The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group teamed up with forces from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group and Australian Defence Force to conduct an air defense exercise as part of exercise Talisman Saber, July 22...

The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group successfully completed COMPTUEX July 19, moving one step closer to being certified and prepared for deployment...

The Royal New Zealand Navy diving support vessel HMNZS Manawanui (A09) concluded its mission with Pacific Partnership 2013, July 21...

Two months into the largest disaster response preparedness operation in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, participants in Pacific Partnership 2013 are taking the mission to the next level in ways the mission commander says will help to ensure its long-term viability despite budgetary constraints...

USS Reuben James (FFG 57) will be decommissioned July 18 after nearly thirty years of distinguished naval service...

USS Freedom's (LCS 1) visit, board, search and seizure team staged a compliant boarding exercise with a team from the Singaporean Police Coast Guard, July 17 as part of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training...

Capt. Francis D. Bonadonna, deputy fleet chaplain for U.S. Pacific Fleet, had a rare opportunity to create scenarios for the chaplain corps during the amphibious portion of exercise Talisman Saber 2013, being held off the coast of Australia July 15 through Aug. 6...

Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) participated in an Independent Duty Corpsman (IDC) subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) June 16 with their Singaporean counterparts...

The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Charlotte (SSN 766) arrived in Singapore on July 16 for a visit as part of its deployment to the Western Pacific...

Pacific Partnership 2013 environmental health specialists from the New Zealand Army are testing the quality of water from a number of rainwater catchment systems throughout Tarawa atoll in the Republic of Kiribati...

Pacific Partnership 2013 nurses are providing education and refresher training for nurses in the Republic of Kiribati, July 16, the first day of a five-day series of workshops...

Hawaii-based ships from Commander, Destroyer Squadron 31, as well as a ship from the Royal Navy, started a training and certification exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 15...

Marking the first time in the mission's eight years that a phase has been led by a partner nation, the Australian Defense Force brought the Papua New Guinea portion of Pacific Partnership to a close July 6 with assistance from Japan and the U.S...

U.S. and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sailors from the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) began their portion of Talisman Saber 2013 off the northeast coast of Australia, July 15...

The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in the Republic of Kiribati July 15 for Pacific Partnership...

The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore, which will include 12 days of shore-based and at-sea training events, began July 15...

More than 27,000 U.S. and Australian personnel are converging in Australia and the Coral Sea in preparation for the amphibious exercise Talisman Saber 2013, to be held off the coast of Australia July 15 through Aug. 6, 2013...

Preparations are underway for Pacific Partnership's mission in Kiribati, scheduled to begin July 13...

The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Brisbane, Australia, July 9 for a port visit...

More than 27,000 U.S. and Australian personnel will participate in the military training exercise Talisman Saber 2013 in Australia beginning July 15...