📍NORFOLK, Va. – Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Robert Heinke, assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) and deployed with guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94), meets his daughter for the first time after Nitze returned to Naval Station Norfolk following a scheduled deployment April 5, 2023. USS Nitze returns to homeport after an eight-month deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet ar

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Ben Palo, from Ellenville, N.Y., discusses the close-in weapons system after it is fired during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serves as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication