NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 20, 2026) - Retired Adm. James Foggo walks through the sideboys during the Submarine Force change of command ceremony, Feb. 20. Vice Adm. Richard Seif relieved Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher as Commander, Submarine Forces/Submarine Force Atlantic/Allied Submarine Command. Gaucher will serve as the first Submarine Direct Reporting Manager (DPRM). (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mailani Jones-Thornton)
The Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Active-Duty Fund Drive for the Hampton Roads area is underway following a kick-off ceremony in the U.S. Fleet Forces Command rotunda, February 24.
Sailors aboard USS Frank Cable used shipboard 3D printing to produce a submarine part and delivered it for installation on USS Vermont at HMAS Stirling. This milestone demonstrates how additive manufacturing keeps forward-deployed forces ready and strengthens allied capabilities across the Indo-Pacific.
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779)
returned to Naval Station Norfolk on September 22, concluding a three month deployment
supporting NATO’s Special Operations Forces exercise.
Naval leaders from across the Americas convened recently in Lima, Peru for the Submarine Conference of the Americas 2025 (SCOTA 25), a multinational conference showcasing and addressing national undersea domain capabilities, the challenges of interoperability, and undersea collaboration against strategic competitors in the Western Hemisphere.
USS Delaware (SSN 791), a Virginia-class attack submarine, successfully completed Yellow Moray Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) operations in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area of operations. This mission marks a significant technological milestone in autonomous system development as the Yellow Moray (REMUS 600) UUV executed the first-ever forward deployed submarine torpedo tube launch and recovery of a UUV to complete a tactical objective.
