SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Representatives of Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery joined efforts with Pacific Partnership 2010 during the mission’s first visit to Cambodia. The 12-day engagement, which brought together veterinarians from Cambodia, non- governmental...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Medical professionals embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) conducted a rewarding subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) with Cambodian Navy service members at Ream Naval Training Center as part of Pacific Partnership 2010’s visit...

DILI, TIMOR LESTE - Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) and dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) trained on port security operations with the Timorese Maritime Police in the Port of Dili June 22. The two-day course focused on port patrolling, ship escorting,...

WASHINGTON (NNS) - Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced June 17 that Navy ships realized 386,000 barrels of fuel avoidance during the first half of fiscal year 2010 as part of the Incentivized Energy Conservation (i-ENCON) initiative. The i-ENCON program encourages ships to operate in the...

Sihanoukville, Cambodia - Pacific Partnership 2010’s arrival in Cambodia was honored during a pierside opening ceremony June 16. USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and JDS Kunisaki (LST 4003) will support the 11-day visit, Pacific Partnership’s first to Cambodia. In the presence of the U.S. and Japanese...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Pacific Partnership 2010 departed Vietnam today after 13 days of working alongside the people of Binh Dinh Province to deliver a variety of humanitarian and civic assistance programs ashore and onboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). “It is with mixed emotions that today I bring to a...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Adm. Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, made a two-day stop in central Vietnam here June 8-9 during his Southeast Asia visit to personally witness the diverse team-building of Pacific Partnership 2010. “We think this mission is wonderful. You need look no...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Members of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development joined efforts with Pacific Partnership 2010 for the first time to engage in a three-day conference concerning veterinary care in Quy Nhon, which started June 3. Pacific Partnership 2010 is the fifth in a series...

LUMUT, Malaysia - USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), USCGC Mellon (WHEC 717) and USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) arrived in Malaysia for the fourth phase of the 16th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise, June 6. Sailors and Coast Guardsmen took part in an opening ceremony with the Royal...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Across the globe, AIDS has reached pandemic proportions. Since the discovery of the HIV virus in 1981, some 60 million people have contracted this disease. In 2003, President George W. Bush signed landmark legislation to allow for the creation of the U.S. President’s Emergency...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The senior-most medical corps officer in the United States Navy visited Naval Hospital Yokosuka June 4 during his tour of Navy medical facilities in the Western Pacific. Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson, Jr. met with hospital leadership, toured the facilities and...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Members of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and the United States Navy have come together to provide medical care to the people of Vietnam as part of Pacific Partnership 2010. Sailors from the JDS Kunisaki (LST 4003) and her embarked medical team and NGOs have joined...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Pacific Partnership 2010 opened its operating rooms onboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) June 1 so its surgical teams could perform the first of many surgeries scheduled while the ship is anchored off the central coastal city of Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Doctors onboard Mercy are expecting...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Upgrades to a medical facility in rural Binh Dinh province that serves approximately 17,000 residents were recognized during a June 1 ribbon cutting ceremony here, the first of Pacific Partnership 2010. The work at Phuoc Thuan Medical Clinic was completed as part of a series...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Government officials from Vietnam and the United States, as well as some members from USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) that comprise the Pacific Partnership 2010 team, gathered at the Port of Quy Nhon Fleet Landing May 31 for the opening ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2010. Dr. Nguyen...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Government officials from Vietnam and the United States, as well as some members from USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) that comprise the Pacific Partnership 2010 team, gathered at the Port of Quy Nhon Fleet Landing May 31 for the opening ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2010. Dr. Nguyen...

SURABAYA, Indonesia - More than 100 officers and band members from Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Laut (TNI-AL) welcomed USS Tortuga (LSD 46), USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mellon to Indonesia for the 16th annual Naval Engagement Activity...

SATTAHIP, Thailand - More than 300 U.S. and Thai Sailors and Marines, along with U.S. Coast Guardsmen, kicked off Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2010 with an opening ceremony May 14. The ceremony featured a series of performances by Thai Navy bands and a silent drill...

QUY NHON, Vietnam - Under the Vietnamese heat, members from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, out of Gulfport, Miss., began three construction projects here May 13 as part of Pacific Partnership 2010. At the invitation of the Vietnamese government, the U.S. Navy will be conducting...