06 October 2012 Stennis Rescues Drowning Man Near Strait of Malacca Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group rescued a Malaysian man, Oct. 6, in the South China Sea while transiting through the Strait of Singapore...
05 October 2012 U.S., Timor-Leste Defense Forces to Conduct Exercise Crocodilo The U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and the Timor-Leste Defense Forces (F-FDTL) will take part in Exercise Crocodilo 2012, beginning Oct. 10...
03 October 2012 Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Pacific Established NECC PAC was established Oct. 1 to provide administrative control for Navy expeditionary forces assigned to the Pacific theater...
03 October 2012 3rd Fleet Ships, Sailors Participating in San Francisco Fleet Week Three ships of the U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet are scheduled to visit San Francisco to participate in the 31st annual San Francisco Fleet Week Oct. 4-9...
02 October 2012 Exchange Program Strengthens Partnership with Royal Australian Navy The U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy are continuing to strengthen their partnership with an exchange program aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) on deployment in the Western Pacific...
01 October 2012 USS Reuben James to make final deployment The guided-missile frigate will depart for an independent seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific Oct. 3, her final deployment from Hawaii before decommissioning in the summer of 2013...
30 September 2012 Stennis Strike Group Visits Kota Kinabalu USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Sept. 30 for a port visit...
28 September 2012 George Washington, John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Patrol Western Pacific Two of the U.S. Navy's global force aircraft carrier strike groups are currently conducting operations in the vital Asia-Pacific region...
27 September 2012 Pacific Fleet Commander Visits USS Mustin, Praises Crew in Malaysia Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) Sept. 27 during the ship's port visit to Malaysia in conjunction with the 2012 Western Pacific Naval Symposium...
26 September 2012 USS Mustin Arrives in Malaysia for Visit Guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) arrived in Port Klang, Malaysia for a goodwill port visit, Sept. 26...
25 September 2012 Bonhomme Richard ARG, 31st MEU Complete Certification Exercise Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, completed a certification exercise Sept. 24...
24 September 2012 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Visits Bonhomme Richard Gen. Eiji Kimizuka, chief of staff of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) visited the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Sept. 23 to meet with senior leadership and discuss bilateral training...
21 September 2012 USS Vandegrift Arrives in Vladivostok, Russia The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Vandegrift (FFG 48) arrived in Vladivostok, Russia for a port visit during operations in the Western Pacific, Sept. 20...
21 September 2012 George Washington Arrives in Guam for Friendship, Goodwill The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier pulled into Guam for a routine, four-day port visit Sept. 21...
21 September 2012 USS Key West Departs for New Homeport Friends and families of the crew from USS Key West (SSN 722) gathered at the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to say goodbye as the Los Angeles-class submarine departed for its new homeport of Naval Base Guam, Sept. 20...
21 September 2012 USS Paul Hamilton to Deploy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, addresses the crew of USS Paul Hamilton Sept. 20, prior to their planned departure the following day for a 10-month deployment to the 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation...
19 September 2012 U.S. and China Team Up for Counter-Piracy Exercise It was the first bilateral counter-piracy exercise ever conducted between the two countries...
19 September 2012 USNS Henson Completes Sail Morotai 2012 Military Sealift Command oceanographic survey ship USNS Henson (T-AGS 63), joined naval ships from Indonesia, Australia and Singapore in a formation exercise near Morotai Island, Indonesia, Sept. 15...
18 September 2012 USS Enterprise to inactivate after 51 years of service The Big ‘E’ has served in nearly every major conflict to take place during her history...
17 September 2012 Valiant Shield 2012 conducts search for simulated survivors Two Sailors volunteered to lose themselves in the wilderness so the Navy and Air Force could find them...