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Meet Cmdr. Desmond Walker, MBA, RBLP-T. After enlisting into the Navy in 1996, he spent the next 27+ years working his way up through the enlisted and officer ranks. On Friday, his career reached a pinnacle moment as he took command of USS Stout #DDG55 . #MotivationMonday 🛥 🌊
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Welcome home to the @USNavy #SurfaceWarriors of USS Gravely and USS Philippine Sea, following a nine-month deployment as part of the Ike Carrier Strike Group! 🇺🇸⚓️🎉🎊
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Happy 248th Birthday, Shipmates! ⚓️🚢🎉🎂🥳🎈🎁 May we all continue to serve with Honor, Courage, and Commitment and uphold the long US Navy tradition of “Victory at Sea.” #NavyProud
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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Audrey Michelli, operations officer aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyerUSS Carney #DDG64 , stands as tactical action officer (TAO) in the combat information center (CIC). 📸: MC2 Aaron Lau
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🇫🇮 ⚓ 🇺🇸 A Finnish Jehu-class military combat boat U706 embarks the USS Gunston Hall during a U.S.-Finland bilateral exercise in the Baltic Sea. The ship is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and on a scheduled deployment in the @USNavyEurope area of operations.
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Salut Amis! 🇫🇷 ⚓ 🇺🇸 USS Truxtun #DDG103 arrives in Toulon, France, for a scheduled port visit. This visit provides an opportunity to strengthen the enduring relationship between the U.S. and France.
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Last week, USS STOUT (DDG 55) returned home after the longest consecutive period at sea in the history of the modern Navy. During this pandemic, we ask a lot of our Sailors and our families.
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Have you ever wondered what 215 consecutive days at sea does to a ship? After returning last week from a record-setting deployment in which the USS Stout went seven months without a port call, the rusty destroyer looked like a derelict vessel. #WarshipWednesday
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Welcome back, shipmates!!! 🎉🥳🎉🏡⚓️🚢 USS Mason (DDG 87) returned to Naval Station Mayport, after being deployed for more than eight months in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of operations. Read more here:
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Moving as one 🌊🚢🚢🚢🚢⚓️ USS Wasp (LHD 1) and USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit operate together with TCG Anadolu (L 400) and TCG Gokova (F-496) in the Mediterranean Sea. #MaritimeDefense
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@McmuffinLady The photo has been located and removed aboard the ship where it was posted. It doesn’t reflect Navy-wide policy. We’re reviewing the matter.
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Maintaining our advantage at sea! 🌊 USS Normandy #CG60 works alongside Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, conducting a Helicopter Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure #HVBSS drill. 📷: MC2 Malachi Lakey
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Targets with Blue-Green Team U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) conduct a live-fire range while underway on the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). 📸: Cpl. Elton Taylor #Readiness
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Ensign Alisa Reddin, originally from Ukraine and shipmates assigned to USS Forrest Sherman #DDG98 , assist in the check-in process during a community relations event where Sailors helped pack, sort, and distribute donations to Ukrainian refugees in the Gdansk region. #solidarnosc
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Hundreds gathered to say goodbye to USS Vella Gulf #CG72 during a decommissioning ceremony for the ship. The Ticonderoga class cruiser was commissioned in 1993 and named for the Battle of Vella Gulf in the South Pacific in WWII. #FairWindsandFollowingSeas
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WELCOME HOME to the crew of USS SIOUX CITY (LCS 11), completing her maiden deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility where our Sailors interdicted illicit narcotics, and provided hurricane assistance and disaster relief in Honduras. We are PROUD of you!
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🇺🇸 On this Fourth of July, we salute the bravery and commitment of our U.S. Navy and shipmates. Thank you to all who have served and continue to defend our freedoms. Happy Independence Day! 🎆⚓️ 🚢 #Navy #FourthofJuly #IndependenceDay #SurfaceWarriorCulture
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A Hero’s Welcome 🇺🇸⚓️🌊 The @USNavy Arleigh Burke-class warship #USSCarney (DDG 64) returned to their homeport at @NS_Mayport after a historic combat deployment. Families, loved ones, and open arms awaited them!
