SINGAPORE - Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) visited the Catholic AIDS Response Effort (CARE) shelter for people with AIDS here, Nov. 2. The shelter supports a number of women and children that have been separated from their families because of this...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) - Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWCSD) officially stood up following an establishment ceremony held at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., Nov. 5. The new command combines three former commands, to include Strike Group Oceanography Team San Diego, Naval Maritime Forecast...

BREMERTON, Wash. (NNS) - Leadership from Pacific Northwest commands held a Heroes' Welcome appreciation ceremony at Jackson Park Community Center in Bremerton, Wash., Nov. 4. The ceremony recognized both individual augmentee (IA) Sailors and their families for their continued sacrifice and...

POLARIS POINT, Guam (NNS) - USS Frank Cable (AS 40) was honored as one of the recipients for the 2010 Secretary of the Navy Safety Excellence Award Oct. 5 in Washington D.C. The ceremony, which was held at the U.S. Navy Memorial and Naval Heritage Center Theater, recognized Navy and Marine Corps...

NAGOYA, Japan - The guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) pulled into Nagoya, Japan on Nov. 4, where Sailors will have the opportunity to tour the unique area and interact with the local community. The ship was met on the pier by the Japanese Self Defense Force band and Mr. Okouchi,...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will leave tomorrow night for a whirlwind trip to Australia and Malaysia, where he will reinforce the U.S. commitment to the region with a longstanding U.S. ally and an increasingly close partner, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell...

USS PELELIU, At Sea (NNS) - The last two CH-46E "Sea Knight" helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 (Reinforced) (HMM-165) landed, shut-down, and were chained to the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) on Oct. 31, after ten weeks of flying missions over the...

SUBIC BAY, Republic of the Philippines - Military Sealift Command-chartered cargo ship MV Combi Dock III departed Subic Bay, Philippines, Oct. 30, carrying 460 pieces of U.S. Marine Corps equipment including Humvees, trucks, ambulances, firefighting vehicles, helicopters and supplies that were...

SHICHINOHE, Japan (NNS) - Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa Sailors brought a little Halloween fun to the children at the Bikoh-en Orphanage, Oct. 30. Sailors and family members organized a fun day for the kids that included games, costumes and a barbecue. Tatsuya Goto, Bikoh-en director, said the...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NNS) - The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NMOC) will establish Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWC-SD) Nov. 5, relocating all maritime and aviation services to San Diego, and consolidating all weather services provided across the 3rd, 5th and 7th fleet areas of...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) - After more than 130 days at sea, the George Washington (GW) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is taking a break from its annual patrol to the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR) by pulling into their forward-deployed homeport of Yokosuka, Japan, Nov 1. "We are thrilled to be...

PEARL HARBOR (NNS) - The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Louisville (SSN 724) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Oct. 29 after completing a scheduled deployment to the Western Pacific region. During the deployment, Louisville executed a wide range of operations in support of 7th Fleet and...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) - The Navy's Deep Submergence Unit (DSU), along with members of the Chilean navy's diesel electric submarine CS Thomson (SS 20), successfully completed a Submarine Rescue System (SRS) exercise off the coast of San Diego during the bi-lateral exercise CHILEMAR II Oct. 27-28. The...

OAK HARBOR, Wash (NNS) - More than 100 active duty and Reserve personnel and their families attended an Individual Augmentee Appreciation event at the Convergence Zone aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Oct. 28. During the event, service members and their families learned how to cope...

BANGOR, Wash. (NNS) - Commander, Submarine Group 9 (CSG9) conducted a change of command ceremony Oct. 29 at Deterrent Park aboard Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash. Rear Adm. Robert Hennegan relieved Rear Adm. Frank Caldwell Jr., who received his second star earlier in the day, at the ceremony. "As...

SINGAPORE - The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived in Singapore for a scheduled port visit Oct. 30. During the visit, Essex Sailors will have an opportunity to experience Singaporean culture, as well as share some of their own. Scheduled events include basketball and...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. (NNS) - The city of Marysville, Wash. dedicated a new boulevard to the Naval Station Everett-homeported, guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham (FFG 61) during a ceremony Oct. 26. More than 75 elected officials, school district officials, USS Ingraham Sailors and their families...

REAM, Cambodia - A team of U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 (NMCB 11) partnered with Royal Cambodian Army (RCAF) engineers here over the last month, going beyond the original project to build a variety of facilities for children at Hun Sen High School. “We came here...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (NNS) - Commander, Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet, kicked off a dedication ceremony Oct. 26 for a new building constructed by Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven (NMCB 11) at Hun Sen High School as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Cambodia...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) - The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command's USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS 60) embarked littoral battlespace sensing (LBS) gliders Oct. 21 while ported at Naval Base San Diego. The unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) are undergoing at-sea testing Oct. 22 to Nov. 6. The Battlespace...