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Source: United States Navy
NAVAL BASE GUAM (April 14, 2025) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, April 14, 2025.
Source: United States Navy
ATLANTIC OCEAN – Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr. 10-11. The visit was the Secretary’s first visit to an operational carrier strike group since becoming the 79th Secretary of the Navy on March 25, 2025.
Source: United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr. 10-11. The visit was the Secretary’s first visit to an operational carrier strike group since becoming the 79th Secretary of the Navy on March 25, 2025.
Source: United States Navy
ATLANTIC OCEAN – The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON) and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)—all part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (IWOARG)—completed a two-week Amphibious Squadron Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) in the Atlantic Ocean, April 14.
Source: United States Navy
PACIFIC OCEAN – Rear Adm. Adan Cruz was relieved by Rear Adm. Todd Whalen as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, during a change of command ceremony held aboard the Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier and flagship of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), April 10.