APRIL 14, 2026 - The U.S. Navy will commission the future Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) on May 16, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. The commissioning marks the completion of the final Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship construction phase, a sustained acquisition effort between the Navy and industry partners for two decades. The sponsor of LCS 31 … [Read more...]

APRIL 14, 2026 - The first faces the Artemis II crew saw upon their splashdown off the coast of San Diego, April 10, were Navy sailors. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang and Navy hospital corpsmen Senior Chief Petty Officer Laddy Aldridge, Chief Petty Officer Vlad Link and Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Kapala made up the dive medical team that opened the Orion capsule upon its … [Read more...]

APRIL 10, 2026 - The first face the Artemis II crew will see upon their return to Earth will be the face of a U.S. Navy Sailor. Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge, Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Steve Kapala make up the dive medical team who will be the first to open the Orion capsule upon its return to … [Read more...]

APRIL 10, 2026 - Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) New England gained a rare, firsthand look at the future of naval warfare during a tour of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) while the ship was ported in Newport, R.I., March 6, 2026. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile … [Read more...]

APRIL 10, 2026 – U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) will launch their annual hurricane preparedness and disaster response exercise, HURRICANE EXERCISE/CITADEL GALE (HURREX/CG) 2026, from April 13-24. The two-week exercise ensures the Navy’s severe weather readiness and exercises response protocols to damaging weather events … [Read more...]