14 October 2022 2022 Stockdale Leadership Award Recipients Announced The Navy announced Cmdr. Adam J. Thomas, from U.S. Fleet Forces Command, and Cmdr. John Keefe, from U.S. Pacific Fleet, as the 2022 recipients of the Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Award for inspirational leadership...
13 October 2022 Combined Philippine-U.S. and Philippine-Australian Exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas Kicks Off Military personnel from the Philippines, United States, Australia, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom kicked off exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas in Cebu, Philippines, Oct. 11, 2022...
12 October 2022 USS Savannah (LCS 28) Gold Holds Assumption of Command Ceremony Cmdr. Jenna Van Zeyl became the first Gold crew commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) during an assumption of command ceremony aboard the ship, Oct. 7...
12 October 2022 USS Lake Champlain Conducts Burial At Sea The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) conducted a burial at sea ceremony while underway in the Pacific Ocean, October 1...
11 October 2022 USS Zumwalt Conducts Port Call in Japan The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed Japan after a scheduled port call, Oct. 8. Zumwalt’s visit to the country is a reflection of the longstanding partnership between the United States and Japan, as well as their combined willingness to protect a free and open Indo-Pacific...
08 October 2022 Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Operates with Japan and Republic of Korea Waters Between Japan and the Republic of Korea - The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group concluded several days of bilateral and trilateral operations with the maritime forces of Japan and Republic of Korea in the waters between both countries Oct. 8. ...
07 October 2022 USS Ronald Reagan conducts Change of Command at Sea AFLOAT IN THE SEA OF JAPAN - Capt. Fred Goldhammer, a native of New York, passed command of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), to Capt. Daryle Cardone during a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay while underway in the Sea of Japan,...
06 October 2022 SFFW Hosts Peer-to-Peer Medical Exchange Seminar SAN FRANCISCO – A peer-to-peer medical exchange seminar was hosted to increase interoperability between allied nations in terms of medical response during mass casualty situations, as part of the 41st annual San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW), Oct. 5...
06 October 2022 Navy Demonstrates VLS Reload in San Diego Harbor SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Navy is scheduled to demonstrate re-arming the vertical launch system (VLS) aboard Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) at Naval Air Station North Island and in the San Diego Harbor from Oct. 4 - 7...
06 October 2022 U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea Conduct a Trilateral Ballistic Missile Defense Exercise Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ballistic missile launch over Japan on Oct. 4 (local time), which was part of a larger series of launches over the past two weeks, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
04 October 2022 In Close Orbit: Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 Aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) PHILIPPINE SEA – The Sailors of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, Detachment 1, provide amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli with an important multi-role air asset...
03 October 2022 U.S., Canada Support JMSDF Deployment Exercise in South China Sea Maritime forces from Canada, Japan, and the United States concluded exercises in the South China Sea, Oct. 1, demonstrating a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific...
03 October 2022 San Francisco Fleet Week Kicks Off SAN FRANCISCO - Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from several ships, squadrons and military units will be in San Francisco for the annual San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 3-10...
01 October 2022 USNS Mercy Concludes Pacific Partnership 2022 SAN DIEGO- Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned to its homeport Sept. 30 following completion of the 17th annual Pacific Partnership mission...
30 September 2022 Pacific Partnership Seabees Build School in Papua New Guinea KIMBE, Papua New Guinea - Seabees supporting Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) completed construction of a new multifunctional two-room classroom at the Buluma Primary School in Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian...
30 September 2022 Tracking Super Typhoon Hinnamnor Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) was in the spotlight earlier this month as the first west Pacific super typhoon of the year, 12W (Hinnamnor) brought wide ranging impacts to the Department of Defense and other U.S. Government agencies operating throughout the region, September 1st...
29 September 2022 USS Port Royal Decommissions during Pearl Harbor Ceremony PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – USS Port Royal (CG 73), the 27th ship of the Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser, recognized more than 28 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony Sept. 29 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam...
28 September 2022 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Visits USS Howard (DDG 83) Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) while moored at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Sept. 28...
28 September 2022 Japan, Republic of Korea Navies operate together with Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA – The U.S. Navy, Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will conduct a trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise in seas in the vicinity of Korea and Japan on Sept. 30.Exercises such as this forge a trilateral relationship...
26 September 2022 Republic of Korea and United States navies conduct Joint Maritime Counter-Special Operations Exercise WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA, Republic of Korea (NNS) – The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) began a series of exercises with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, Sept. 26-29 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures...