17 October 2018 SMWDC Mine Warfare Division certified as Theater Mine Warfare Commander The deployable Mine Warfare Battle Staff is now certified to lead complex mine warfare missions...
16 October 2018 Navy, Gerard Butler collaborate to tell 21st century submarine yarn Hollywood came to the Pentagon, Oct. 15, as actor Gerard Butler spoke about his collaboration with the U.S. Navy in making “Hunter-Killer,” a submarine movie due out this week...
16 October 2018 USS Warrior Sailor awarded Mineman of the Year Mineman 1st Class Yves Dessources was recently named the Association of Minemen's 2018-2019 Mineman of the Year (Sea)...
15 October 2018 USS Shoup hosts dignitaries during Fiji shipboard reception The crew hosted more than 150 military and civilian officials and guests from the U.S., Fiji, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, New Zealand and Japan, Oct. 15...
15 October 2018 U.S. Navy divers recover oil from wrecked WWII ship Prinz Eugen The safe extraction of an estimated 250,000 gallons of fuel from the capsized ship in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, was completed Oct. 15...
12 October 2018 U.S. military, Japan Self-Defense Force prepare for exercise Keen Sword The biennial exercise, set to begin Oct. 29, is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises to increase readiness...
12 October 2018 USS Shoup to make return visit to Fiji during OMSI deployment The ship is set to make a second visit to Suva in recent weeks as part of an Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment...
12 October 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group joins International Fleet Review Three U.S. Navy ships joined others from 12 nations for the Republic of Korea Navy-hosted fleet review near Jeju Island...
10 October 2018 Ronald Reagan Strike Group, JMSDF participate in cooperative deployment The training in the Philippine Sea promoted interoperability between the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...
10 October 2018 USS Antietam joins Royal Thai Navy ships for cooperative deployment The event in the East China Sea focused on navigation, communication and ship handling skills, improving interoperability between the navies...
09 October 2018 U.S., Philippines and Japan conduct amphibious landing in the Philippines The training was part of KAMANDAG 2, a counterterrorism and humanitarian response exercise in the Philippines...
09 October 2018 USNS Wally Schirra rescues Filipino fishermen at sea The crew of the Military Sealift Command ship rescued five fishermen off an adrift and distressed boat in the South China Sea...
09 October 2018 USS Decatur renders assistance to Sri Lankan fishermen The guided-missile destroyer crew assisted seven mariners whose fishing boat was inoperable in the Indian Ocean after an engine malfunction...
08 October 2018 U.S., Malaysia reinforce new level of partnership with maritime exercise Sailors from both partner navies kicked off Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2018 in Lumut, Oct. 8...
06 October 2018 Michael Murphy visits Papua New Guinea ahead of APEC 2018 The ship is visiting as the nation prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit for the first time in November...
05 October 2018 Government agencies train with military during San Francisco Fleet Week A Defense Support of Civilian Authorities (DSCA) exercise is held annually during Fleet Week to train government agencies to work together to respond in the event of a natural disaster...
05 October 2018 U.S. and Japan advance new amphibious capability USS Ashland (LSD 48) is the first 7th Fleet ship to conduct amphibious operations with the newly-established JGSDF Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade...
02 October 2018 San Francisco Fleet Week kicks off with ship arrivals More than 1,800 Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen arrived in the Bay Area this week for the 38th annual San Francisco Fleet Week...
02 October 2018 USS Shoup visits Fiji to promote maritime security The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Suva, Fiji, Oct. 3, as part of an Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment...
02 October 2018 USS Wasp, 31st MEU arrive in Singapore during regional operations The amphibious assault ship, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived in Singapore for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 2...