Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and her crew departed HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and steamed to sea for the first time for Builder’s Sea Trials, Jan. 28, 2026. After eight days of at-sea systems, equipment and operational testing by the Sailors working alongside industry and government partners, the ship returned to NNS, Feb. 4, 2026 – the operation a success....
This features EUCOM participation in the Freedom 250 Campaign highlighting the European theater of operations.
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Photo and video imagery of the Hawaii Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
Cutlass Express is one of three African regional Express series exercises sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and enabled by U.S. 6th Fleet. Through CE 26, U.S. forces work alongside participating nations to improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity, promote national and regional security in the Eastern and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region, and increase interoperability between...
The Hawaii Army National Guard's 111th Army Band held a change of command and retirement ceremony where Chief Warrant Officer 5 Curtis Y. Hiyane after 28 years in command of the unit and 43 years of service, relinquished command to Warrant OfficerClement K. Zhang.
Arcane Thunder 26 is a Multi-Domain Command - Europe exercise with U.S. Army and
multinational partners in April 2026 in the European Theater and across the United States. This exercise will integrate joint forces, Allies, and partner capabilities to strengthen our ability to defend U.S. homeland and the protect our Allies.
