09 January 2014 Pacific Submarine Force Battle Efficiency Awards Announced COMSUBPAC announced the recipients of the 2013 Battle Efficiency (Battle "E") award for 2013 in an official message to the submarine force, Jan. 1...
09 January 2014 U.S. Navy Admiral Mentors Korean Female ROTC Unit Rear Adm. Lisa Franchetti discussed her command philosophy and ideas on career development with 60 female cadets at Seoul's Sookmyung Women's University, Jan. 8...
07 January 2014 USS John Paul Jones to replace USS Lake Erie; USS Preble also moving to Hawaii The U.S. Navy announced Jan. 7 that USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) will swap homeports with USS Lake Erie (CG 70) this summer. USS Preble (DDG 88) will also leave San Diego for Hawaii this summer to replace the decommissioned frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57)...
06 January 2014 Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational Training Camp Underway Members of Team Navy, which includes 40 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, are preparing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 5-7 for the first-ever Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational in Honolulu, Jan. 8-10...
03 January 2014 USS Kidd, USS Pinckney to Deploy to Western Pacific The guided-missile destroyers are scheduled to depart Naval Base San Diego Jan. 7 on independent deployments to the Western Pacific...
23 December 2013 Freedom Completes Maiden Deployment; Returns to San Diego The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) returned to its homeport of San Diego Dec. 23 following the completion of its maiden deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
23 December 2013 Navy Issues Record of Decision for Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Environmental Impact Statement The U.S. Navy has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS)...
19 December 2013 USS Freedom Set to Complete Maiden Deployment The littoral combat ship is scheduled to return to its homeport of San Diego Dec. 23 following the completion of its maiden deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
19 December 2013 Submarine USS Hampton Returns from Deployment The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine returned home to San Diego Dec. 18 following a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific...
18 December 2013 Lead of PACFLT Maritime Operations Center Unit Changes Hands Cmdr. David Lum relieved Capt. Charles Sharkey as the commanding officer of U.S. Pacific Fleet's Navy Reserve Maritime Operations Center (MOC) Detachment 301 during a ceremony aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial, Dec. 17...
18 December 2013 Seabees, Tonga Counterparts Advance Disaster Center Project Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Seabees, working with the Tonga Defense Force, reached the halfway point Dec. 18 in their construction of a new community center and disaster response center in Te'ekiu...
16 December 2013 USNS Bobo Completes Palau Maritime Security Training Mission Sailors aboard the USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008) completed a nearly two-week long Theater Security Cooperation mission to the Republic of Palau from Dec. 2 to Dec. 14...
15 December 2013 Freedom's Maiden Deployment Nears End, Changes Hands at Pearl Harbor Cmdr. Roger D. Heinken assumed command of USS Freedom (LCS 1) from Cmdr. Patrick C. Thien Dec. 15 as the Navy's first littoral combat ship nears completion of its nine-month assignment forward-operating from Singapore...
12 December 2013 Carrier Air Wing 11, DESRON 23 Return from Nimitz Deployment CVW-11 and DESRON 23 disembarked the aircraft carrier following its arrival at Naval Air Station North Island on Dec. 12...
10 December 2013 Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Visits Frank Cable Once aboard, Harris toured the ship’s repair, health services, operations divisions and pilot house, allowing him the opportunity to meet and talk with Sailors and civilian mariners...
10 December 2013 Commander, Pacific Fleet Tours Guam, Meets With Sailors Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr. visited Guam to familiarize himself with his new area of responsibility. He toured installations and interacted with Sailors on a more personal level...
10 December 2013 USS Freedom Departs U.S. 7th Fleet on Asia-Pacific Deployment The littoral combat ship crossed the international date line while transiting the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 10, marking her departure from the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility...
07 December 2013 'Sound the Alarm': Hawaii Remembers Pearl Harbor Attack More than 2,500 guests, including Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans gathered at the Pacific National Monument's Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Dec. 7 to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the attack...
05 December 2013 SAPR Survey Essential to Preventing Incidents An online survey running through Jan. 6 gives Sailors an opportunity to provide vital feedback on programs, policies, and what needs to be changed in order to deter and prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault incidents...
04 December 2013 Shiloh to Participate in Trilateral Naval Exercise with UK, ROK The guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) will join ships from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea Navy Dec. 8-9 in waters to the south of the Korean Peninsula...