22 June 2013 Navy 'Air Warrior' Patrick Driscoll Retires During an emotional tribute on the decks of the USS Arizona Memorial, family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor Rear Adm. Patrick Driscoll's 34 years of honorable Navy service during his retirement ceremony June 20...
22 June 2013 Trilateral Pacific Bond Exercise Kicks Off The U.S. Navy has joined forces with the Royal Australian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the western Pacific Ocean for exercise Pacific Bond 2013, June 22-26...
20 June 2013 USS Guardian Grounding Investigation Results Released The U.S. Navy has released the results of an investigation that assessed circumstances surrounding the ex-USS Guardian grounding that occurred in Philippine waters on January 17...
20 June 2013 Pacific Partnership Hosts Nursing Conference in Tonga Pacific Partnership 2013 non-governmental organization volunteers, U.S. and partner nation service members held a nursing conference at the Vailoa Hospital, June 20...
20 June 2013 Allied Navies to Participate in Pacific Bond 2013 Naval personnel and units from Australia, Japan, and the United States will participate in the tri-lateral Pacific Bond 2013 exercise from June 22-26, 2013...
20 June 2013 USS Paul Hamilton Raises Homeward Bound Pennant Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) hoisted a 242-foot Homeward Bound Pennant, June 18...
19 June 2013 USS Freedom Brings Littoral Combat Ship Capabilities Forward at CARAT Malaysia USS Freedom (LCS 1) accomplished several firsts since arriving in Kuantan, Malaysia, June 15 to participate in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training with the Royal Malaysian Navy...
19 June 2013 USS Jacksonville Returns to Pearl Harbor The Los Angeles-class submarine returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam June 18 after completing a deployment to the 7th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operation...
17 June 2013 Pacific Partnership Engineers Work With Tongan Marines to Rebuild School Royal Tongan Marine engineers are rebuilding the Atele Primary School with the assistance of French Army engineers, New Zealand Army engineers, U.S. Navy Seabees and U.S. Marine Corps engineers, during Pacific Partnership 2013...
15 June 2013 19th CARAT Malaysia Begins, Brings New Capabilities to Build Maritime Partnerships The arrival of a U.S. Navy task group to Kuantan Naval Base June 15, to include USS Freedom (LCS 1), marked the beginning of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training with the Malaysian Armed Forces...
14 June 2013 USS Blue Ridge Visits Jakarta The 7th Fleet flagship arrived in Indonesia's capital June 14 for a goodwill port visit...
14 June 2013 MV-22 Ospreys Begin Maiden FDNF Deployment on Bonhomme Richard The amphibious assault ship embarked four MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft from Marine Corps squadron VMM-265, June 14, for their maiden Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) deployment...
13 June 2013 Pacific Partnership 2013 Opens Mission in Tonga Tonga leaders and citizens participated in a ceremony alongside of U.S., partner nation service members and non-governmental organization volunteers to mark the commencement of Pacific Partnership 2013, June 12...
13 June 2013 Pacific Partnership 2013 Arrives in Tonga The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Tonga June 12 for the second mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2013...
12 June 2013 USS Chosin Arrives in Subic Bay The guided-missile cruiser arrived in Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines for a port visit, June 12...
12 June 2013 CARAT Maritime Exercise Closes in Thailand The Thailand phase of CARAT ended with a closing ceremony at Sattahip Naval Base, June 12, following nearly two weeks of training ashore and at sea...
11 June 2013 Freedom Sets Sail for CARAT Malaysia 2013 The Navy's first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), departed Singapore June 11 to participate in exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Malaysia 2013...
11 June 2013 7th Fleet Commander Visits USS Freedom Vice Adm. Scott Swift visited USS Freedom (LCS 1) in Singapore June 10 to hold an all hands call, tour the ship and meet with the crew...
10 June 2013 Pacific Partnership Departs Samoa for Tonga The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) departed Samoa, the first mission port of Pacific Partnership 2013, June 10, destined for Tonga...
10 June 2013 Pacific Partnership 2013 Concludes First Mission Port of Samoa The Samoa phase of Pacific Partnership came to a close June 8 during a ceremony to celebrate the mission, its accomplishments and the relationships developed over the past week...