SNA 2025 panel discussion 01.14.2025 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Claire Alfaro ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 14, 2025) From left, Adm. Jim Kilby, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface...
SWOBOSS speaks at SNA 2025 01.14.2025 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Claire Alfaro ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 14, 2025) Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Forces, delivers a status of the force update at the Surface...
SWOBOSS Visits USS Comstock 01.09.2025 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks with Cmdr. Joel Stoorza, executive officer of Whidbey...
SWOBOSS welcomes USS Spruance back to San Diego 12.19.2024 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Claire Alfaro NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 19, 2024) - Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, speaks with Sailors...
USS Fitzgerald Change of Command 12.12.2024 | Photo by Seaman Pimpaka Kruthun SAN DIEGO (Dec. 12, 2024) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) held a change of command ceremony on the...
USS Manchester (LCS 14) Hosts Deputy Assistant... 12.12.2024 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Vance Hand SAN DIEGO (Dec. 12, 2024) - Cmdr. Matthew Farell, right, the commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester...
USS Green Bay Arrives in San Diego 12.09.2024 | Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Claire Alfaro NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Dec. 9, 2024) - Families of Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20)...
USS Green Bay Returns to San Diego 12.09.2024 | Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Faram The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrives in its new homeport of San Diego, Dec. 9, 2024, after nearly a...
Status of the Force 2025 01.14.2025 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Claire Alfaro, Petty Officer 1st Class Kyle Carlstrom and Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders A look at the U.S. Navy's Surface Force in action during real-world events and the importance of being a team, the value of training, and being...
SAWS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 12.06.2024 | Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Kelby Sanders Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to establish Surface Advanced Warfighting School...
USS Beloit Arrives in Milwaukee for Commissioning 11.17.2024 | Video by Julie Ann Ripley USS Beloit (LCS) arrives for its commissioning week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nov. 17, 2024. The USS Beloit is set to be commissioned at Veterans...
USS Beloit Arrives in Milwaukee for Commissioning 11.17.2024 | Video by Cpl. Diana Salgado USS Beloit (LCS) arrives for its commissioning week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Nov. 17, 2024. The USS Beloit is set to be commissioned at Veterans...
Navy and Marine Corps Band Perform for the... 11.09.2024 | Video by Cpl. Diana Salgado U.S. Navy Band Northeast and U.S. Marine Corps Band Quantico perform during the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone's...
USS John Basilone (DDG 122) Sailors Meet with... 11.08.2024 | Video by Cpl. Diana Salgado U.S. Navy Sailors with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) and retired service members with Gearing-class...
USS John Basilone Sailors Participate in Namesake... 11.07.2024 | Video by Cpl. Diana Salgado U.S. Navy Sailors with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) participate in a John Basilone remembrance...
USS John Basilone Sailors Visit the Former USS New... 11.06.2024 | Video by Cpl. Diana Salgado U.S. Navy Sailors with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) get a tour of the former USS New Jersey (BB 62) in...
SWOBOSS Highlights Competitive Edge 2.0 at 2025... 01.14.2025 | Story by Joseph Millar Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force, emphasized the Competitive Edge 2.0 strategy and 250 years of our Navy’s ability to...
Fitzgerald Change of Command 12.13.2024 | Courtesy Story The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) held a change of command ceremony on the flight deck at Naval Base San...
The USS Green Bay Arrives in San Diego after a... 12.09.2024 | Courtesy Story The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived Dec. 9 in its new homeport of San Diego from Sasebo, Japan....
USS Russell Welcomes Families and Students for a... 12.04.2024 | Courtesy Story The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) hosted 70 family members, 26 students and 4 teachers from Morse High School,...
Commissioning Forward to Freedom USS Beloit (LCS 29) 11.23.2024 | Story by Lt. Ayifa Brooks Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) November 23, 2024, in...
Greatest Lady of the Seas, USS Nantucket Commissions 11.16.2024 | Story by Lt. Ayifa Brooks Boston, Massachusetts. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS 27) November 16, 2024, in...
The Future USS Nantucket (LCS 27) Visits Namesake... 11.14.2024 | Story by Lt. Brinn Hefron Boston (Nov. 14, 2024) — Throughout the week before the commissioning, the crew of the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), which will be the Navy’s...
A Living Legacy, USS John Basilone (DDG 122)... 11.09.2024 | Story by Lt.j.g. Julian Jacobs New York (Nov. 9, 2024) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone (DDG 122) was commissioned into service on Nov. 9...
Surface Warfare Magazine - 01.14.2025 01.14.2025 | Courtesy Publication Surface Warfare Magazine Winter 2025
Surface Warfare Magazine - 01.14.2025 01.14.2025 | Courtesy Publication Surface Warfare Magazine - The Competitive Edge 2.0
Surface Warfare Magazine - 07.16.2024 07.16.2024 | Courtesy Publication 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...
Surface Warfare Magazine - 06.18.2024 06.18.2024 | Courtesy Publication June's SWO Mag details the Surface Navy's role at Omaha Beach and elsewhere on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Surface Warfare Magazine - 05.22.2024 05.22.2024 | Courtesy Publication Surface Warfare Magazine 05.22.24 - Seeing Double on a DDG – Twins Stationed together on USS Mustin
Surface Warfare Magazine - 04.17.2024 04.17.2024 | Courtesy Publication April 2024 Surface Warfare Digital Feature. Reserves at the Ready: SURFOR Reservists Activate and Deploy in Fleet Billets
Surface Warfare Magazine - 03.15.2024 03.15.2024 | Courtesy Publication March 2024 Digital Feature about Chaplain Lt. Zachary Vaughan. The feature tells the story of the ongoing initiative the Surface Force has...
Team Can Do: OS1(SW) Tania Jimenez 07.21.2023 | Graphics by Ted Townsend Let’s face it; college is expensive. So, like many Sailors, Operations Specialist 1st Class Tania Jimenez initially saw the Navy as a way to pay...
Team Can Do: Cmdr. Will Ashley 07.19.2023 | Graphics by Ted Townsend The day Cmdr. Will Ashley joined the Navy, he never dreamed driving and commanding ships was in his future. His goal was to be among the best...
Surface Warriors Sticker with Ship Outline 01.24.2023 | Graphics by Petty Officer 2nd Class Claire Alfaro A digital graphic made for printing on stickers to be distributed to surface Navy Sailors by members of Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S....
Surface Warriors Sticker with Logos 12.14.2022 | Graphics by Petty Officer 2nd Class Claire Alfaro A digital graphic made for printing on stickers to be distributed to surface Navy Sailors by members of Commander, Naval Surface Force U.S....
Maritime Superiority 07.25.2022 | Graphics by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stevin Atkins A graphic created for Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) Remembrance Flag 06.15.2022 | Graphics by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erica Higa USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) flag of remembrance for the seven sailors lost in a collision in 2017.