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Moving as one 🌊🚢🚢🚢🚢⚓️ USS Wasp (LHD 1) and USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit operate together with TCG Anadolu (L 400) and TCG Gokova (F-496) in the Mediterranean Sea. #MaritimeDefense
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📸: Fire Controlman 3rd Class Leon Edoigbe loads ammunition into a close-in-weapons-system (CIWS) aboard USS Bataan #LHD5 . Bataan is underway participating in a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise.
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“Ding Ding… Forward/Starboard SPY Array, Arriving”… USS OSCAR AUSTIN (DDG 79) will be returning to fleet operations in 2021. Proud of the crew and supporting team that is bringing her back to life!” – RADM Brad Cooper #USNavy #TA2 #EliteLevelPerformance
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Heroes at Sea ⚓️🌊🚢🫡🇺🇸 #ICYMI USS New York (LPD 21) and USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) gets underway from Naval Station Norfolk, May 22, 2024. 📸: MC1 Kris R. Lindstrom #Warfighting #MaritimeDefense #Deployment #LPD21 #USN #Navy #American #NavalStationNorfolk
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Job well done. 🫡⚓️🚢🇺🇸 USS Wasp (LHD 1) (ARG) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), May 12, 2024. USS Cole (DDG 67) completed their COMPTUEX alongside the WSP ARG-24th MEU team, May 7.
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International partners, working together! From front, the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), the Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594), the French Navy frigate FS Languedoc (D 653), and the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), transit the Adriatic Sea.
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Better together 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇷 Brazilian navy Niterói-class frigates União (F 45), Independência (F 44), and Legend-class cutter USCGC James (WSML 754) operate in formation with USS Porter (DDG 78) as part of a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and the Brazilian nav.
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While we will never forget the attack and losses we suffered, #USSCole is as strong as ever:
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USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) sailing under the magical glow of the northern lights. 🌌🚢 #ArcticAdventures #SteadfastDefender24 #AlwaysReady #NorthernLights #Connectedness
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Train as You Fight! ⚓️ USS Mason DDG 87 Sailors participate in a crew served weapons (CSW) shoot to stay up to date on their qualifications. CSW training teaches sailors to operate ship-mounted weapons to defend the ship at sea or in port. #DDG87 #MaritimeDefense #NavyReadiness
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Bring in the Lobsters! 🌊🦞🚢⚓️🎉 USS Delbert D. Black arrived in Rockland this morning to join the festivities of the 77th Maine Lobster Festival. #LobsterFest #Maine #USN #Connectedness #LifeAtSea #SailorLife #Foody #SeaFood
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#MaritimeMonday 🌊🚢🚢⚓️ USS Gettysburg (CG 64) steams in front of USS Stout (DDG 55) during pre-deployment training in the Atlantic Ocean. #SailingTogether #Warships #AtlanticOcean #Training #MaritimeDefense
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Teamwork at its finest! 🩺⛑️⚓️🫡 Sailors aboard USS New York (LPD 21) conducts a mass casualty training aboard the warship as a part of the Composite Unit Training Exercise. 📸: MC2 Jesse Turner #Training #HealthofTheForce #USN #USNavy
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Captain Sunita Williams is a NASA astronaut and Naval Academy graduate who has logged more than 300 hours in space and is ranked sixth on the all-time U.S. endurance list, and second all-time for a woman astronaut. Here she is sharing a video for Women’s History Month.
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Picture taken this evening. Ship looks amazing.
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Sailing into new missions 🌊🚢⚓️ USS St. Louis (LCS 19) successfully completed its journey from Naval Station Mayport to the U.S 4th Fleet region, having attained full certification and readiness to effectively conduct counter-illicit drug operations. #MaritimeDefense #USNavy
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Not your typical 9-5 office job ⚓️🚁🚢⛽️ USS Bataan @LHD5 conducts a vertical replenishment with USNS Medgar Evers.
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Fill up on pump one, please 🌊🚢⛽️🚢 USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to receive the Harpers Ferry-class amphibious landing dock USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) alongside during fueling at sea.
