Karl O. Thomas

24/12/2025

231129-N-UX013-1292 YOKOSUKA, Japan Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, right, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, meets with Gen. Kang, Shin Chul, left, deputy commander, ROK-US Combined Forces Commander, and Lt. Gen. Andrew Harrison, center, deputy commander, United Nations Command, Korea, during leadership engagement, Nov. 29. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Clay)

24/12/2025

240207-N-WM182-1052 YOKOSUKA, Japan Distinguished visitors from the Republic of Latvia meet with Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, and Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, prospective commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)

24/12/2025

240207-N-WM182-1050 YOKOSUKA, Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Krišjānis Kariņš and Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, exchange gifts aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caitlin Flynn)

24/12/2025

YOKOSUKA, Japan Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, gives a challenge coin to Hull Technician Fireman Owen Hamm, from Deatsville, Ala., aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, actively works to foster relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Hall)

24/12/2025

230427-N-EX134-1051 U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), a Blue Ridge-class command and control ship forward deployed to Gaeta, Italy, is operated by a combined/hybrid crew of Navy military personnel and MSC civil service mariners (CIVMARS) who operate the galleys, ship’s laundry, supply, engineering, and deck divisions, and are seen here bringing stores onto the ship.

24/12/2025

Twenty-three students and three teachers from Gianola Hotel Culinary School visited the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) to expand their knowledge on being a purser (disbursing officer), as Capt. Karl O. Thomas, commanding officer Mount Whitney, and other Sailors stand by as Military Sealift Command civilian mariner Norlin Ulad, Mount Whitney's purser, answered questions referring to his job. Mount Whitney is the U.S. 6th Fleet's flagship. It is home-ported in Gaeta, Italy, and operates with a hybrid crew of U.S. Sailors and Military Sealift Command civilian mariners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sylvia Nealy/Released)

24/12/2025

Capt. Karl Thomas, commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney, greets Capt. Rimants Strimaitis, commander of the Latvian navy, aboard Mount Whitney. Mount Whitney is on a scheduled deployment.

11/11/2025

U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) transits the Korea Strait. Blue Ridge is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

11/11/2025

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Jones, from Tampa, Fla., uses a speed wrench to load 20 mm high explosive incendiary rounds into an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington departed its forward-operating base of Fleet Activities Yokosuka on June 12, 2011 to patrol the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

11/11/2025

YOKOSUKA, Japan Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, discusses shipboard operations and the ongoing maintenance period with Capt. Tim Waits, commanding officer, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Dec. 1, 2021. Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as 7th Fleet command ship, actively works to foster relationships with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Hall)

27/08/2025