25 April 2018 USNS Mercy arrives in Sri Lanka for Pacific Partnership U.S and partner nation service members participating in Pacific Partnership 2018 arrived in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship, April 25...
24 April 2018 Essex ARG, 13th MEU begin integrated training Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit commenced an ARG/MEU exercise off the coast of California, April 24...
24 April 2018 ANZAC Day: Our commitment runs deep This year, our allies West are marking an especially poignant ANZAC Day...
24 April 2018 USS Ashland returns to Sasebo after regional patrol The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship returned to Sasebo, Japan, April 24, after a patrol with the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group...
24 April 2018 U.S., Thailand to conduct anti-submarine exercise Guardian Sea The five-day anti-submarine and maritime domain awareness exercise kicks off in the Andaman Sea, April 25...
23 April 2018 USS Portland commissioned in namesake city The Navy's 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship was commissioned in Portland, Ore., April 21...
23 April 2018 USS Milius bids farewell to San Diego, begins transit to Japan The guided-missile destroyer departed San Diego, April 20, officially beginning its transition to the Forward Deployed Naval Forces in Japan...
23 April 2018 MCPON's Executive Leadership Symposium makes first stop in Japan The U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief led command master chiefs from units across U.S. 7th Fleet in the first overseas MCPON Executive Leadership Symposium, April 18-20...
21 April 2018 Brunswick arrives in Malaysia for Pacific Partnership USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) arrived in Tawau, Malaysia, April 21, for the embarked team's third Pacific Partnership 2018 mission stop...
20 April 2018 USS Bremerton departs Pearl Harbor for final time The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine departed Pearl Harbor, April 20, bound for Bremerton, Wash., to begin the inactivation and decommissioning process...
19 April 2018 Navy to commission amphibious transport dock ship Portland The future USS Portland (LPD 27) will be commissioned during a ceremony in Portland, Oregon, April 21...
19 April 2018 USS John C. Stennis completes TSTA/FEP training, evaluation The aircraft carrier completed a tailored ship's training availability (TSTA) and final evaluation problem (FEP), April 16...
18 April 2018 USS Michael Murphy returns home from deployment The guided-missile destroyer returned to Pearl Harbor, April 18, after a deployment to the Western Pacific with the Carl Vinson Strike Group...
18 April 2018 Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility assists with Kauai relief The U.S. Navy in Hawaii is part of a multi-agency team providing relief to hundreds of residents isolated or displaced on Kauai after massive flooding...
18 April 2018 Milius to depart San Diego, forward deploy to 7th Fleet The ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable guided-missile destroyer will leave her San Diego homeport this week to join the U.S. Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Forces in Japan...
18 April 2018 Bonhomme Richard departs Japan, concludes forward-deployed service The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departed Sasebo, Japan, April 18, capping six years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific...
17 April 2018 Navy establishes command to ensure readiness of warships forward deployed in Japan Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific was officially established in Japan, April 11, to oversee forward-deployed surface ship maintenance, training and certification...
17 April 2018 Stennis Carrier Strike Group cruiser-destroyer warships begin SWATT exercise Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercises improve warfighting proficiency, lethality and interoperability before integrating with the strike group...
15 April 2018 USNS Mercy arrives in Malaysia for Pacific Partnership U.S. and partner nation personnel supporting the Pacific Partnership mission aboard the U.S. Navy hospital ship arrived in Port Kelang, April 16...
14 April 2018 Pacific Partnership mission concludes in Palau, heads to Malaysia The Palau phase of the 2018 Pacific Partnership mission concluded with a ceremony aboard USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6), April 14...