Source: United States Navy
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 16, 2026, ahead of exercise Keen Sword.
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PORTFOLIO ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE AVIATION, Patuxent River, Md. — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of a newly manufactured C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft from Lockheed Martin during a formal ceremony Oct. 15 at the company’s production facility in Marietta, Georgia, marking the first step toward fielding the future E-130J “Phoenix II.”
Source: United States Spaceforce
The Department of the Air Force executed airborne tactical command and in-flight control of a YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft from an F-22 Raptor earlier this month, advancing efforts to rapidly develop, evaluate and deliver mission-autonomy capabilities to the warfighter.
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SAN DIEGO — Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) arrived at its new homeport of Naval Base San Diego, following a 7-month deployment supporting U.S. 7th Fleet operations, including two carrier strike groups in the Pacific, Oct. 9.
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WASHINGTON DC (Oct. 14, 2026) — Navy Child and Youth Programs (CYP) has launched an enterprise-wide partnership with United Through Reading (UTR), a nonprofit that strengthens military families’ emotional bonds, literacy, and well-being through shared reading experiences, regardless of distance.
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WASHINGTON — Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that Mr. Christopher Miller has been appointed to serve as the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (PAE RAS). Miller, who previously served as head of PAE Maritime, will also concurrently serve as the acting Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Robotic and Autonomous Systems (DRPM RAS).
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NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) returned to Naval Station Mayport Oct. 10, 2026, following a 6-month deployment to U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. Southern Command’s (USSOUTHCOM) mission.
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MONTEREY, Calif. – The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Marine Corps University (MCU) concluded the Joint MCU-NPS AI Learning Initiatives Hackathon Sept. 18 after four days of developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) prototypes designed to address challenges in military education and training.
Source: United States Navy
SAN DIEGO — Abraham Lincoln departed its homeport on Nov. 21, 2025. The 321 days since casting off lines from San Diego have taken the carrier and its crew across the Pacific Ocean, through the San Bernardino Strait, Surigao Strait, and Strait of Malacca, and into the South China Sea, Indian Ocean, and North Arabian Sea.
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CADIZ, Spain — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) entered dry dock at the Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain, Oct. 7, marking the first such evolution in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations since the arrival of Forward Deployed Naval Forces – Europe (FDNF-E) destroyers.