AUGUST 21, 2025 - The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, in Panama City, Florida, Nov. 15. The naming of LCS 38 honors the legacy of the citizens of Pierre and the state of South Dakota and their support of the Navy and Marine Corps. Ship sponsor and South Dakota native Larissa Thune Hargens will lead … [Read more...]
Navy Lodge Goes Cashless
AUGUST 20, 2025 - Beginning Sept. 1, 2025, Navy Lodge locations will no longer accept cash or personal check for payment. Guests can still use a credit card and MILITARY STAR® Card as well as branded debit cards or gift cards to pay for their stay at a Navy Lodge. “We made the change to align our Navy Lodge locations with best practices from the commercial hospitality … [Read more...]
Navy Seizes Nearly 1,300 Pounds of Cocaine
AUGUST 19, 2025 - A U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel and seized approximately 1,296 pounds of cocaine in international waters Aug. 11. Sampson, operating in a known drug trafficking corridor, identified a suspicious vessel … [Read more...]
Navy Student Earns Spot on Elite Pistol Team
AUGUST 19, 2025 — Precision, perseverance, and pride in tradition define U.S. Navy Lt. Jacob Berry’s path to the 2025 U.S. Navy Pistol Team. Currently working toward a master’s degree in electronic systems engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Berry recently earned second place in the Pacific Fleet Pistol Championship and secured a spot on the Navy’s elite … [Read more...]
USNS Comfort Returns Home After CP25 Mission
AUGUST 18, 2025 – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), Aug. 17, 2025, marking the successful completion of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). Comfort returned to NSN after a 79-day deployment, providing medical care, humanitarian assistance and strengthening relationships with partner nations in the Caribbean and South and … [Read more...]