U.S. Naval Surface Force

📢❗NEW Surface Warfare Digital Feature OUT NOW❗👀 🚲Readiness Beyond the Job: Training and Competing in the 2024 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship🏆 For medical professional Lt. Cmdr. Pat Dougherty, the championships marked the seventh time he participated in the event as one of the Navy's team of motivated endurance triathletes. By day, he's full-time as a research physiologist at Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet. But on his own time, Dougherty prioritizes his physical well-being by training for triathlon competitions. 📖 Read the full feature here:⤵️ https://lnkd.in/gmaGKK3v

🔫Live-Fire Small Arms Qualification Aboard USS America (LHA 6)💥 Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) fire a M4 rifle and a M18 pistol during a gun qualification while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea, July 26. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

🌊Multinational Group Sail from RIMPAC 2024⚓ Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

❗ Expeditionary Strike Group 2 conducts Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) Full Mission Rehearsal❗ A Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) exits a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) during Expeditionary Strike Group TWO’s (ESG 2) Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) full mission rehearsal exercise. Designed to integrate, embark, and bring ashore Navy and Marine Corps units that would be called upon to respond to a humanitarian disaster, the three-day exercise was conducted at various locations in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area. As the U.S. Navy’s East Coast lead for amphibious operations and expertise, the staff of ESG 2 is postured to command or support operations in five separate combatant command areas of operations across the spectrum of conflict and competition, from humanitarian assistance to high-end combat.

🏍️Command Motorcycle Saftey Ride🛣️ Let’s help reduce motorcycle mishaps. Remember the basics and keep up-to-date with both Navy and civilian safety regulations and best practices. Be safe and remain vigilant regarding motorcycle safety. Find more information regarding motorcycle safety in the 101 Critical Days of Summer presentations as well as Naval Safety Command’s Motorcycle Rider Down Reports and Newsletters.

🌊This #WarshipWednesday Multinational ships sail in formation during RIMPAC 2024⚓ Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

🚀USS Fitzgerald fires first Naval Strike Missile from U.S. warship⚓🇺🇸 #WarshipWednesday The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

⚓Combat Information Center aboard USS Gridley (DDG 101) #RIMPAC2024🇺🇸 Operations Specialist's stand watch inside the combat information center of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 19. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

❗We are proud of our Reserve Force Surface Warrior❗ FC1 John Clements from St. Augustine, Florida, assigned to Commander Naval Surface Group Southeast DET B, was selected from a group of five finalists as fiscal year 2023’s top Reserve enlisted Sailor during a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Navy located at the Navy Yard, Washington, DC. As a result of Clement’s selection, he will be recommended to the Chief of Naval Personnel for meritorious advancement to the rank of chief petty officer per OPNAVINST 1700.10P, Navy Sailor of the Year Program. There are hundreds of opportunities available for Reserve Sailors to serve within the Surface Force. Contact your chain of command or Reserve Program Director to learn more! Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/giu7djwX

🌊Getting Underway with USS Spruance (DDG 111)⚓ Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) bring in a line during a sea and anchor detail. Spruance, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict.