08 March 2013 USS Bremerton Visits Yokosuka during Western Pacific Deployment The Los Angeles class, fast attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) arrived in Yokosuka March 8 for a visit as part of its deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet...
07 March 2013 Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom to Visit Hawaii USS Freedom (LCS 1) will arrive at Pearl Harbor March 11 for a port visit as part of her maiden deployment to the Asia-Pacific region...
06 March 2013 Blue Ridge makes goodwill visit to Philippines The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship arrived in Manila for a port visit March 7...
06 March 2013 USS Guardian Decommissioned After 23 Years The 79 Guardian crewmembers participated in the March 6 ceremony that signified the end of an era and honored the legacy the ship has left behind...
05 March 2013 USS Olympia Returns to Pearl Harbor The attack submarine and crew returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, March 4, following a seven-month Western Pacific deployment...
04 March 2013 Navy Contracted Vessel, Salvage Crew Remove Upper Half of USS Guardian Superstructure U.S. Navy contracted vessel M/V Jascon 25 and Smit Borneo salvors, along with Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, removed the upper half of the superstructure off the mine countermeasure ship USS Guardian (MCM 5), March 2...
02 March 2013 Haney Honors Sailors and Marines at IA Luncheon Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Cecil D. Haney recognized more than 90 Sailors and Marines for their service as individual augmentees (IAs) during the 5th annual "Boots on the Ground" IA Recognition Luncheon at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Feb. 28...
01 March 2013 USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Hong Kong for Port Visit U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked staff arrived in Hong Kong March 1 for a port visit...
28 February 2013 USS Frank Cable Visits Malaysia Arriving in Kota Kinabalu Feb. 28, the crew of the submarine tender will interact with the Royal Malaysian Navy and take part in community service events...
27 February 2013 USS Freedom to Conduct Maiden Deployment to the Asia-Pacific The Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) will depart her homeport of San Diego on March 1 and deploy to the Asia-Pacific region...
26 February 2013 Former President Carter Visits USS Carl Vinson Former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton visited the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 22...
26 February 2013 Marines and Seabees Train to Build and Breach Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 conducted inter-service training with the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Assault Battalion in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 20-22...
25 February 2013 USS Warrior to Deploy to Japan, Replace USS Guardian Mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior (MCM 10) will deploy to U.S. 7th Fleet Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) in Sasebo, Japan, to replace USS Guardian (MCM 5)...
25 February 2013 Amphibious Squadron 11 Hosts Royal Thai Navy for Completion of Cobra Gold 2013 Commander, Amphibious Squadron 11 hosted six Royal Thai Navy officers aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Feb. 22, as part of there completion of exercise Cobra Gold...
24 February 2013 Bonhomme Richard ARG Wraps Up Exercise Cobra Gold The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the multinational, joint exercise Cobra Gold in Thailand, Feb. 22...
23 February 2013 Navy Contracted Crane Vessel begins Guardian Salvage Operations M/V Jascon 25, and specialized salvage equipment on site, began crane operations Feb. 22 to prepare the grounded USS Guardian to be dismantled and removed from Tubbataha Reef...
19 February 2013 Ospreys Land on Bonhomme Richard during Cobra Gold For the first time while in a forward-deployed state, the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conducted landing operations with the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, Feb. 19...
18 February 2013 Bonhomme Richard, 31st MEU Conduct Cobra Gold Emergency Evacuation Drill USS Bonhomme Richard and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit jointly conducted a simulated non-combatant evacuation (NEO) operation and transportation of Japanese nationals overseas (TJNO) exercise off the coast of Sattahip, Thailand, Feb. 17...
15 February 2013 Bonhomme Richard ARG Participates in Cobra Gold Beach Assault Exercise The three ARG ships took part in a simulated beach assault by Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Feb. 14 during the multinational exercise in Thailand...
13 February 2013 Aegis Missile Defense System Intercepts Target in Test The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie conducted a successful flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system Feb. 13, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by a Standard Missile-3 Block IA guided missile...