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...

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...