13 August 2013 Pacific Partnership Concludes Work in Solomon Islands Pacific Partnership 2013 concluded the Solomon Islands phase of the mission, August 13...
13 August 2013 Third Class Petty Officer Drives Navy's Newest Warship A junior Sailor aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) had the rare opportunity to drive the warship Aug. 13, during a routine man overboard drill...
13 August 2013 New Mexico Namesake Submarines Turn Over Duties in Western Pacific Patrolling the oceans may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you hear "New Mexico," but maybe it should be...
12 August 2013 Submarine Group 7 Participates in Worldwide Submarine Rescue Exercise Sailors from Submarine Group 7 and organizations around the world participated in a Search for Simulated Submarine Casualty Exercise (SMASHEX) at Fleet Activities Yokosuka Aug. 7-8...
12 August 2013 USS Freedom's "Blue" Crew Gets Ship Underway from Singapore USS Freedom's "Blue" crew got the ship underway for the first time Aug 8., days after completing a crew swap with the "Gold" crew...
07 August 2013 PP13 Teams With Local Engineering Students in Solomon Islands Pacific Partnership 2013 engineers from the New Zealand Army are working with students at the Tabaka Rural Training Center on Banga Island to remodel a student accommodation building on the campus...
06 August 2013 USS Freedom Holds Exchange of Command Ceremony in Singapore Aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) the outgoing "Gold" crew and incoming "Blue" crew completed the first crew swap on a deployed LCS during a brief turnover ceremony Aug. 6...
05 August 2013 Pacific Fleet Master Chief Visits Pacific Northwest Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez toured naval installations and tenant commands within Navy Region Northwest July 29 - Aug. 2...
05 August 2013 Boxer Becomes First West Coast Ship to Deploy with Osprey Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) will become the first West Coast ship to deploy with the MV-22 Osprey this fall, with a complement of 13 aboard...
05 August 2013 USS Fitzgerald Arrives in Northern Japan USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) moored in Aomori, Japan, Aug. 5, for a port visit to the northern Japan city that is in the midst of hosting its annual Nebuta Festival...
05 August 2013 Pacific Partnership Flag Crosses Decks to HMNZS Canterbury The role of flagship transitioned from USS Pearl Harbor to the Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury for the Solomon Islands phase of the region's largest disaster-response preparedness mission...
31 July 2013 USS Preble Sailors Visit Sydney Children's Hospital Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble took some of their time off during their Australia port call to visit the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, July 31...
31 July 2013 Vice Adm. Robert Thomas Jr. Assumes Command of 7th Fleet Vice Adm. Robert L. Thomas Jr. relieved Vice Adm. Scott H. Swift as commander, U. S. 7th Fleet in a change of command ceremony aboard the flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), July 31 in Cairns, Australia...
30 July 2013 USS Freedom Underway to Support First Overseas Crew Swap As the deployment to Southeast Asia draws to a close for USS Freedom's (LCS 1) "Gold" crew, an advance team of "Blue" crew Sailors is in Singapore to participate in a brief sea trial that began July 30, as part of the upcoming crew swap...
30 July 2013 Talisman Saber 2013 Wraps Up Aboard USS Blue Ridge The biennial US-Australian exercise concluded with a ceremony hosted by Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) in Cairns, Australia, July 29...
29 July 2013 US, Republic of Singapore Navies Conclude 19th CARAT Singapore The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore exercise concluded with a closing ceremony at Changi Naval Base, July 26...
29 July 2013 George Washington Completes Talisman Saber, Arrives in Brisbane The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, arrived to Brisbane, Australia, July 29, for its first port visit of its 2013 patrol...
29 July 2013 U.S. Navy Admiral Returns Flag to Japan In a gesture of friendship and goodwill, Rear Adm. James F. Caldwell, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, returned a Japanese good luck flag belonging to a World War II Imperial Japanese soldier, July 26...
28 July 2013 Pacific Partnership Arrives in Solomon Islands USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in the Solomon Islands July 29 and will work alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy's HMNZS Canterbury (L421) as New Zealand leads this phase of the Pacific Partnership mission...
26 July 2013 Pacific Partnership Concludes Work in Kiribati Pacific Partnership's work in Kiribati — the fifth of six mission ports — was completed July 26...