Courtesy Story | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 06.18.2025
SAN DIEGO (June 18, 2025) – Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 held a change of command ceremony held aboard USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) at Naval Base San Diego, June 18....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Samoluk | USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) | 01.12.2024
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) held a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Midway Museum, Jan. 12....
Courtesy Story | Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | 08.01.2023
NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the first recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 1....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Samoluk | USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) | 02.15.2023
Amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) with embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Timor-Leste, Feb. 15....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Curtis Spencer | USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) | 09.10.2021
SAN DIEGO (Sept. 10, 2021) The crew of amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) returned to Naval Base San Diego following participation in the multifaceted Exercise Freedom Banner 2021, Sept. 10. Freedom Banner 2021 was an annual exercise that involved strategic projection of the Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) and associated combat forces. This year’s iteration......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 11.27.2019
SAN DIEGO – The Sailors and Marines of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned to their homeport of San Diego Nov. 27, following a successful seven month deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet operating areas....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom | Amphibious Squadron 5 | 10.19.2019
7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 19, 2019) Retail services specialists (RS) assigned to the amphibious transport ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) embrace their newly appointed rate name following its change, Sept. 30....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom | Amphibious Squadron 5 | 08.18.2019
BAB AL-MANDAB STRAIT – The Ship Nautical or Otherwise Photographic Interpretation and Exploitation (SNOOPIE) team aboard the amphibious transport ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) has a set of unique and challenging requirements....
