21 August 2013 LCS Crew 101 Completes First At-Sea Period of Deployment USS Freedom's (LCS 1) LCS Crew 101 completed its first underway period since the mid-deployment crew swap in Singapore, Aug. 19...
20 August 2013 NMCB 5 completes Pacific deployment, turns over to NMCB 3 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 completed turning over the Seabee's Pacific Naval Construction Force missions to NMCB 3 during a ceremony on Camp Shields, the Seabee camp in Okinawa, Aug. 18...
20 August 2013 Submarine USS Albuquerque Returns from Deployment The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine returned home to San Diego Aug. 21 following a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific...
20 August 2013 USS George Washington Welcomes Japanese Guests The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) hosted Japanese guests while at sea, Aug. 20...
18 August 2013 Doctors Partner in Vietnam to Enhance Cooperation, Improve Patients' Quality of Life U.S. Navy medical personnel are working alongside Vietnamese doctors Aug. 15- 28 in Hanoi to enhance rehabilitation for burn victims...
17 August 2013 Pearl Harbor Visits Hawaii Following Multilateral Pacific Partnership The dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived for a visit at its namesake Aug. 16 after completing the annual Pacific Partnership mission, which this year visited six nations in the Oceania region beginning in May...
14 August 2013 Pacific Partnership 2013 Comes to a Close The sixth phase of Pacific Partnership concluded August 13 in the Solomon Islands, bringing the 2013 edition of the multinational mission to a close...
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...