24 April 2016 USS Chung-Hoon Sailors Remember USS Sigsbee USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) paused during operations recently to remember USS Sigsbee (DD 502) and Sailors lost aboard the ship during the Battle of Okinawa 71 years earlier...
23 April 2016 USS Preble CO Presented Innovation Leadership Award by PACFLT Commander Adm. Scott Swift presented Cmdr. Jeffery Heames the 2015 SECNAV Innovation Award for the innovation leadership category during Heames’ change of command ceremony, April 22...
22 April 2016 PACFLT Staff Establishes New EIDWS Program, Awards First Pins Master Chief Cryptologic Technician Collection Tara O'Brien and Chief Intelligence Specialist Jared Jeppson both received the Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist designation through the new program, April 21...
21 April 2016 U.S., Korean Navies Complete 32nd Salvage Exercise U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy diving and salvage experts wrapped up two weeks of advanced training during Salvage Exercise (SALVEX) Korea 2016, April 21...
20 April 2016 VFA-195 Trains with Japan Air Self-Defense Force Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195 recently completed a weeklong interoperability training exercise with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 302nd and 305th Tactical Fighter Squadrons...
19 April 2016 Great Green Fleet Arrives in Singapore for Port Visit The John C. Stennis Strike Group, the centerpiece of the Great Green Fleet, and the 8,500 Sailors attached arrived in Singapore for a port visit April 19...
19 April 2016 USS Stockdale Conducts Trilateral PASSEX with Allied Navies The guided-missile destroyer and ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Navy took part in a trilateral passing exercise in the Java Sea April 17-19...
18 April 2016 VFA-115 Hones Close Air Support Skills with Australian Defence Force The Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 participated in three weeks of close air support exercises with the Australian Defence Force, March 26 - April 15...
18 April 2016 Surface Action Group to Demonstrate 3rd Fleet Forward Concept U.S. 3rd Fleet's commander will maintain operation control of three guided-missile destroyers deploying to the Western Pacific as part of a new initiative called Third Fleet Forward...
15 April 2016 Face-to-Face Talks Strengthen USN, RAN Maritime Cooperation U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) leaders gathered at U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters to conduct an Operations Steering Group, April 14...
14 April 2016 PACFLT Enhances Bilateral Cooperation with Vietnam U.S. Pacific Fleet senior military leaders hosted bilateral staff talks in Hawaii with officials from Vietnam to exchange ideas on a variety of technical and operational topics, April 12-14...
13 April 2016 USS Fort Worth Slated for Gas Turbine Transit, Repair Period in San Diego The littoral combat ship will make preparations to get underway from Singapore on its own power and transit to San Diego this summer...
12 April 2016 USS Port Royal, Coronado Complete IDCERTEX USS Port Royal (CG 73) and USS Coronado (LCS 4) Crew 204 successfully completed an independent deployer certification exercise (IDCERTEX) along the coast of Southern California, April 10...
12 April 2016 Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo Kicks Off in Indonesia Komodo 2016 kicked off in Padang, Indonesia, April 12, with an opening ceremony and arrival of navy ships from 35 nations in the city's harbor for an international fleet review...
10 April 2016 USS Emory S. Land Returns to Guam, New Homeport Wrapping up a five-month deployment, the submarine tender arrived in Guam, April, ll, its first time back since officially shifting homeports from Diego Garcia in December...
08 April 2016 USS Blue Ridge Makes Port Call in Goa The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship arrived in Goa, India, for a port visit April 8 after completing a similar goodwill visit to Mumbai the previous day...
08 April 2016 USS Somerset Hosts National Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Conference The amphibious transport dock ship hosted more than 550 military and civilian officials on board, April 5-6...
07 April 2016 USS Russell to Return from Deployment The guided missile destroyer is scheduled to return to San Diego April 10 from a 214-day independent deployment to the Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and Western Pacific...
05 April 2016 Communication Suite Proves Energy Efficient in Foal Eagle A new communication suite used by the staff of Commander, Task Force 75 during exercise Foal Eagle 2016 reduced fuel consumption by 30 percent from its predecessor...
05 April 2016 MSC Ships Deliver Marines, Cargo to Philippines for Balikatan Three Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships delivered Marines and their equipment to Subic Bay ahead of exercise Balikatan, which kicked off April 4...