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Military divers enter the water alongside the icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20) during a scientific mission in the Beaufort Sea with USCG divers of Regional Dive Locker West and Navy divers of Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Aug. 11, 2023. Together, the Coast Guard and Navy conducted 42 military dives, totaling 656 minutes of bottom time to depths of 40 feet in the Arctic Ocean. As a component of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One, MDSU-1 provides ready, expeditionary, rapidly deployable mobile diving and salvage companies to conduct harbor and waterway clearance, salvage, underwater search and recovery, and underwater emergency repairs in any environment. (U.S. Navy Courtesy Photo)

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A military diver swims behind the icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20) during a scientific mission in the Beaufort Sea with USCG divers of Regional Dive Locker West and Navy divers of Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Aug. 11, 2023.

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20230908-N-IK388-0047 CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 8 2023) The U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Candace Bond, poses with Rear Adm. James Aiken and members of the Continuing Promise 2023 team during a tour of the medical sites. Continuing Promise 2023 marks the 13th mission to the region since 2007 and the first involving USNS Burlington. The mission will also foster goodwill, strengthen existing partnerships with partner nations, and encourage the establishment of new partnerships among countries, non-government organizations, and international organizations.(U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Stacy M. Atkinsricks)

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230906-N-DH811-1091 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. Brian Lucas, a Reserve surface warfare officer, departs his assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1086 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. Laura Nevel, a Reserve surface warfare officer, departs her assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1084 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sep. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. Matthew Snodgrass, a Reserve surface warfare officer, departs his assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1070 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. Laura Nevel, a Reserve surface warfare officer, receives her command-at-sea pin during an assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1066 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. David Pascoe, a Reserve surface warfare officer, receives his command-at-sea pin during an assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6, onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1060 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023)— Cmdr. David Pascoe, a Reserve surface warfare officer, speaks during an assumption of command ceremony, Sept. 6. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command's MESF deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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230906-N-DH811-1046 Virginia Beach, Va. (Sept. 6, 2023) — Rear. Adm. Mark Haigis, deputy commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), speaks during an assumption of command ceremony for four Reserve surface warfare officers assuming command at sea for security boat companies within Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadrons Eight and Ten, Sept. 6. NECC’s Maritime Expeditionary Security Force deploys globally and operates throughout the sea-to-shore and inland operating environment, protecting maritime infrastructure, providing insertion and extraction capabilities and supporting assets enabling maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin T. Liston)

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U.S. Navy Builder 3rd Class Tobin Long, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 observes rapid airfield damage repair during a pre-deployment qualification exercise at the Silver Flag exercise site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 7, 2023. The Silver Flag exercise site is outfitted with a 1.2-thousand-acre training platform including a mock runway for RADR exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Del Oso)

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CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Aug. 12, 2023) - Builder 1st Class Melissa Desalvo, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, uses a sledgehammer to adjust a reinforced bunker wall during "Operation Turning Point", a field training exercise (FTX) on Camp Shelby, Miss., August 12, 2023. Operation Turning Point is a field exercise conducted by Naval Construction Group (NCG) TWO that places a battalion in a simulated hostile environment in order to test the full range of their expeditionary construction skills. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James S. Hong)

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230901-N-PI330-1114 ROTA, Spain (September 1, 2023) Command Master Chief Duane Jerry, left, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), and Command Master Chief Erwin Hoffman, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB 1), change command flags during a turnover ceremony for Camp Mitchell in Rota, Spain, September 1, 2023. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Waters)

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Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Sailors assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 fast-rope onto the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) for a simulated expeditionary battle damage assessment and repair during a general quarters drill, August 12, 2023. Porter is participating in U.S. Fleet Forces Command's Large Scale Exercise 2023, which provides a venue to test and refine current and new technologies and platforms to reinforce our current position as a supreme maritime force and provide feedback used to inform future innovation. (U.S. Navy photo by Interior Communications Electrician 3rd Class Hailey A. Servedio)

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Virginia Beach, Va. The Navy posthumously recognized Lt. j.g. William Collins, a Vietnam War veteran and former officer-in-charge of a swift boat, during a ceremony today onboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Collins’ wife Estella and his family accepted the Bronze Star Medal with combat V on his behalf from Rear. Adm. Brad Andros, commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC).U.S. Navy photo by Spencer R. Layne/Released

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Lt. j.g. William Collins stands aboard patrol craft fast 53 with his crewmates.

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Lt. j.g. William Collins stands in front of the signal station onboard the USS Newport News (CA-148).

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Lt. j.g. William Collins poses for his Navy service photo.

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230803-N-OH262-1258 NORFOLK, Va. (August 3, 2023)--Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group’s Expeditionary Reload Team stow simulated ordnance in the ship's MK 71 Vertical Launch System (VLS) during a VLS re-arm demonstration held pier-side on Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 3. The VLS demonstration was part of U.S. Fleet Forces Command's Large Scale Exercise 2023 which provides a venue to test and refine current and new technologies and platforms to reinforce our current position as a supreme maritime force and provide feedback used to inform future innovation. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta)

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CM1 Curtis Cox conducts training while EO2 Tyler Campbell operates a 25K Rough Terrain Container Handler and EO2 Gage Bochette ground guides.

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