My CFAY Weekly, Oct. 22
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CFAY Highlights Fire Prevention Month With Focus on Safe Charging
Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Fire and Emergency Services is halfway through its annual Fire Prevention Month campaign, which launched Oct. 1. The monthlong campaign includes school visits, open houses…
CFAY Honors Fallen Sailors and Gold Star Families with Bells Across America Ceremony
Sailors, Gold Star families and community members gathered in the Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Headquarters Auditorium Sept. 24 for the annual Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members ceremony,…
CFAY Marks the 25th 9/11 Anniversary with a Remembrance Ceremony
Sailors and community members at Fleet Activities Yokosuka honored the 2,977 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during a ceremony on the attacks' 25th anniversary.
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CFAY MWR Hosts Spooktacular, Trunk-or-Treat
Community members participate in the trunk-or-treat at…
CFAY Holds Awards at Quarters
Capt. Jonathan Hopkins, Commander, Fleet Activities…
CFAY Commissions MAC Natalie Hasbrouck
Sailors in attendance celebrate Ens. Natalie…
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From the Fleet
Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive in Yokosuka for port visit
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), composed of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8); San Antonio-class amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and…
USS Makin Island Pulls Into Japan
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD…
LHD 8 ports in Japan for maintenance availability
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD…
Philippine, Japan, US forces conduct Maritime Cooperative Activity
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Parola-class patrol vessel…
USS Mustin names MC2 Timothy Dimal Warfighter of the Week
U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class…
USS Howard conducts live-fire training
261021-N-YD641-1482 PACIFIC OCEAN U.S. Navy…
USS Howard conducts weapons familiarization
261020-N-YD641-1112 PACIFIC OCEAN U.S. Navy Chief…
USS Howard celebrates 25th Anniversary
261020-N-YD641-1217 PACIFIC OCEAN The crew of Arleigh…
Shoup Sailors Conduct Flight Quarters
A U.S. Sailor directs an MH-60R Seahawk assigned to…
Shoup Sailors Conduct Maintenance on a Gas Turbine Engine
U.S. Sailors conduct maintenance on a gas turbine engine…
USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) departs Naval Station Rota, Spain for Patrol 6
Operations Specialist Seaman Tayler Hemphill uses an…
Security in Bloom at SRF-JRMC
U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional…
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Around the Region
Sailors support the 56th Naha Tug-of-War
U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 1st Class Dorian Dysard,…
Sailors support the 56th Naha Great Tug-of-War
U.S. Navy Sailors and other volunteers move bleachers…
CNRJ F&EMS Atsugi Fire Department Open House
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CFAS Navy Ball 2026
Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS) leadership,…
CFAS CO Visits Saikai Mayor
Capt. Wil Hines, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo…
CFAS CO Visits Sasebo Mayor
Sasebo City Mayor Daisuke Miyajima speaks with Capt. Wil…
NAF Atsugi Sailors Receive their Flu Shot
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AFN Yokosuka
251st Navy Anniversary Ball
261015-N-CY569-1001 YOKOSUKA, Japan (October 15, 2025) — CFAY celebrates the Navy's 251st anniversary and holds a ball. (U.S. Navy Video by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Robledo)
Bells Across America
Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka held the annual Bells Across America ceremony in remembrance of Sailors and service members. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jerrell Jones)
Shared JMSDF and U.S. Navy Chief pinning
Sailors from the JMSDF and U.S. Navy participate in a Chief Pinning Ceremony, concluding the first U.S.-Japan Bilateral Chief Initiation Season. Chief Initiation Season is a mandatory multi-week training evolution…