Vice Admiral Fred W. Kacher

10/09/2025

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Commander, Self Defense Fleet Hosted Japan-U.S. Navy Commanders’ meeting KONDANKAI.
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08/28/2025

1️⃣ Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Tanner McMurdie, left, from Peoria, Arizona is recovered into an MH-60S Seahawk by Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Derek Carreon, from San Antonio, both assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, during a search and rescue exercise aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea.
2️⃣ U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets with the Navy Flight Demonstration Team, the Blue Angels, perform flight demonstrations during the 2025 Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay Air Show, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
3️⃣ A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Aug. 8. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
4️⃣ The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) fires its forward Mark 45 5-inch gun during a weapons maintenance shoot, July 29, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.

08/28/2025

Sending rounds down range 🔥🌊
Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) fire M240B machine guns during a live-fire exercise while underway in the Pacific Ocean. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

08/28/2025

1️⃣ A U.S. Air Force A10C Thunderbolt II flies over the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) in the Pacific Ocean.
2️⃣ An MV-22 Osprey, assigned to the “Sunhawks” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, prepares for takeoff on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Pacific Ocean.
3️⃣ The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) fires a Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) during a live fire exercise in the North Pacific Ocean.
4️⃣ An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25) in the Gulf of Alaska.

08/28/2025

1️⃣ An AV-8B Harrier, assigned to the “Thunder Chickens” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), prepares to land on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as another AV-8B Harrier taxis on deck during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean.
2️⃣ Aviation Machinist’s Mate Airman Michael Johns, assigned to Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department aboard the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), observes maintenance on a jet engine on the ship’s fantail in the Atlantic Ocean.
3️⃣ An MH-60S Seahawk, attached to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, conducts a vertical replenishment with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Pacific Ocean.
4️⃣ Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Apprentice Aixa Cotamorles, left, from San Diego, salutes the ensign while Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Alexander Adkins, from Lexington, Ky., shifts colors on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in San Diego.

08/28/2025

Step off the edge 🪂
U.S. East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) execute a free fall jump from an MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing during ARCTIC EDGE 2025 (AE25) in Kodiak, Alaska.
AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic.
📸 MC1 Trey Hutcheson

08/07/2025

Announced the 2025 7th Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY) during a ceremony held on board Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan.

08/05/2025

We have the watch. 🇺🇸⚓
Sailors man the rails as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) arrives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a scheduled port visit.

08/05/2025

1️⃣ The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels’ perform at the Pensacola Beach Air Show, in Pensacola, Florida.
2️⃣ The world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Spanish Navy Santa Maria-class frigate ESPS Canarias (F86), fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), transit the Strait of Gibraltar, July 17.
3️⃣ The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) sails off the coast of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic during Continuing Promise 2025, July 20.
4️⃣ The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) transit the Strait of Malacca, July 16.

08/05/2025

The Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) and USS Savannah (LCS 28) conduct a passing exercise (PASSEX) while operating in the Western Pacific Ocean.🚢🌅
📸 AWS1 Oscar Ledesma

The Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) and USS Savannah (LCS 28) conduct a passing exercise (PASSEX) while operating in the Western Pacific Ocean.🚢🌅

📸 AWS1 Oscar Ledesma

08/05/2025

Navy Week is coming to Sioux Falls, Aug 4-10! 🇺🇸⚓
Come meet our Sailors and help us celebrate !

Navy Week is coming to Sioux Falls, Aug 4-10! 🇺🇸⚓

Come meet our Sailors and help us celebrate !