02 April 2013 USS Princeton to Depart for Training, Deployment The guided-missile cruiser will depart San Diego April 3 for a six-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group...
02 April 2013 USS Tortuga Arrives in the Philippines for Visit, Balikatan The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship arrived in Manila April 2 for a port visit and in preparation for exercise Balikatan...
01 April 2013 Navy Ships, MSC Personnel Deliver Cargo for Major Exercise in Philippines Navy ships and personnel assigned to Military Sealift Command transported Marine Corps combat equipment and supplies to Subic Bay, Philippines, March 21-26, in support of exercises Freedom Banner and Balikatan...
01 April 2013 USS Chung-Hoon to Deploy to Western Pacific The guided-missile destroyer will depart Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam April 2 for an independent deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region...
01 April 2013 Guardian Crew Gets New Home as USS Warrior Arrives in Sasebo Mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10) has arrived in Sasebo, Japan, and will be manned during its deployment by the crew of ex-Guardian (MCM 5)...
01 April 2013 Stennis Strike Group Arrives in Singapore The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group arrived in Singapore April 1 for a port visit, its first since returning to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in late March...
31 March 2013 USS Tortuga Underway for Exercise Balikatan The amphibious dock landing ship departed White Beach, Okinawa, March 29, to participate in the 29th annual Balikatan exercise in the Philippines...
30 March 2013 Final Hull Section of Ex-Guardian Removed From Reef U.S. Navy and contracted salvage personnel completed the removal of the grounded mine countermeasures ship Ex-Guardian from the Tubbataha Reef, March 30...
29 March 2013 USS Freedom Visits Guam During First Pacific Deployment USS Freedom (LCS 1), the Navy's first littoral combat ship, arrived in Guam, the furthest western U.S. territory, March 29...
27 March 2013 Submarine USS Asheville Deploys to Western Pacific Asheville departed Naval Base Point Loma March 26 for a six-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
26 March 2013 Navy-Led Salvage Crew Starts Removing Guardian Hull U.S. Navy and contracted salvage personnel embarked aboard M/V Jascon 25 have begun dismantling and sectioning the hull of the grounded mine countermeasures ship Ex-Guardian...
26 March 2013 Stennis Carrier Strike Group Arrives in 7th Fleet The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group arrived in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility March 26 after completing five months of successful operations in 5th Fleet...
25 March 2013 Civic Assistance Projects Underway Ahead of Balikatan Philippine and U.S. armed forces members attached to the Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force (JCMOTF) have broken ground on a series of projects in advance of the official start of Exercise Balikatan 2013...
23 March 2013 Ramirez Selected as U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Command Master Chief Marco Ramirez was selected as the 16th Fleet Master Chief for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, March 22...
22 March 2013 Rentz, Jefferson City Deployments Cancelled; Thach to Return Home Early U.S. Pacific Fleet formally notified several Navy commands that the Secretary of Defense approved cancellations of their upcoming deployments...
22 March 2013 DESRON 15, ROK Navy Conclude Foal Eagle Exercise U.S. forward-deployed naval ships from Destroyer Squadron 15 and the Republic of Korea navy concluded their participation in exercise Foal Eagle, March 21...
22 March 2013 Three U.S. Navy Ships Arrive in the Philippines Submarine USS Ohio, destroyer USS Decatur, and submarine tender USS Frank Cable arrive in Subic, Manila, and Cebu, March 22, for routine port visits...
21 March 2013 Bonhomme Richard, 31st MEU Complete CERTEX The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in White Beach, Okinawa, March 21, after completing a 10-day certification exercise (CERTEX) with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the East China Sea...
20 March 2013 "Sea Knights" Depart Bonhomme Richard One Last Time Ten CH-46E Sea Knight medium-lift tandem rotor transport helicopters, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 262, departed the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) for the final time, March 20...
20 March 2013 Cheyenne Visits Korea Following Foal Eagle Exercise USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) arrived in Busan March 20 following its participation in exercise Foal Eagle...