A U.S. Marines CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the #USSNewYork ( #LPD21 ) while underway in the #AtlanticOcean during Composite Unit Training Exercise ( #COMPTUEX ), April 17, 2024. U.S. Fleet Forces U.S. Navy

Civilian contractors in support of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct pre-flight checks on a V-BAT unmanned aircraft system aboard #USSNewYork ( #LPD21 ) while underway in the #AtlanticOcean during Composite Unit Training Exercise, April 17, 2024. U.S. Navy U.S. Marines U.S. Fleet Forces #COMPTUEX

📍ATLANTIC OCEAN – Flight operations aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) #CVN75 , April 13, 2024. Truman is the flagship of the #HarrySTruman Carrier Strike Group and is currently underway as part of the basic phase. #USNavy #C2F U.S. Fleet Forces U.S. Navy

#USNavy Photos of the Day:
 
1️⃣ #VAQ144 launches from@USSHARRYSTRUMAN U.S. 2nd Fleet U.S. Fleet Forces
2️⃣ Arresting gear maintenance aboard@TheRealCVN71, 3️⃣ #USSRussell refuels from U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command #USNSJohnEricsson and 4️⃣ #USSHoward freshwater washdown in 7th Fleet U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

The USS New York, with embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean completes integrated naval training as the WSP ARG-24th MEU team under the evaluation of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 and Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG).

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#USNavy Photos of the Day:
 
1️⃣ Officers stand watch aboard #USSHoward in the East China Sea 7th Fleet
2️⃣ #VFA143 load ordnance on an F/A-18E aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) U.S. 2nd Fleet U.S. Fleet Forces
3️⃣ USNavyCNO defense budget testimony
4️⃣ Blue Angels performance NavyOutreach

#Marines with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct simulated counter unmanned aerial systems operations aboard the #USSWasp during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX).

COMPTUEX is the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th MEU’s final at-sea certification exercise before deployment.

#USMC

Blue-Green Team 🔵🟢🫡⚓️

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit , and Sailors with the USS New York (LPD 21) conduct a defense of amphibious task force exercise aboard the warship while underway.

📸: Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

#Warfighting

#USMarines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take part in a security training exercise aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock #USSNewYork ( #LPD21 ), April 12, 2024. U.S. Marines #USNavy #C2F #COMPTUEX24 U.S. Fleet Forces

It’s go time. ⏰ ⚓️🌎🦅

📍ATLANTIC OCEAN - Marines with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group begin Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) to assess a ship’s deployability and to fully integrate the ARG-MEU as a cohesive multi-mission fighting force.

📍 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The USS Gunston Hall #LSD44 returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, April 11, following #SteadfastDefender24 , NATO’s largest exercise in decades.

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Prep, set, launch, repeat! 🔁These Sailors make launching jets look easy! #NavysFinest 😎
📸: Sailors prepare and launch F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets during flight operations aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (@theCVN69) in the Red Sea. #AlwaysReady

#USMarines , assigned to the “ #BlueKnights ” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron #VMM365 (reinforced), conduct flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), April 7. Wasp is training and operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet’s area of operation. U.S. Marines U.S. Fleet Forces #C2F

Vice Adm. Doug G. Perry, commander, NATO JFC Norfolk and U.S. 2nd Fleet, joins VAdm/Vam Angus Topshee Vice Adm. Angus Topshee, and other military leaders during a discussion panel at the #SeaAirSpace conference held in National Harbor, Md., April 8. Royal Canadian Navy #SAS2024 #StrongerTogether

The big BOOM 🚢💥

USS Gravely (DDG 107) conducts a pre-action calibration practice fire of its 5-inch gun in the Red Sea.
📸: Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Word

#Warfighting #NavyReadiness #LiveFire #SafetyatSea

24th MEU Arriving

#24MEU #Marines embark the #USSWasp (LHD 1) for Composite Training Unit Exercise, the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th MEU’s final at-sea, certification exercise prior to their scheduled, upcoming deployment.

Sweden’s Top Military Leaders Visit Norfolk Operational Headquarters during NATO’s 75th anniversary. Read the full story 👇 #usnavy #NATO #swedisharmedforces #C2F #jfcnf
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🎉 Today marks the 75th birthday of NATO! To answer Trivia Tuesday, there were 12 founding members who formed the alliance on this day in 1949.
#StrongerTogether