250622-N-CV021-1001 SAGAMI WAN (June 22, 2025) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) conduct flight quarters as part of an initial start-up aviation team training in Sagami Wan, June 22. John Finn is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alexandria Esteban)
From June 5 to 22, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EOD technicians participated in IWO-TO LIVE MINEX 2025 alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force counterparts near Iwoto, Japan. Operating from JS Uraga, the joint team used unmanned underwater vehicles and divers to detect and neutralize live, unarmed naval mines, completing full Detect-to-Engage sequences in a challenging volcanic seafloor environment. The exercise enhanced underwater...
From June 5 to 22, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EOD technicians participated in IWO-TO LIVE MINEX 2025 alongside Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force counterparts near Iwoto, Japan. Operating from JS Uraga, the joint team used unmanned underwater vehicles and divers to detect and neutralize live, unarmed naval mines, completing full Detect-to-Engage sequences in a challenging volcanic seafloor environment. The exercise enhanced underwater...
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 27, 2025) – Forward-deployed U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii following a scheduled port visit June 27, 2025.