of Information Department (MID) was recently awarded the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Captain Joan Dooling Award for Information Professional Team of the Year for 2024. The award was given out during the 2025 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium at the Gaylord Opryland in … [Read more...]




