Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic's Sailor of the Year finalists pose at the Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40 as part of the Type Commander Sailor of the Year Program. The Sailor of the Year Program recognizes the best of the best Sailors in Navy and rewards the top Sea and Shore candidates with automatic advancement to Chief Petty Officer. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mailani Jones-Thornton)
Sailors aboard USS Frank Cable used shipboard 3D printing to produce a submarine part and delivered it for installation on USS Vermont at HMAS Stirling. This milestone demonstrates how additive manufacturing keeps forward-deployed forces ready and strengthens allied capabilities across the Indo-Pacific.
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779)
returned to Naval Station Norfolk on September 22, concluding a three month deployment
supporting NATO’s Special Operations Forces exercise.
Naval leaders from across the Americas convened recently in Lima, Peru for the Submarine Conference of the Americas 2025 (SCOTA 25), a multinational conference showcasing and addressing national undersea domain capabilities, the challenges of interoperability, and undersea collaboration against strategic competitors in the Western Hemisphere.
