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...]
Four Nations’ Navies Flex Partnership in Western Pacific
JUNE 12, 2023 – Ships from the navies of Japan, France and Canada joined two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups to operate as a unified force in the Philippine Sea, June 9. The aircraft carriers USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) met the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s large-deck helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183) and surface units from Canada and … [Read more...]
WWII Veteran Presented Presidential Unit Citation
ARLINGTON, Virginia (June. 6, 2023) Retired Chief Yeoman Bill Norberg, a 100-year-old Battle of Midway veteran stationed aboard USS Enterprise (CV 6) during World War II, poses for a photo with Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti during the 81st Anniversary of the Battle of Midway celebration dinner at the Army Navy Club in Arlington, Va., June 6, 2023. The … [Read more...]