Adm. Daryl Caudle took over as commanding officer of U.S. Fleet Forces Tuesday, relieving Adm. Christopher Grady, who has been tapped to serve as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The body of Machinist’s Mate Fireman Brandon Forbes, 20, of Maple Heights, Ohio, was discovered Friday. The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan was his first assignment in the Navy.
The Biden administration sees the Black Sea as a front to challenge Russia, but regional relations complicate America's ability to actually make any progress.
The mobile hospital, which can function in the caves or head to other theaters, aims to cultivate joint processes and procedures with NATO allies in the region.
The command investigation report’s “accountability” section recommends disciplinary action against 36 Navy officials, from the amphib’s enlisted ranks up to the former three-star head of Naval Surface Force Pacific.
The Reagan operated in the 5th Fleet to support the withdrawal of U.S. and coalition forces from Afghanistan, marking the first time the Reagan had operated there since 2012.
The deployment of the USS Reagan, homeported at Naval Station Yokosuka, Japan, kicked off in May. It entered the 5th Fleet’s area of operations at the end of June to relieve the aircraft carrier Eisenhower.