Courtesy Story | Carrier Strike Group Three (CSG 3) | 12.19.2024
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111), assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), returned to their homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after a five-month deployment in time for the holidays, Dec. 19....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Li Zhang | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 11.16.2024
Rear Adm. Richard W. Meyer, deputy commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet administered the oath of enlistment for 102 Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets and midshipmen during the halftime of the UC Berkeley vs. Syracuse football game....
Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 08.16.2024
Allied navies joined the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to conduct the Pacific Dragon 2024 (PD24) ballistic missile defense exercise from July 29-Aug. 13, 2024, in waters around the Hawaiian Islands....
Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 08.16.2024
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to Naval Base San Diego Aug. 16, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet....
Courtesy Story | Carrier Strike Group Three (CSG 3) | 07.12.2024
SAN DIEGO -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) held a change of command ceremony on Naval Base San Diego, July 12. Cmdr. Paul Archer relieved Cmdr. Nathaniel Chase as commanding officer....
Story by Karli Yeager | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 08.07.2023
The Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), and its crew arrived at the ship’s new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 7....
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer Alma Paschall | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 06.23.2023
Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted military members from 24 countries at the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 initial planning conference (IPC) June 20-23. More than 400 personnel representing nations scheduled to participate in RIMPAC 2024 attended the IPC to begin preparations for the 29th iteration of the world’s largest maritime exercise in summer 2024....
Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 08.15.2022
Forces from the Royal Australian Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, U.S Missile Defense Agency, and U.S Navy successfully conducted Pacific Dragon 2022 (PD22), a recurring biennial multinational air and missile defense exercise, from August 5-15, 2022, in Hawaii at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands (PMRF) and off the coast of Kauai....