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USS Russell (DDG 59) breaks away from USNS Pecos after refueling. (U.S. Navy photo by CMCS Mark D. Faram)
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Photo from the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Builder's Trial of USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers. (Courtesy photos by General Dynamics NASSCO)
USS Spruance (DDG 111) conducts replenishment-at-sea with USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor Crenshaw)
An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, receives ammunition from the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), Feb. 4, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Novalee Manzella)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) on Aug. 13, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sarah Weinstein)
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) send pallets to the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) during a replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 19, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron T. Smith)
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), left, receives fuel and supplies from USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), Jan. 16, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brandie Nuzzi)
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda)
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter transports cargo from the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) during a vertical replenishment-at-sea in the Arabian Sea, Oct. 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort)
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) stand in formation prior to a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) in the Indian Ocean, Sept. 29. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aja Bleu Jackson)
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Michael Soliven, left, assistant cook, and Melvin Macaraeg, deck engineer, both with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) open a care package that was provided by the American Association of Singapore and the Stamford American International School in Singapore while aboard Charles Drew at Sembawang Wharves, Singapore, Nov. 21, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)
11/22/2024
Lt. Cmdr. Jamil A. Khan is greeted by children during a community outreach event at the Learning Center of the Human Help Network Foundation in Pattaya, Thailand.
11/8/2024
SRIRACH, Thailand— Pongpisit Ungsuchaikij, head chef at a popular hotel in Pattaya, Thailand, and volunteer with U.S. Navy League Siam Council in Pattaya, poses for a photograph aboard expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) in Sriracha, Thailand, Nov. 6, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)
11/6/2024
SUBIC BAY, Philippines—Civilian mariner Sean A. Joyner, steward utility, assigned to expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11), distributes donated goods to the Aeta community within Subic during a community outreach event at the Aningway-Sacatihan Elementary School Annex/ High School, Subic Bay, Philippines, Oct. 29, 2024. The Aeta are indigenous people who live in scattered, isolated mountainous parts of Luzon, Philippines. (U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)
10/31/2024
BMC Andrew Werner provides instruction to Philippine navy sailors during Sama Sama.
10/17/2024
Navy Reserve Unit Military Sealift Command Far East Detachment 101, out of St. Louis, tour the large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off pre-positioning ship USNS Watkins (T-AKR 315) prior to participation in exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 2024 (UFS 24), at Pier 8, Busan, South Korea, Aug. 16. Exercise UFS 24 is a combined exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) with participation from United Nations Command Member State militaries as well as U.S. and ROK governmental agencies to fortify the combined defense posture and enhance response capabilities. (Photo by Cmdr. Hannah Shipp)
9/6/2024
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transfers ordnance.
8/30/2024
Military vehicles are staged near Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR 5066) during an offload of equipment in support of exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024, at the Port of Banyuwangi, Indonesia Aug. 12. Super Garuda Shield, one of the largest multinational exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, continues to solidify the U.S.-Indonesia Major Defense Partnership Defense Cooperation Agreement and advances cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)
8/19/2024
Military Sealift Command (MSC) civilian mariners perform underway replenishment operations from the deck of the MSC dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during an underway replenishment operation during the international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024.
8/9/2024