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Exercise Urgent Response Tests Marine Corps Installation Partnerships

Service members, civilians and contractors at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Fla., participated in Exercise Urgent Response, a four-hour force protection exercise tha...

U.S. Marine Corps base runs active shooter drill in Jacksonville

Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, ran a four-hour active shooter and explosive threat exercise on September 3, testing how the installation and...

San Antonio Sailors, Marines Destroy Alleged Narco Boat Refueling Station

U.S. Marines and sailors, launching from USS San Antonio (LPD-17), interdicted and boarded a vessel suspected of being used as a floating refueling station before Joint Task Force...

Exercise Sea Breeze 26-2 Opens with Focus on Interoperability as a Combat Capability

Portland, United Kingdom – Exercise Sea Breeze 26-2 kicked off in Portland, United Kingdom, today. Naval forces from Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Japan, Lat...

New fire station replaces 46-year-old firehouse at Blount Island

The new, larger Fire Station 48 will protect JAXPORT and Northside neighborhoods on Heckscher Drive. The post New fire station replaces 46-year-old firehouse at Blount Island appea...

Ports America adds Jones Act cargo handling at Jaxport

The carrier Trailer Bridge has reached an agreement with the terminal operator and stevedore to take over cargo handling for its main service to Puerto Rico.

Navy Awards TOTE $2.2B to Serve as Vessel Construction Manager for Landing Ship Medium

The Navy on Monday issued TOTE Services a $2.2 billion contract to function as the vessel construction manager for the Marine Corps’ Landing Ship Medium program, according to a Def...

Army Contracting Support Enables Marine Operations Along Southern Border

U.S. Navy Announces Award of Vessel Construction Manager Contract to Accelerate Medium Landing Ship Acquisition

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.2 billion contract to TOTE Services LLC for Vessel Construction Management to oversee the acquisition of the new Medium Landing Ships (L...

SOUTHCOM Strikes First Suspected Drug Boat in Two Months

Forces with Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere – the new name for Joint Task Force Southern Spear – struck a low-profile vessel suspected of smuggling illicit narcotics on Sunday....

VIDEO: Navy, Marines Interdict Second Suspected Narco Refueling Station

Sailors and Marines assigned to USS San Antonio (LPD-17) interdicted and destroyed a second suspected narco logistics vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday in coordination wit...

ZIM Line and MSC add JAXPORT to Asia Container Service Rotation

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) welcomes the Sapphire, the first vessel to call Jacksonville as part of the ZCP-Amberjack container service...

CNO, MCPON Visit Sailors in Mayport, Kings Bay

MAYPORT, Fla. – Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle and Master Chief Petty Officer of the

TOTE Services Hosts Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Industry Day

TOTE Services, LLC, a leading U.S. maritime services company specializing in vessel construction management and ship management, hosted more than 30 commercial shipbuilders, equipm...

Ports America, Trailer Bridge Sign 10-Year Jacksonville Deal

Ports America will handle Jacksonville cargo operations and install new technology for Trailer Bridge under a 10-year agreement.

USNS Kanawha Receives Presidential Unit Citation Award for Combat Logistics Force Support during Joint Operations

NORFOLK, Va. (July 17, 2026) — In a historic milestone for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Combat Logistics Force (CLF), fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196...

Navy, Marines Interdict Fourth Suspected Narco Refueling Station

U.S. forces with Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere interdicted the fourth floating refueling station on Monday, U.S. Southern Command announced via social media. U.S. sailors and...

Two US Navy Warships Arrive At Guantanamo, Cuba 

The USS Billings LCS 15 is among the two US Navy littoral combat ships that have arrived at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cub...

Two US Navy Warships Arrive At Guantanamo, Cuba 

The USS Billings LCS 15 is among the two US Navy littoral combat ships that have arrived at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cub...

USS Thomas Hudner Returns to Naval Station Mayport From Deployment

The guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., concluding an almost nine-month deployment across multiple geographic theaters, including th...

Jaxport adds new Asia-LatAm-Med container service

The Port of Jacksonville has broadened its reach as two liner operators add the Florida port gateway to a three-continent service. The post Jaxport adds new Asia-LatAm-Med containe...

U.S. Southern Command Completes 68th Lethal Drug Boat Strike

U.S. Southern Command has carried out its 68th airstrike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel, bringing the total toll of its campaign to an estimated...

TOTE Services Awarded VCM Contract to Oversee Medium Landing Ship Construction Program

Award brings TOTE Services' proven Vessel Construction Manager experience to a mission-critical U.S. Navy and Marine Corps shipbuilding program

Bollinger Shipyards Opens Maritime Training Center in Mississippi

Bollinger Shipyards has opened a 7,200-square-foot workforce training center at its Gulfport, Mississippi, facility to expand skilled trades training for the U.S. shipbuilding indu...