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USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) Returns Home from Deployment
September 29, 2025
(Sept. 29, 2025) Cmdr. Eric Knepper, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763), left and Cmdr. Sean Heenan, executive officer of Santa Fe, pose for a photo after returning to Naval Base Point Loma following a six-month deployment to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Sept. 29, 2025. Santa Fe is assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 11, home to four Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines, which are capable of supporting various missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, strike warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rashan Jefferson)
USS Springfield Returns to Guam Following Indo-Pacific Deployment
August 31, 2025
NAVAL BASE GUAM (August 31, 2025) Cmdr. Greg Storer, commanding officer, USS Springfield (SSN 761), left, and Lt. Cmdr. Juan Diaz, center, man the conning tower of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, August 31, 2025. Springfield returns to Guam after completing a routine deployment in the Indo-Pacific. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15, based at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, Springfield is one of five forward-deployed fast-attack submarines. Renowned for their unparalleled speed, endurance, stealth, and mobility, fast-attack submarines are the backbone of the Navy’s submarine force. Regarded as apex predators of the sea, Guam’s fast-attack submarines serve at the tip of the spear, helping to reaffirm the submarine force's forward-deployed presence in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. James Caliva)
Submarine Squadron 7 Holds Change of Command Ceremony at Pearl Harbor
July 25, 2025
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 25, 2025) - Capt. Jeff Fassbender, incoming commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 7, delivers remarks during the CSS 7 change of command ceremony aboard the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771), July 25, 2025. During the ceremony, Fassbender, from St. Marys, Kansas, relieved Capt. Corey Poorman, from Severna Park, Maryland, as CSS 7 commodore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes)

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