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Sailors aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) conduct security force oleoresin capsicum (OC) Spray training in the Red Sea. 📸: Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Rodriguez #Readiness #Training #NavalTraining #LifeAtSea #USN #SailorLife #Navy #ReadSea #IndianOcean
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Doris Miller (1919-1943) was recognized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, shooting down at least two Kamikazes. He was the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor and the second highest after the Medal of Honor. #BHM
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BZ @USSBataan (LHD5), @USSOakHill (LSD 51) and @USSNewYork (LPD 21) Amphibious Ready Group and the @26MEU on a successful seven month deployment! #USNavy #TA2 #EliteLevelPerformance #BlueGreenIntegration
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Reps and sets! 🚢🪖 USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) are back after an underway jam packed with testing and training! Everyday is another step for ready warfighters. #Warfighting #MaritimeDefense #USN #Navy
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Allied ships from Norway, Germany, France, and Iceland are moored in Reykjavik Harbor prior to participation in the @USNavyEurope -led and executed exercise Northern Viking 2022. Sailors/Marines from the #KearsargeAmphibReadyGroup and #22ndMarineExpeditionaryUnit joined.
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Hejdå Sverige! 🇸🇪 USS Arleigh Burke #DDG51 departs from Stockholm, Sweden, during a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.
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Daily deployment duties. 🌊🚢⚓️ Explore the daily responsibilities of our U.S Navy Sailors aboard USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) as they conduct routine operations while deployed. #Deployment #USA #LCS17 #USN #SaliorLife #NavyLife #LifeAtSea #DailyOps #Navy
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#ForgedtoFight 🇺🇸 Marines assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit #26thMEU Special Operations Capable participate in a live fire exercise on the flight deck of USS Bataan @LHD5 . 📷: MC2 Bradley Rickard
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Showed up and joined the inport duty section of USS Arlington (LPD 24) in their daily Damage Control drill. SAT Drill! Good Debrief! CNO said, “It is an absolute priority that every Sailor be prepared to fight a fire…” – Rear Adm. Brad Cooper
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Anchored in strength, propelled by purpose. 🌊⚓️ Defending our nation's security and prosperity, the U.S. Navy's Surface Force stands as a vital guardian of peace and stability. Day in, day out, they're at the forefront, deterring threats and safeguarding our sea lanes. 🌏 🫡🚢
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Fair winds and following seas: USS Ponce Decommissioned after 46 Years of Service
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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 and USS Carter Hall #LSD50 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Feb. 5, 2023.
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Former U.S. representative Elaine Luria served in the Navy for 20 years, was stationed aboard six ships as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer, and retired as a CDR. One of the first women in th nuclear power program she served the entirety of her career on ships. #WHM
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Welcome aboard, Sir 🫡⚓️🚢 Rear. Adm. Wayne Baze, Commander, Navy Personnel Command, speaks with Sailors aboard USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), during a tour of the ship onboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain. 📸: MC2 Drace Wilson #NAVSTA #Connectedness #DDG84 #ShipTour #Warship
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🇬🇷 ⚓ 🇺🇸 USS Farragut #DDG99 anchors in Piraeus, Greece for a scheduled port visit. The ship is part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations.
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Welcome to the Fleet USS St. Louis (LCS 19)!
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Adm. Michelle Howard became the first Black woman to command a #Navy combatant ship, USS Rushmore #LSD47 , in 1999. She was the first woman promoted to the rank of four-star admiral in 2014. She became the highest-ranking woman in Armed Forces history after her promotion. #WHM
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Sailors participate in a holiday-themed 5K run on the flight deck of USS Kearsarge #LHD3 . Kearsarge is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting LCAC 100 tests and qualifications.
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⚱️ ⚓ 🇺🇸 USS The Sullivans #DDG68 Sailors participate in a burial-at-sea for the grandparents of IT1 Cavanaugh, assigned to USS The Sullivans. The ceremony was officiated by the ship’s executive officer, Cmdr. Andrew C. Wood. #FairWindsFollowingSeas
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Rolling in the Seas 🌊🚢 USS Mason #DDG87 sails the Red Sea in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian. 📸: MC1 Chris Krucke #MaritimeDefense #OPG #RedSea #Warships #USNavy
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USS The Sullivans #DDG68 conducts helicopter in-flight refueling operations with an MH-60R #SeaHawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron #HSC26 , Detachment 1, in the Arabian Gulf. The ship is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
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For today’s #ThrowbackThursday we look back at last year’s sea trials of the USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). This Saturday, the crew will commission the ship in Port Canaveral, Florida! #CountdownToCommissioning #USSDelbertDBlack
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📸: USS Delbert D. Black #DDG119 operates in the Arabian Gulf. Delbert D. Black is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.
