02 September 2016 Navy, Marine Corps support Sasebo disaster drill An MV-22 Osprey operating from the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group at sea transported medical personnel and evacuated a simulated patient from a remote island during Sasebo, Japan's annual emergency drill, Sept. 1...
02 September 2016 USS Mississippi returns from maiden deployment The Virginia-class fast attack submarine returned home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 1 following her maiden deployment to the Western Pacific...
31 August 2016 PAC SAG hosts Royal Australian Navy exchange officer A Royal Australian Navy officer deployed with the inaugural U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group is helping enhance relations and build interoperability between the two navies...
30 August 2016 Los Angeles hosts inaugural Fleet Week USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS America (LHA 6) arrived at the Port of Los Angeles Aug. 30, kicking off the inaugural Los Angeles Fleet Week running through Sept. 5...
30 August 2016 Pacific Partnership departs Indonesia, final mission stop USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and the embarked Pacific Partnership team departed their fifth and final mission stop, Padang, Indonesia, Aug. 30...
30 August 2016 Navy's 2016 Stockdale Award recipients announced Cmdr. Gary G. Montalvo, commanding officer of USS North Carolina (SSN 777), is the Pacific Fleet recipient of the 2016 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award...
29 August 2016 Decatur, Spruance conduct anti-submarine warfare exercise with Japan The crews from the two guided-missile destroyers participated in a Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Readiness Effectiveness Measuring (SHAREM) exercise with the JMSDF Aug. 22-26...
29 August 2016 Ships to visit Los Angeles for inaugural Fleet Week USS America (LHA 6) and USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) are set to arrive in Los Angeles Aug. 30 for Los Angeles Fleet Week, running through Sept. 5...
28 August 2016 USS Fort Worth arrives in Cebu for port visit The littoral combat ship arrived in Cebu, Philippines, Aug. 28, the second port call on the ship's transit back to its homeport in San Diego...
28 August 2016 Kiwi Sailor of the Year visits Pearl Harbor The Royal New Zealand Navy's 2015 Sailor of the Year visited Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters during a trip to the United States, Aug. 22-24...
27 August 2016 Makin Island ARG ready after integrated training The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), Amphibious Squadron 5 and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully completed a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) off the coast of Southern California, Aug. 25...
26 August 2016 USS Coronado departs Hawaii for Western Pacific deployment The littoral combat ship departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 26 to continue its independent deployment to the Western Pacific after participating in exercise Rim of the Pacific 2016...
26 August 2016 Multi-agency, international partners rescue 2 from uninhabited island in Pacific Two mariners who were stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, are safe after writing “SOS” in the sand...
25 August 2016 USS Port Royal and USS Hopper set to deploy The ships will depart their homeport of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Aug. 25 for a deployment to the 7th and 5th Fleet areas of operation...
24 August 2016 Boxer ARG, 13th MEU team returns to 3rd Fleet The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team completed operations in U.S. 7th Fleet and entered the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations, Aug. 25...
24 August 2016 Japan’s defense minister visits USS Ronald Reagan Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada visited the forward-deployed aircraft carrier at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 23...
22 August 2016 SEACAT enhances cooperation between Southeast Asia navies The 15th annual Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise got underway in Singapore, Aug 22...
22 August 2016 Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group departs Okinawa Ships of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 21, beginning their fall 2016 patrol...
21 August 2016 USS Fort Worth departs Singapore for San Diego The littoral combat ship departed Changi Naval Base in Singapore Aug. 22, beginning a transit across the Pacific Ocean to her homeport in San Diego...
19 August 2016 Secretary of the Navy visits US, ROK leaders in Korea Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Republic of Korea Aug. 18-20 to support and highlight the longstanding partnership between both navies and Marine Corps...