JUNE 20, 2023 - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) returned to Mayport, Fla., 19 June 2023, following its successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. Milwaukee, along with the “Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 9, deployed in October 2022 to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Hosts French Marine Nationale
JUNE 18, 2023 - Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, Vice Adm. Gene Black, hosted French Chief of International Relations, Rear Adm. Jean-Mathieu Rey, for the second iteration of the annual U.S.-French bilateral Strategic Dialogue at the Pentagon, June 13 – 14, 2023. In keeping with the U.S. Navy’s focus on fostering strong relationships with … [Read more...]
A Testbed for New Technology
JUNE 16, 2023 - As in previous years, U.S. Sixth Fleet is partnering with the U.S. Naval research enterprise to bring the latest advancements in emerging unmanned technologies to conduct mine countermeasures (MCM) operations. To forward these efforts, Sailors and Marines are experimenting and integrating with Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), … [Read more...]
Egypt Turns Over Multinational Red Sea Task Force
JUNE 14, 2023 - The Egyptian Navy turned over command of a multinational Red Sea task force to the U.S. Navy, June 12, six months after Egypt began leading the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) operational staff for the first time. U.S. Navy Capt. Anthony Webber relieved Egyptian Navy Rear Adm. Mahmoud Abdelsattar as the commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 during a … [Read more...]
Multinational Marine Forces Conduct Amphibious Operations
JUNE 12, 2023 - U.S. Marines from Golf Company embarked aboard the British Royal Navy’s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion (L14) as part of exercise Baltic Operations 2023 (BALTOPS 23) in Tallinn, Estonia, on June 1 to work alongside Royal Marines throughout the two-week exercise. During their first week aboard HMS Albion, the U.S. Marines began a series of familiarization … [Read more...]