24 June 2013 George Washington Concludes Sea Trials The U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) completed sea trials June 23 in preparation for its upcoming 2013 patrol...
24 June 2013 Allied Navies Perform ASW Exercise During Pacific Bond 13 Australia, Japan and U.S. Naval forces flexed the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aspects of exercise Pacific Bond 2013 near the Marianas Island chain, June 23...
24 June 2013 USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Dili The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship anchored off the coast of Dili June 24 for a port visit...
24 June 2013 CARAT Malaysia Wraps Up After Nine Days of Exercises The 19th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Malaysian Armed Forces drew to a close during a ceremony on Kuantan Naval Base, June 23...
23 June 2013 Pacific Partnership Mission in Tonga Comes To a Close Pacific Partnership 2013 concluded its 10-day mission in the Kingdom of Tonga, June 22...
22 June 2013 At-Sea Phase of CARAT Malaysia 2013 Concludes The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) and other Task Group 73.1 assets successfully completed four full days of combined, at-sea training events with the Royal Malaysian Navy, June 22, as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2013...
22 June 2013 USS Freedom Supports Marine Amphibious Assault Force in CARAT Malaysia Sailors aboard USS Freedom (LCS 1) had a unique opportunity to support amphibious assault exercise when Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard USS Tortuga (LSD 46) conducted an amphibious raid with Malaysian Army paratroopers, June 22...
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...