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Sailors stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Wash., and Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Miss., will now have access to a wider variety of food options as part of the Navy’s efforts to improve sailor quality of life. Two food-centered pilot programs under the Navy Installations Command (CNIC), as well as a physical education program on Naval Base San Diego, Calif., are meant to incentivize sailors to use facilities, like the physical fitness facilities and galleys, Commander, Navy Installations Command Adm. Scott Gray told reporters Wednesday. If sailors choose not to eat at galleys, it is like they are paying twice,

Specialized Marine Air-Ground Task Force Ashland recently completed a four-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, returning to California in the past week. The Marine Corps element of TF Ashland returned Friday to Camp Pendleton, disembarking from amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48). The ship arrived Monday at its homeport of San Diego, just over four months after it departed Jan. 24. TF Ashland was comprised of Ashland and its crew, a command element from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, a ground combat element from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, a logistics combat element from Combat Logistics Regiment 17,

The leadership of the Navy’s primary ship maintenance facility in Japan was removed from command this week, the service announced Wednesday. U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) commander Capt. Wendel Penetrante, executive officer Capt. Edwin Catubig and Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Howell were removed from their positions “due to a loss of confidence in their ability to command” by Navy Regional Maintenance Center commander Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann, reads the Navy statement. “Capt. John Bauer, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving, has temporarily assumed the duties of SRF-JRMC commanding officer. Cmdr. David Reinhardt, waterfront operations

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U.S. forces with Joint Task Force-Southern Spear conducted the first strike on a suspected drug boat in June, killing two men on board. The Wednesday strike, ordered by U.S. Southern Command Commander Gen. Francis Donovan, was on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific allegedly carrying illicit narcotics. With the two deaths, the U.S. has now killed 202 people, almost all identified as men. There are five survivors from previous strikes whose statuses are unknown. Drug overdose deaths are down approximately 13.9 percent between December 2024 and December 2025, although deaths are likely underreported due to pending investigations, according to the

House authorizers want a Navy study that assesses how pursuing the nuclear-powered Trump-class battleship program could affect the shipbuilding and nuclear industrial base. The House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment from Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) that would require both the Secretary of the Navy and the admiral leading the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to submit a report by March explaining the acquisition plans for the BBG(X) and how the service will avoid negative impacts to the Ford-class aircraft carriers. Courtney proposed the amendment, which would go in report language accompanying the House’s draft of the Fiscal Year 2027 defense

Ottawa announced plans to procure over two dozen American missile launchers within four years to support the Canadian Army’s long-range strike and anti-shipping requirements. Procured to address “global security situations,” the $1.8 billion Long-range Precision Strike Land project will include munitions and sustainment for 26 M142 High Mobility Rocket Artillery Systems (HIMARS), according to a Tuesday release from the Canadian government. Ottawa expects to receive its first launchers by 2029. “The launcher systems will be paired with long-range munitions capable of precisely engaging targets at distances of more than 300 kilometres, revolutionizing how the Canadian Army conducts operations and supports

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 The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In the Philippine Sea Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is on patrol in the Philippine Sea. George Washington and its fixed wing squadrons completed carrier qualification training on May 28, certifying the carrier for an underway. The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Philippine Sea east of Luzon as of May 29, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. The strike group includes aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16), cruiser CNS Wuxi (104), destroyer CNS

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces interdicted and boarded a stateless vessel in the Indian Ocean late Thursday as part of the expanded U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, the combatant command posted on social media site X. The INDOPACOM post did not indicate whether the U.S. took possession of MT Davina (IMO: 9259367), which has gone by other names, including MT Lenore. The ship sails under a false Curacaoan flag, according to the International Maritime Organization. The U.S. has sanctioned the ship due to its connections to Iran. The interdiction by forces operating from USS John L. Canley (ESB-6) is the latest