DILI, Timor-Leste - Timor-Leste’s Chief of Defense Force for Timor-Leste Defense Force (F-FDTL), Maj. Gen. Taur Matan Ruak visited the USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Aug. 16 to observe the ship’s medical capabilities and participate in a subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) in support of Pacific Partnership...

DILI, Timor-Leste - Crewmembers from the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) conducted a community service event (COMSERV) at an orphanage here Aug. 14 in support of Pacific Partnership 2010. Approximately 25 crewmembers from Mercy conducted the COMSERV at the Don Bosco...

BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Seventh Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK) on Aug. 13 in support of Commander, 7th Fleet and 7th Fleet staff who are participating in the combined forces exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian with the ROK Navy. While in Busan...

DILI, Timor-Leste - The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived Aug. 11 in Dili, Timor-Leste, for her final Pacific Partnership 2010 mission port. She is joined in Dili by two Australian heavy landing craft, HMA Ships Labuan (L128) and Tarakan (L129). While in Dili,...

PEARL HARBOR - Members of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Junior Enlisted Association (JEA) took time out of their busy schedule Aug. 10, 2010 to brighten the smiles of students at Kalihi Elementary School in Honolulu, when they delivered several boxes of brand new school supplies. The supplies were...

DA NANG, Vietnam - The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) arrived pier side in Da Nang, Vietnam on Aug. 10, marking the first time the ship has visited Vietnam. The visit, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the normalization of relations between the two countries, also begins...

AMBON, Indonesia - Members of Indonesia's armed forces, Tentara National Indonesia (TNI), invited those embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy(T-AH 19) to participate in Sports Day on the Navy base July 27. Participants wore different uniforms and were from different...

MOLUCCA SEA, Indonesia - Australian Defence Force (ADF) HMA Ships Labuan (L128) and Tarakan (L129) have joined USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and its medical teams to participate in a disaster relief training exercise in Indonesia July 13 July – 3 Aug. as part of Pacific Partnership and Sail Banda 2010...

AMBON, Indonesia - The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in Ambon July 26 to take part in Sail Banda and will stay through Aug. 3 as part of her three stop visit to Indonesia with Pacific Partnership 2010. Mercy is joined in Ambon by two Australian heavy landing...

PACIFIC OCEAN - More than 40 sailors from seven different navies are working together in Sea Combat Control (SCC) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010. Both enlisted Sailors and officers from CVN 76 work together with Sailors...

TERNATE, Indonesia - Australian Defense Force Army engineers from the Second Combat Engineer Regiment (2CER) and students from the University of California, San Diego Pre-Dental Society joined forces with U.S. Navy Seabees from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 from Gulfport, Miss.,...

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) - Admiral Patrick Walsh, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, met with students from the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) July 20, to talk about the importance of higher education and work experience. STEP was first established in December 1994 along with the Student Career...

TOBELO, Indonesia - Pacific Partnership 2010 departed Tobelo and Morotai July 17 concluding four days of operations alongside the people of Indonesia after delivering a variety of humanitarian and civic assistance programs ashore and surgical treatment aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital...

TOBELO, Indonesia - Pacific Partnership 2010 completed its first medical civic action program (MEDCAP) at the Negeri School here July 17 during the first leg of the mission’s Indonesia visit. The medical personnel attached to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) kicked...

TOBELO, Indonesia - U.S. Navy Seabees from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 from Gulfport, Miss., completed their renovations of the inpatient ward in the World War II Daruba Hospital on the island of Morotai here, with a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 15, as part of the Pacific...

AT SEA - USS Dubuque (LPD 8) and elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) began a visit in the Republic of the Maldives July 14. The visit is designed to enhance cooperation with the people of the Maldives and the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF). “The purpose is for the MNDF to...

Three international service members and several United States Naval Academy midshipmen joined the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) to participate in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010, the world's largest multinational maritime exercise, June 23 - Aug 1...

SUBIC BAY, Philippines - The replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) rescued five Filipino fishermen from the South China Sea 10 miles off the coast of Luzon Wednesday afternoon, nine hours after their boat capsized in rough seas as Typhoon Conson passed over the island of Luzon. USNS...

TOBELO, Indonesia - Local government officials from the North Halmahera Regency and members of the Pacific Partnership 2010 team embarked aboard the USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) gathered at Hibualamo – the “Big House” – in Tobelo for opening ceremony festivities July 13. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the...

TERNATE, Indonesia - U.S. Navy Seabees from the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 from Gulfport, Miss. began renovation of the Puskesmas Kalumpang medical clinic in Ternate, June 21, as part of the Pacific Partnership 2010 engineering civic action program (ENCAP). This 30-day ENCAP is an...