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1️⃣ USS Normandy (CG 60), Rotterdam-class landing platform dock HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801), San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21), USS Ross (DDG 71), Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) and USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) steam in formation during exercise Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25).
2️⃣ The United States Navy Ceremonial Guard performs a precision drill routine at Fourth Fest in Bayfront Festival Park, July 4, 2025, during Duluth Navy Week.
3️⃣ Sailors handle safety lines as they prepare to be lowered on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a RHIB exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in San Diego.
4️⃣ Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Don Dume, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), fires the .50cal light machine-gun at an unmanned surface vessel during a live-fire exercise in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sea. Air. Land. 🔱

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) train with MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 and the "Dragon Whales" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va.

📸 MC1 Leon Wong

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1️⃣ The crew of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) gathers top-side for a command photo as the boat returns to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., July 5, 2025, following a six-month deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
2️⃣ The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducts flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
3️⃣ An MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 lands in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia after departing from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).
4️⃣ A Sailor spots contacts from the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) while transiting the Strait of Malacca.
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Smooth landing. 🌊

Sailors from Naval Beach Unit 7 guide a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) onto the shores of Queensland, Australia, delivering U.S. Marines and equipment during Talisman Sabre 2025.
Talisman Sabre is the largest U.S.-Australia military exercise, strengthening partnerships and advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific.

📸 Master Sgt. Matthew Keeler

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1️⃣ The Portuguese navy Bartolomeu Dias-class frigate NRP Bartolomeu Dias (F 333) and the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) steam together through the Baltic Sea.
2️⃣ Sailors, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, attached to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, prepare to fast-rope in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Sulu Sea.
3️⃣ Aircrew Survival Equipmentman Chaina Ganthier, assigned to the ‘Grey Knights’ of Patrol Squadron (VP) 46, watches a taxiing P-8A Poseidon, attached to VP-46, at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland.
4️⃣ The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) operates in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Two carriers. One mission. 💪⚓️

#USNavy aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 fly over the George Washington Carrier Strike Group during dual carrier operations with the HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group as part of Talisman Sabre 2025.

Talisman Sabre is the largest U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening partnerships in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

📸 1️⃣ MC3 Geoffrey L. Ottinger
📸 2️⃣ MC2 Kaleb C. Birch
📸 3️⃣ MC2 Johnathan M. Meighan
📸 4️⃣ MCSN Nicolas Quezada

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1️⃣ Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Don Dume, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), fires the .50cal light machine-gun at an unmanned surface vessel during a live-fire exercise.
2️⃣ Navy Band Northeast marches in the Bristol 4th of July Parade, America's longest-running Independence Day parade.
3️⃣ Gunners Mate Seaman Recruit Santana Sanchez fires a shot line to Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE6) from aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).
4️⃣ The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) transits Tokyo Bay for a scheduled port visit to Fleet Activities Yokosuka.
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USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) launches a Standard Missile-2 as part of a live-fire exercise during Talisman Sabre 2025.

Talisman Sabre is the largest U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening partnerships in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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1️⃣ Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Ashley Oscar, center, from Atlanta, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) walks across the flight deck while conducting flight operations during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 in the Coral Sea.
2️⃣ The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) fires a Mark 38 25 mm machine gun during a live-fire exercise in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
3️⃣ U.S. Navy Sailors with the U.S. 7th Fleet Band perform during a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2025 concert at the Central Marina Outlet in Pattaya, Thailand.
4️⃣ U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Bradley Carroll, a special operations independent duty corpsman with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires a M2 machine gun during a battlesight zero range as part of exercise Native Fury in Jordan.
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Strength in numbers. 🌏

USS America (LHA 6) steams alongside ships from the America Strike Group, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, French Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Talisman Sabre 25.

Talisman Sabre is the largest U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening alliances across the Indo-Pacific.

📸 1️⃣+2️⃣ MC3 Kenneth Melseth
📸 3️⃣ MC2 Cole Pursley

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“Whether it’s maritime logistics, cyber warfare, legal, medical, or high-end combat support—the Reserve team is central to our Navy’s ability to fight and win. I’ve seen firsthand professionalism, technical expertise, and the impact the Reserve Force brings to the fight.”

– Acting Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jim Kilby.

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1️⃣ An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, taxies across the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
2️⃣ The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) receives pallets of goods from the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) during a replenishment-at-sea in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
3️⃣ Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class John Aquino from Guam, perform a sea water wash-down on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).
4️⃣ A U.S. Sailor stands watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
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USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducts flight operations while underway in the Timor Sea during Talisman Sabre 2025.

Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening partnerships in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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1️⃣ Airman Apprentice William Rodriguez, assigned to Airborne Command and Control Squadron 124, directs a Carrier Air Wing 8 E-2D Hawkeye on the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
2️⃣ A U.S. Sailor signals the safe launch of an MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
3️⃣ An F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.
4️⃣ Master-at-Arms 1st class Avery English, from Vacaville, California, fires a Beretta M9 pistol during a small arm firing exercise on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
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#ICYMI: Sailors from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and the U.S. Navy embarked the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS John L. Canley (ESB 6) to conduct integrated mine countermeasures operations during exercise Talisman Sabre 25.

Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening alliances across the Indo-Pacific.

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Spectacular view. Serious training. 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧

U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators, Australian Special Operations Command soldiers, and United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos from 42 Commando conduct medical evacuation hoist and Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training alongside U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook and MH-60 helicopters in Sydney Harbor during exercise Talisman Sabre 25.

Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening alliances across the Indo-Pacific.

📸 MC2 David Rowe

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) departed Naval Station Norfolk for a regularly scheduled deployment to the @US_EUCOM area of responsibility, July 25.

“Our Sailors have trained hard and are well-prepared to go over the horizon in support of our nation’s tasking,” said Cmdr. Stephen Prugh, commanding officer of Mitscher. “Our Sailors are ready to use their knowledge and expertise in support of U.S. security, whether steaming independently or as a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group.”

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1️⃣ An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, sits on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea in support of Talisman Sabre 2025, July 14, 2025.
2️⃣ Chief Boatswain’s Mate Justin Albert, from Wichita, Kansas, poses on a 7-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) during small boat operations on the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28).
3️⃣ U.S. East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) conduct cast and recovery training with an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the "Dusty Dogs" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 7 on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., July 9, 2025.
4️⃣ U.S. Sailors perform a maintenance check aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) fires the Mark 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System and the Mark 45 5-Inch light-weight gun during a live-fire weapons exercise in the Indian Ocean.

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1️⃣ The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750) pulled into Reykjavík, Iceland alongside the Icelandic Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel ICGV Freyja for a scheduled port visit, July 9.
2️⃣ An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Celebes Sea, July 13.
3️⃣ U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to air department, direct aircraft on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea in support of Talisman Sabre 2025, July 15.
4️⃣ Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) prepare to parade the colors during a San Diego Padres pregame ceremony.

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