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Teamwork makes for smooth sailing 🤝🚢 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) conducts a JP-5 fuel replenishment-at-sea (RAS) alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). 📸: MC3 Darren Cordoviz #NATO #Readiness
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UNDERWAY, shift colors! ⚓️🌊🚢🫡 USS Mount Whitney LCC 20 departs Klaipeda! #Underway #VoiceOfTheSea #MaritimeDefense
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USS McFaul #DDG74 participates in a multinational exercise with NATO allies as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group #CVN78 .
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USS Delbert D. Black #DDG119 waits on station as USS George H. W. Bush #CVN77 , left, and USS Nitze #DDG94 , right, complete an underway replenishment with USNS Arctic #TAOE8 . The Carrier Strike Group is on deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations.
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Naval History ⚓️🫡📚✏️🤓🚢 Did You Know USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) proudly bears the name of U.S. Marine Private First Class Oscar P. Austin, who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism during the Vietnam Warin February 1969. #SurfaceWarriorCulture #BlackHistory
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley #DDG84 departs @NavalNorfolk commencing the ship’s scheduled homeport shift to @NAVSTA_Rota , Spain, as part of the @USNavy 's long-range plan to gradually rotate the Rota-based destroyers.
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USS Paul Ignatius #DDG117 , left, USS Nitze #DDG94 , center, and the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland #F79 steam in formation behind the USS Porter #DDG78 . They are participating in Task Force Exercise(TFEX) in @US2ndFleet .
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Sunset during deployment 🌅⚓️🚢 Check out some of the most cherished sunsets captured by USS Carney (DDG 64) during its deployment. #Sunsets #SurfaceWarriorCulture #ViewsatSea #NavyLife
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Train like we fight, fight like we train. ⚓️💪🪖🫡 Sailors aboard USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) conducted a test of their physical security and response during an anti-terrorism training drill. #Readiness #Training #USN #USNavy #LPD29
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History in the Making! USS Sioux City #LCS11 , transits alongside USS Harry S. Truman #CVN75 , on May 16, in a historic moment for the region. The deployment provides an opportunity for Sioux City to gain experience in an area littoral combat ships have never before operated.
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😎To the Skies!🤙 The "Blue Knights" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) took some of @uss_newyork (LPD 21) crew members for ride-along flights in the Baltic Sea. 📸: MC2 Jesse Turner #wsparg #24MEU #deployment #BALTOPS24 #connectedness
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I couldn’t be prouder of every Sailor on this ship. — RADM Brad Cooper
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Special delivery 🚢⛽️🚢 USS New York (LPD 21) comes alongside USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) during a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) in the Atlantic Ocean. 📸: MC2 Jesse Turner #Readiness #Warships #USNavyWarships #RAS #RefuelAtSea #AtlanticOcean
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Back with a Vengeance ⚓️🚢🤺 In early April, USS Little Rock #LCS9 with an embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment has made its presence known in the fight against illicit drug-trafficking since entering the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.
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Strength at Sea! 🌊🚢 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook DDG 75 steams in the Atlantic Ocean. #USNavy #atlanticocean #USSDonaldCook #Ready2Fight   #MaritimeDefense
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🫡Haze Gray and Underway! 🌊🌎 The crew of the USS New York (LPD 21) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), man New York’s rails as the ship departs for deployment, May 22, 2024. 📸: MC2 Jesse Turner #Deployment #Warfighting
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Bird’s eye point of view. 🦅⚓️🇺🇸 A Sailor assigned to USS Bataan #LHD5 loads chaff rounds into a chaff launcher. 📸: MC2 Danilo Reynoso
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Welcome Home Shipmates! 🇺🇸 #ICYMI , USS Porter #DDG78 returned to Naval Station Norfolk on June 16, following a fourmonth deployment. Porter deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa #NAVEUR -NAVAF area of operations. 🎥:MC1 Ryan Seelbach
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Traveling Abroad #ICYMI USS Normandy (CG 60) pulled into port at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, June 11, 2024. 📸: MC2 Drace Wilson #MaritimeDefense #Deployment #USN #NavyWarships
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Refuel at Sea ⚓️🌊🚢⛽️ USS Wasp (LHD 1) and USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189. 📸: MC2 Eric A. Moser #RAS #Connectedness #Warships #USN #USNavy #LifeatSea #WorkingTogether
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The Navy-Marine Corps Team is one of America’s unmatched enduring advantages 💪⚓️🦅🌎 Marines from @26meu recently trained aboard @ussbataan as part of @phibron8 on a regularly scheduled deployment defending U.S., allied and partner interests.
