06 September 2013 USS Tucson Departs for Western Pacific Deployment The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Sept. 5 for a deployment to the Western Pacific region...
05 September 2013 USS Freedom VBSS Team Trains with Malaysian Navy during SEACAT Sailors assigned to USS Freedom's (LCS 1) visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team conducted a boarding exercise with the Royal Malaysian Navy Sept. 4 as part of exercise Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT)...
05 September 2013 Chinese Navy Ships to Visit Hawaii Three People's Liberation Army-Navy ships will stop at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam as part of a routine port visit Sept. 6-9...
04 September 2013 USS Higgins Visits Nagoya, Japan The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Nagoya Sept. 4 for a port visit intended to build bonds with the local community...
04 September 2013 USS Blue Ridge Concludes Successful 7th Fleet Patrol The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship returned to Yokosuka Sept. 4 following a four-month regional patrol...
04 September 2013 Nimitz Statue Unveiled at End of World War II Ceremony at Battleship Missouri Memorial A nine-foot bronze statue on a black granite pedestal honoring Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, who directed the War of the Pacific, was unveiled at its permanent installation next to the Battleship Missouri Memorial Sept. 2...
03 September 2013 Freedom Underway to Participate in Multilateral SEACAT 2013 The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) got underway Sept. 2 to participate in the 11th annual Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training exercise with several regional navies...
02 September 2013 Haney Hosts Fleet Adm. Nimitz's Grandsons Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the 33rd commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, hosted the grandsons of the leader who defined that job seven decades ago, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, on Aug. 30...
02 September 2013 SEACAT 2013 Exercise Builds Multilateral Cooperation in Maritime Southeast Asia The annual exercise kicked off Sept. 2 with navy liaison officers from seven nations tracking vessels of interest in a multilateral maritime interdiction scenario...
01 September 2013 U.S. Navy, Australian Defence Force Recover and Dispose of Jettisoned Ordnance The U.S. Navy and Australian Defense Force successfully recovered and disposed of the live ordnance emergency-jettisoned by two AV-8B Harrier aircraft on July 16 off the coast of Queensland, Australia...
28 August 2013 USS Bonhomme Richard Arrives in Darwin for Exercise, Visit The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived Aug. 28 and will take part in Exercise Koolendong with the Australian Defence Force...
27 August 2013 USS Denver Arrives in Dili, Timor-Leste Amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9), with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Dili, Timor-Leste, Aug. 27...
26 August 2013 USS Pearl Harbor Completes Pacific Partnership 2013, Returns to San Diego The amphibious dock landing ship returned to San Diego Aug. 26 after more than three months in the Indo-Asia Pacific region for Pacific Partnership 2013...
24 August 2013 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group Departs for Deployment The Boxer ARG, comprised of USS Boxer (LHD 4), USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), along with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed from San Diego, Aug. 23...
23 August 2013 Naval Forces/Navy Region Japan Changes Command Rear Adm. Terry Kraft relieved Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd during a ceremony in Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 23...
23 August 2013 USS Tortuga, USS Ashland Mark Hull Swap With Ceremony The hull swap, part of the Navy's long-range strategy to routinely forward deploy newer or more efficient ships, became official Aug. 23 in Sasebo, Japan...
23 August 2013 George Washington Strike Group Strengthens US-Australia Alliance During First Half of 2013 Patrol USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to its forward-operating location of Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 23, after completing the first half of its 2013 patrol...
22 August 2013 Carrier Air Wing 5 Departs George Washington The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington's (CVN 73) embarked air wing flew off the ship Aug. 22 after two months at sea and flight operations across U.S. 7th Fleet...
22 August 2013 USS Pearl Harbor to Return Home Following Pacific Partnership USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) is scheduled to return to its homeport of San Diego Aug. 26 following the completion of Pacific Partnership, U.S. Pacific Fleet's annual annual humanitarian and civic assistance mission, which this year visited the Oceania region...
21 August 2013 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group to Depart for Deployment The ARG, consisting of USS Boxer (LHD 4), USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), is scheduled to depart San Diego Aug. 23 for a deployment to the 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operation...