241009-N-CV021-1002 SUBIC, Philippines (Oct. 9, 2024) Sailors from participating nations play traditional Filipino games during a sports day event as part of Sama Sama 2024, Oct. 9. Sama Sama is a bilateral exercise hosted by the Philippines and the United States with participants from Australia, Canada, France and Japan, designed to promote regional security, cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)
Members of the Naval Safety Command (NSC) visited the Yokosuka waterfront during the week of December 9, 2024, to engage with the Commander Task Force (CTF) 70 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 ships to discuss strategies for empowering Sailors to effectively communicate risk decisions up and down the chain of command to reduce Surface Force mishaps.
Capt. Patrick S. Corrigan turned command of the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 over to Capt. Brian Kesselring in a change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni on Thursday, Dec. 12.
YOKOSUKA, Japan – Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 returned to Yokosuka, Japan Nov. 22 following deployments aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS George Washington (CVN 73).
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 17, 2024) – The four strike fighter squadrons of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 departed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and returned to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni this week, with the primary fly-off taking place on Nov. 17, 2024.
