25 July 2016 U.S., ROK navies co-host senior enlisted symposium Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Fleet co-hosted a combined and joint senior enlisted leader symposium in Busan, July 22-23...
25 July 2016 New details surface on loss of WWII USS Indianapolis A Naval History and Heritage Command historian recently uncovered information that sheds new light on a dark episode in U.S. Navy history: the loss of the WWII cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA 35), NHHC announced July 25...
24 July 2016 USS New Orleans, 13th MEU visit Sri Lanka The amphibious transport dock ship and embarked Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 24 for a port visit...
22 July 2016 Boxer ARG returns to U.S. 7th Fleet The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit entered the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations July 23 after nearly four months in U.S. 5th Fleet...
20 July 2016 CNO visits Chinese North Sea Fleet; underscores importance of international law Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visited Chinese North Sea Fleet headquarters, July 20 to meet with fleet commander Vice Adm. Yuan Yubai...
18 July 2016 U.S., Singapore kick off complex CARAT exercise The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Republic of Singapore Armed Forces began July 19...
15 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 kicks off in Vietnam USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Shimokita (LST 4002) arrived in Da Nang, Vietnam, July 15 for the third mission stop of Pacific Partnership...
15 July 2016 U.S., Japan set for mine countermeasures exercise U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force units are scheduled to begin MCMEX 2JA, an annual mine countermeasures exercise, July 17...
15 July 2016 Third P-8 rotational deployment begins in Singapore The U.S. 7th Fleet will rotationally deploy two P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Singapore from July 15 through Aug. 12 in support of shared maritime security initiatives...
14 July 2016 USS Patriot arrives in Hakodate The mine countermeasures ship arrived in Hakodate, Japan, July 14 for a port visit before the crew makes its way to an annual mine countermeasures exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...
12 July 2016 Key West visits Yokosuka during 7th Fleet operations The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Key West (SSN 722) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, July 12, for a routine visit during ongoing operations in the Western Pacific...
11 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 departs the Philippines After two weeks of activities building disaster response capabilities and strengthening relationships, the multinational Pacific Partnership team departed the Philippines, July 11...
11 July 2016 USS Gridley arrives at new Everett homeport The guided-missile destroyer arrived at Naval Station Everett, Wash., July 9, completing a homeport shift from San Diego...
09 July 2016 Legendary ace flies his 100th aircraft above the "birthplace of naval aviation" A 95-year-old, 29 1/2-year veteran famous for being the single-known ace to achieve victories against both German and Japanese aircraft during WWII, flew his 100th aircraft July 9...
08 July 2016 Philippine Air Contingent wraps up activity, cooperation A detachment of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 recently completed training alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines for routine operational missions that enhance regional maritime domain awareness...
07 July 2016 USS Ashland returns to Sasebo after CARAT exercises The dock landing ship returned to Sasebo, Japan, July 8, after completing several phases of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series...
07 July 2016 Symposium addresses disaster topics in Philippines A joint disaster symposium at a hospital in Legazpi, Philippines, gave the Pacific Partnership mission team and local medical personnel the chance to have an open dialogue about disaster management relief, in a medical context...
06 July 2016 USS Patriot visits Osaka The mine countermeasures ship arrived in Osaka, Japan, July 6 for a port visit as part of a summer patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
06 July 2016 Exercise leadership talks RIMPAC at press conference Adm. Scott Swift and Vice Adm. Nora Tyson emphasized the the importance of exercise Rim of the Pacific during an opening press conference at Pearl Harbor, July 5...
02 July 2016 Mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot begins patrol USS Patriot (MCM 7) departed Sasebo, Japan, July 2 for a routine patrol in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...