Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Faram | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 11.14.2024
Lt. Cmdr. Jason White, plans and tactics officer for USS Sterett (DDG 104) is the Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) of the year award by Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander of Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The award recognizes one SWO from each fleet who best represents the ideals of the Surface Warrior ethos to include excellence in warfighting, leadership, and mission......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Faram | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 11.14.2024
Cmdr. Kurt Albaugh, commanding officer of USS Sterett (DDG 104) accepts the Spokane Trophy award from Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander of Naval Surface Forces, U.S Pacific Fleet on behalf of the ship’s crew. Established in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt to recognize naval warfighting proficiency the trophy is currently given to the Pacific Fleet surface combatant ship most......
Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Faram | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 11.14.2024
Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks to the ship’s crew of USS Sterett (DDG 104) after presenting the ship with the 2023 Spokane Trophy. He emphasized to the ship that the trophy is a “team award” and every one of the crew should take pride in the accomplishment of being the top ship in the Pacific surface force. Established in 1908 by......
Photo by Ensign Emilio Mackie | USS Barry (DDG 52) | 03.27.2021
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACOM) announced USS Barry (DDG 52) as the Spokane Trophy winner for 2020 on March 24. Barry is the first ship to win both the Atlantic Fleet’s Battenberg Cup and the Pacific Fleet’s Spokane Trophy. Barry is assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Woody Paschall | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 10.19.2018
181019-N-KG738-1149 SAN DIEGO (Oct 19, 2018) Ivan Urnovitz, president of the Spokane Navy League, presents a plaque to commanding officer Capt. Justin A. Kubu and the crew USS Princeton (CG 59) in recognition of their selection as the 2017 Spokane Trophy Award winner during a ceremony on board the ship Oct. 19. The ship was selected for being the most combat proficient ship in the Fleet for......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevor Welsh | U.S. Navy | 05.07.2015
150507-N-ZS026-070 SAN DIEGO (May 7, 2015) Cmdr. Adam Fleming, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), left, accepts the Spokane Trophy from retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bruce Rasche, from the Spokane, Wash., Council of the Navy League, on the forecastle of the ship. Rasche was aboard the ship to present the trophy, an annual award......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevor Welsh | U.S. Navy | 05.07.2015
150507-N-ZS026-064 SAN DIEGO (May 7, 2015) Cmdr. Adam Fleming, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108), left, accepts the Spokane Trophy from retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bruce Rasche, from the Spokane, Wash., Council of the Navy League, on the forecastle of the ship. Rasche was aboard the ship to present the trophy, an annual award......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Trevor Welsh | U.S. Navy | 05.07.2015
150507-N-ZS026-041 SAN DIEGO (May 7, 2015) Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Bruce Rasche, from the Spokane, Wash., Council of the Navy League, speaks to the crew of the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on the forecastle of the ship. Rasche was aboard the ship to present the coveted Spokane Trophy, an annual award given to the U.S. Pacific Fleet surface ship......