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Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt #DDG80 , hold steadfast on their watch-stations as Roosevelt is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, on its third patrol in the @USNavyEurope area of operations.
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Join us today at noon EST, for a virtual tour of the @cole_uss as we honor the #USSColeHeroes and learn more about the ship. #Remember67 #USSCole
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BZ MM3 Soliman aboard USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), who replaced a sheared main electrical cable. Normally a two weeks pierside operation to fix! MM3 replaced it in 38 hours while out to sea! #USNavy #TA2 #EliteLevelPerformance
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Fair Winds! Guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams #DDG95 recently deployed and will serve as the flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group Two #SNMG2 replacing USS Forrest Sherman #DDG98 . They will conduct freedom of navigation and presence operations in the region.
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Hola Costa Rica! 🇨🇷 USS Milwaukee #LCS5 , visits Limon, Costa Rica for a port visit. The ship is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Destroyer Squadron 40/Commander, Task Force 45’s mission.
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Standing NATO Maritime Group Two concluded a port visit in Split, Croatia after completing Exercise #DynamicManta2023 . #SNMG2 entered Split along with its flagship, USS James E. Williams #DDG95 , as well as Greek Ship HS Psara, and Netherlands Ship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën.
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USS Delbert D. Black #DDG119 returns to homeport at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, on April 23, after an eight-month deployment with Carrier Strike Group #CSG10 , George H.W. Bush #CSG to the U.S. 2nd, 5th, and 6th Fleet areas of operation. Read more here!
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USS Hershel "Woody" Williams #ESB4 , departs Port of Dakar, Senegal, while underway for Exercise Obangame Express 2022. Obangame, conducted by @USNavyEurope , is designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety in West Africa.
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🇺🇸 Honoring the Courage and Sacrifice of Our Heroes 🇺🇸 On this Memorial Day, we pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.
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Views from Above 🚁🌊🚢🔵🟢 U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), #24MEU flies over USS Wasp (LHD1) in the Atlantic Ocean during Composite Training Unit Exercise. 📸: Lance Cpl. John Allen #COMPTUEX #MaritimeDefense
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Reaching out is a simple way to show you care. For more information and resources visit or call: - 800-342-9647 - 800-273-8255 - 877-995-5247 @MyNAVYHR
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BZ @USSWaspLHD1 - Shaping our future! Sterling execution of USMC CH-53K next gen helo testing during COVID! #TA2 #USNavy #BlueGreen #IntegratedAmericanNavalPower #EliteLevelPerformance
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USS Bataan #LHD5 to Return to Homeport 🧭⚓️🇺🇸 "Throughout our time in the U.S. Fifth and U.S. Sixth Fleet regions, the Sailors and Marines of the Bataan ARG and 26th MEU(SOC) showcased the unique capabilities that we bring as a response force to our allies and partners,"
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Hello, Germany ⚓️👋😁🇩🇪 USS New York (LPD 21) conducted public tours in Kiel, Germany, as part of Kiel Week following the Baltic Operations 2024 exercise. 📸: MC2 Jesse Turner #BALTOPS24 #Connectedness #USN #NavyTours #Germany #America #Navy
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Ciao Italia! 🇮🇹 USS Delbert D. Black #DDG119 pulls into Civitavecchia, Italy for a scheduled port visit. The ship is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.
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USS Bataan #LHD5 transits the Atlantic Ocean during Composite Training Unit Exercise ( #COMPTUEX ). 📷: MC2 Moises Sandoval
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A 2004 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Cmdr. Billie J. Farrell became the first woman to command the USS Constitution in 2022, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s ship of state. #WomensHistoryMonth
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USS Farragut #DDG99 Sailors participate in a damage control drill as the ship sets general quarters #GQ . The ship is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Destroyer Squadron 40/Commander, Task Force 45’s mission.
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