Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) concluded exercises in the South China Sea with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) Sept. 18...

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Japan Sept. 12 through Sept. 14, 2022 to meet with U.S. Navy leadership and strengthen existing ties with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)...

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), in cooperation with Royal Canadian Navy Halifax-class frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331), conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Sept. 20 (local time) through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in...

PHILIPPINE SEA - Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 hosted seven liaison officers (LNO) from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while JMSDF destroyer JS Amagiri (DD 154) operated in company with...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today the selection of U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John Wade as the commander of Joint Task Force Red Hill. The creation of the Joint Task Force is a commitment by the Department of Defense to safely and expeditiously defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage...

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Nuku’alofa, Tonga, September 15-16, 2022 to affirm the longstanding partnership and bilateral relationship between the Kingdom of Tonga and the United States. Paparo met with senior Tongan officials...

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Suva, Fiji, September 14-16, 2022 to deepen the relationship and strengthen the partnership between the Republic of Fiji and the United States. The visit coincided with the littoral combat ship USS...

Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) Gold crew completed a successful port visit to Suva, Fiji, Sept. 15. Adm. Samuel Paparo, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visited the ship in Fiji and hosted a reception aboard Jackson for local civilian and military leaders...

The Buddhist pennant made its first appearance on an underway ship when the blue and white banner was spotted Sept. 11, aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74)...

SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Solomon Islands-Pacific Partnership 2022 team wrapped up two weeks of collaboration across several lines of effort during a closing ceremony on board USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Sept. 10, 2022...

Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Wellington, New Zealand, Sept. 12-14, 2022 to affirm and advance the strong partnership between New Zealand and the United States. Paparo met with senior New Zealand officials to discuss maritime security...

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and its strike group departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Sept. 12 to continue promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith passed the ceremonial cutlass, via the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, to Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea during a change of office and retirement ceremony September 8...

PALAU - Patrol Squadron (VP) 5 dispatched an aircraft and crew to the Republic of Palau in support of Operation Island Chief 22 (OPIC22), Aug. 15 - 19, 2022. The aircrew and maintenance team provided support to joint operations off the coast of the Republic of Palau...

SAN DIEGO - The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) returned to Naval Base Point Loma after completing a successful extended western Pacific deployment, Sept. 7...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – The Department of Defense (DoD) today submitted its updated plan to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Underground Storage Facility to the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH). Under the analysis completed as of the submission of Supplement 1.A, DoD projects completion of...

PACIFIC OCEAN – Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Oakland (LCS 24) deployed to the Oceania region with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team detachments to conduct maritime law enforcement operations in support of U.S. and Pacific Island...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), in partnership with the State of Hawaii, were the recipients of a $14,881,880 grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) through the DoD Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program (REPI) Challenge...

NAVAL STATION EVERETT, Wash. - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), assigned to Carrier Strike Group Three, returned to Naval Station Everett, Sept. 6, following a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets...

SOLOMON ISLANDS - U.S. Navy engineers, known as Seabees, are conducting repairs and enhancement projects throughout Honiara as part of Pacific Partnership 2022...