Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan

In December 2025, the @USNavy approved a design for the McClung class Medium Landing Ship, a transport vessel solely dedicated to moving #Marines and their equipment to better allow the sea service to support and protect joint fleet and air movements. Watch the full video on the Marines YouTube channel at the link below 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=XhbdPg… #USMC #MarineCorps #SemperFi

Purple Up!

USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is the first warship to bear the name of a Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient—Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. whose actions in the Que Son Valley during Operation Harvest Moon set the standard for leadership under fire. This is not symbolism. This is combat power. And today, she joins something bigger. Under @POTUS Golden Fleet, we are rebuilding American maritime dominance, putting more hulls in the water, faster, strengthening the industrial base, and ensuring we are ready to fight and win today, tomorrow, and beyond. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. honors a warrior and delivers the kind of seapower that both deters war and wins. @SurfaceWarriors @USNavy @USMC

Happy birthday to the U.S. Navy Submarine Force! Thank you for 126 years of silent service, unwavering dedication, and vital contributions to national security. #Navy250 #America250 #SilentService #PeaceThroughStrength

Congratulations to @NASA on Artemis II—making history and carrying exploration forward. A 695,081-mile journey—driven by the courage of our astronauts. Incredibly proud of the @USNavy team supporting the recovery mission and the USS John P. Murtha. We choose to go onward to the Moon—and beyond!

What a journey! 🚀🌖 After a historic 10-day mission that took humans farther than they've been in over 50 years, the Artemis II crew has safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. 🌊

Recovery operations for Artemis II require elite coordination between NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the USS John P Murtha. As a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the Murtha is uniquely equipped to handle the Orion spacecraft recovery. 🚀🌖⚓️

Today, my Senior Acquisition Executive recognized the establishment of the Portfolio Acquisition Executive-@USMC and bid farewell to Program Executive Office Land Systems. This transition is not just a structural change—it’s a transformation in how we deliver capabilities to our warfighters. This new construct is designed to accelerate the delivery of modernized, integrated capabilities to our Marines at the speed of relevance. LtGen Eric Austin is empowered to move fast, take measured risk, and deliver capability to our warfighters at speed.

Building the fleet of tomorrow requires tough, data-driven decisions today. The inactivation of USS Boise allows us to redirect critical funds toward the capabilities that will ensure our warfighting advantage. semafor.com/article/04/10/…

No more business as usual at the Department of the Navy. We are redirecting funds to what matters: immediate readiness and operational supremacy. This is about ensuring we can meet any threat, any time. axios.com/2026/04/10/nav…

🚨📰 #USNAVY UPDATE: USS John P. Murtha to support NASA's Artemis II mission SAN DIEGO – Amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) is slated to serve as the recovery ship for the Orion spacecraft and its crew upon their return from the historic Artemis II mission. The Artemis II mission is the first crewed flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft, sending four astronauts on an approximately 10-day journey that will take them beyond the Moon. This mission will mark humanity's first crewed voyage to the vicinity of the Moon in over 50 years. Upon completion of their mission, the Orion capsule will splash down in the Pacific Ocean, where John P. Murtha and its crew will be prepared to recover the astronauts and the spacecraft.

From seabed to space. 🌊🚀🌕 @NPS_Monterey alumni U.S. Navy Capt. Victor Glover and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman will soon guide the spacecraft back to Earth where their shipmates aboard USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) await their splashdown! 1️⃣ Artemis II mission commander retired U.S. Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft just as his first lunar observation period of the day begins. 2️⃣ Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, as it passed between the spacecraft and the Sun, another first in astronaut history. 3️⃣ Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over the Moon’s curved limb in this photo captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey around the far side of the Moon.

To create a more lethal and ready @USNavy and @USMC, we're not just talking about the future, we're building it. Over the past year, we have taken decisive action.   A New Way of Doing Business ▪️The era of free money is over—industry now has skin in the game and investing in their own expansion. ▪️Canceled programs that were not delivering, too expensive, or too slow. ▪️Created accountable Portfolio Acquisition Executives to deliver integrated capabilities. ▪️Established the Rapid Capabilities Office to accelerate the delivery of technology to the warfighter. ▪️PAE Robotics and Autonomous Systems is paving the way to streamline requirements, work with industry, and develop capability.   Building the Golden Fleet ▪️Implementing @POTUS’s directive to restore America’s maritime dominance. ▪️Executing the 3 pillars of the Golden Fleet: 1) revitalizing the industrial base, 2) delivering the fleet of the future, 3) changing how we do business. ▪️Expanded shipbuilding capability in a public-private partnership with @HadrianInc to build a shipbuilding ‘factory of the future.’ ▪️Integrating 21st Century Force Structure and to realize @USMC Force Design and @USNavy High-Low mix with continued investments in carriers, subs, destroyers, and amphibs. ▪️Delivering new capabilities by accelerating a proven frigate design, and unprecedented investment for the future with a new battleship, Medium Landing Ship, and unmanned capabilities. ▪️Deployed Data Edge Collection Kits to the fleet, allowing ships to collect operational data at the tactical edge for AI and software updates. ▪️Scaled ShipOS to 2 major shipbuilders, 4 public shipyards, and 100 suppliers.   Investing in Our People ▪️With @POTUS and Congressional support, delivered a 3.8% pay raise to our Sailors and Marines. ▪️Funded investments to modernize barracks to improve the quality of life on our installations. ▪️Supported our families through childcare fee assistance and increased staffing at our child development centers. ▪️Redefined promotion board precepts to identify and advance leaders based on initiative, competence, and sustained superior performance.

We honor the profound resilience of our Gold Star Spouses. Their strength is a living testament to the cost of our freedom.

Thank you @POTUS for your leadership and decisive action. A bold, high-risk rescue brought our Airmen home—precision under pressure. Grateful for our @usairforce and @USArmy teammates, and proud of our @USNavy team whose support and execution were critical to mission success. We never leave our warriors behind.

Today is the day! Watch as mission commander retired U.S. Navy Capt. Reid Wiseman and spacecraft pilot U.S. Navy Capt. Victor Glover lead the historic Artemis II mission on a 10-day space flight around the Moon – the first crewed lunar fly-by in more than 50 years. @NASA @NASAArtemis @Astro_Reid @AstroVicGLover

Today we mark the 81st anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Okinawa. On this day in 1945, elements of the 1st and 6th Marine Divisions, alongside Soldiers of the @USArmy XXIV Corps, landed on the Hagushi beaches on Okinawa's western coast, initiating what would become a brutal nearly three-month engagement.

"...you see those battleships sitting there, and you think that they float on water, don't you? You are wrong. They are carried to sea on the backs of those Chief Petty Officers.” – Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey Happy 133rd birthday, Chiefs! ⚓🐐 #CPOBirthday

It was a privilege to be with our @USNavy warfighters at @NS_Mayport. From Sailors returning home to those heading out in support of ongoing global operations, I saw a palpable and collective commitment to readiness across all commands. BZ Shipmates!