Carrier USS Nimitz Pulls into Naval Station North Island After Indo-Pacific Deployment

U.S. Navy Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in San Diego on June 28, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) pulled into Naval Air Station North Island Wednesday after a nearly seven-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

Nimitz is offloading elements of Carrier Air Wing 17 at North Island before heading to its homeport at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., a Navy official told USNI News. The air wing started flying off on Tuesday.

De...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/28/carrier-uss-nimitz-pulls-into-naval-station-north-island-after-indo-pacific-deployment

Russian, Chinese Naval Exercise Wraps in East China Sea

A People’s Liberation Army Navy helicopter takes off from Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning in the Philippine Sea. JSDF Photo

The Russian Navy and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) wrapped up their Joint Sea 2022 exercise in the East China Sea on Tuesday. The Russian surface action group transited northeast through the Tsushima Strait while the PLAN Liaoning Carrier Strike Group (CSG) continued its deployment to the Philippine Sea.

On Tuesday, a Russian cruiser, destroyer and two corvettes...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/28/russian-chinese-naval-exercise-wraps-in-east-china-sea

Navy Needs to Fill About 9,000 At-Sea Billets in More than a Dozen Ratings, Says Personnel Command

Navy Quartermaster 3rd Class Hailey Pardo, from Kahului, Hawaii, shoots sunlines with a sextant aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) on Oct. 8, 2022. US Navy Photo

The number of at-sea billets the Navy needs to fill continues to grow as the service works to incentivize sailors to take the jobs, according to the latest numbers from the Navy Personnel Command. The Navy needs to fill about 9,000 at-sea billets, Cmdr. Richard Chernitzer, a spokesperson for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/25/navy-needs-to-fill-about-9000-at-sea-billets-in-more-than-a-dozen-ratings-says-personnel-command

Navy Rolls Out Retention Programs for Submarine Commanders, Senior Enlisted Sailors

Tugboats guide USS Minnesota (SSN-783) to the pier as the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine returns to Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn., in 2021. US Navy Photo

A new Navy program will offer $20,000 per year to members of the submarine community in a bid to increase retention.

Submarine commanding officers with no less than 19 years but no more than 25 years of service are eligible to receive annual payments of $20,000 if they stay in the Navy for another three to five...

https://news.usni.org/2022/08/10/navy-rolls-retention-programs-for-submarine-commanders-senior-enlisted-sailors

USS Theodore Roosevelt Heading to Bremerton After Back-to-Back Deployments

Two F/A-18 Super Hornets, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on April 29, 2021. US Navy Photo

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is changing homeports from San Diego, Calif., to Bremerton, Wash., for an overdue dry-dock maintenance period after back-to-back deployments to the Western Pacific, U.S. Pacific Fleet announced on Tuesday.

The approximately 3,000 sailors and their families will relocate...

https://news.usni.org/2021/06/30/uss-theodore-roosevelt-heading-to-bremerton-after-back-to-back-deployments

Arriving Home, USS Theodore Roosevelt Wraps Up 2nd Deployment in 16 Months

Sailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) as the ship passes by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-70) while returning to Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on May 25, 2021. US Navy Photo

Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN-71) pulled into its berth at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., on Tuesday morning, completing its second overseas deployment in 16 months.

The carrier, flagship for the Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, had...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/25/arriving-home-uss-theodore-roosevelt-wraps-up-2nd-deployment-in-16-months

Makin Island ARG, 15th MEU Return to California

USS Makin Island (LHD-8), front, expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) and the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7) sail in formation during a Strait of Hormuz transit on March 17, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are back in California after seven months at sea, U.S. 3rd Fleet announced on Friday.

USS Makin Island (LHD-8), USS San Diego (LPD-22) and USS Somerset (LPD-25)...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/21/makin-island-arg-15th-meu-return-to-california

Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group Now Operating in South China Sea

A MH-60S Knight Hawk, assigned to the ‘Eightballers’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, flies above the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) on March 31, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group is once again operating in the South China Sea, amid a flurry of recent U.S. Navy activity in the Indo-Pacific region.

In a Tuesday news release, U.S. 7th Fleet said the CSG sailed into the South China Sea for “routine operations” on Sunday.

“Over the course of...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/06/theodore-roosevelt-strike-group-now-operating-in-south-china-sea

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