Today's US Navy Photos & Videos

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 8, 2024) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is moved to an outfitting berth at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia, April 8, 2024. John C. Stennis is conducting refueling and complex overhaul to prepare the ship for the second half of its 50-year service life. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Simon Pike)



PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Lorel Morgan, from, Kingston, Jamaica, fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Madison Cassidy)



PHILIPPINE SEA (April 5, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) launches a Standard Missile (SM) 2 from a forward launcher while operating in the Philippine Sea, April 5, 2024. Higgins is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)



PHILIPPINE SEA (April 2, 2024) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Robert Miller, from Palatka, Florida, guides an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 during take off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea, April 2, 2024. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cole Pursley)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 22, 2024) A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50, embarked aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), in background, intercept a self-propelled semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, March 22, 2024. Leyte Gulf is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command area of operations, employed by U.S. 4th Fleet to support joint and combined military operations, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Renzo Edejer, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), directs an AH-1Z Cobra, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), during flight operations April 7, 2024. Wasp is training and operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet’s area of operation and is the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Naval integration provides combatant commanders and America’s civilian leaders highly-capable forces that deter adversaries, underpin American security and economic prosperity. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Julius Reveche, left, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class James Polkdinkins, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), observe as an AV-8B Harrier, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), lands on the ship’s flight deck April 7, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Josue Orozco, left, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Mason Woods, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), secure an AH-1Z Cobra, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), to the ship’s flight deck during flight operations, April 7, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) MV-22B Ospreys, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), hold on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during flight operations, April 7, 2024.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 7, 2024) An AV-8B Harrier, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (reinforced), takes off from the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during flight operations, April 7, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sydney Milligan)

EAST CHINA SEA (April 11, 2024) Ensign Julianne Barkholz, from Wausau, Wisconsin, left, and Cmdr. Jason Burroughs, executive officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83), right, stand watch on the bridge wing during a trilateral maritime exercise in the East China Sea, April 11, 2024. Howard is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)



PHILIPPINE SEA (April 16, 2024) Capt. Brian Schrum, commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), inspects an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Black Knights" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 aboard Theodore Roosevelt, April 16, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Benvie)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2024) A Marine assigned to the Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides simulated weapon's support during a training exercise aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), April 12, 2024. New York is operating in the U.S. Second Fleet area of operations as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th MEU. Naval integration provides combatant commanders and America's civilian leaders highly-capable forces that deter adversaries, underpin American security and economic prosperity, and reassure her allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner)



ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2024) Sailors guide an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the "Knighthawks" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 to a catapult on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), April 12, 2024. Harry S. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently underway as apart of it's basic phase. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan McGuire)



PACIFIC OCEAN (April 9, 2024) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Nathan Ritchie, from Murrieta, California, stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while conducting operations in the north Pacific Ocean, April 9, 2024. Dewey is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Samantha Oblander