04 October 2021 USNS Alan Shepard enhances training with Navy’s new sub-sonic target The Military Sealift Command ship helped test the capabilities of the BQM-177A, the Navy's next-generation Sub-Sonic Aerial Target (SSAT) while operating in the Western Pacific...
03 October 2021 USS Ralph Johnson joins Forward-Deployed Naval Forces Japan The guided-missile destroyer arrived in Yokosuka, Oct. 4, as the newest addition to U.S. 7th Fleet's forces...
30 September 2021 U.S. Pacific Fleet hosts CFMCC course The U.S. Naval War College and Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet co-hosted the 2021 Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Officer Course Sept. 23-29 in Pearl Harbor...
29 September 2021 Schafer takes command of Naval Forces, Region Korea Rear Adm. Buzz Donnelly was relieved by Rear. Adm. Mark Schafer, who is serving as the 38th commander of Naval Forces Korea and Navy Region Korea...
28 September 2021 Prepositioning ship supports exercise MALABAR 21 USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304) took part in the annual maritime exercise that enhances planning, training and employment of advance warfare tactics between the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy...
27 September 2021 UNITAS LXII opening ceremony takes place in Lima A number of U.S. Pacific Fleet forces are participating in the multinational maritime exercise that kicked off in Peru, Sept. 27...
26 September 2021 Exercise UNITAS LXII kicks off in Lima Hosted this year by Peru, it brings together multinational forces from 20 countries and includes 32 ships, four submarines, and 26 aircraft conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos...
25 September 2021 USS Kidd returns home from deployment The guided-missile destroyer returned to Everett, Wash., following a deployment to the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operation...
24 September 2021 Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group returns to the South China Sea The strike group enters the South China Sea after concluding successful naval operations in U.S. 5th Fleet...
23 September 2021 Command of USS New Orleans changes hands Capt. Douglas Graber relieved Capt. Brian Schrum during the ceremony in Sasebo, Japan...
21 September 2021 U.S. Coast Guard cutter trains with Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency USCGC Munro (WMSL 755) conducted drills with the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency and Coast Guard in the Singapore Strait...
20 September 2021 USS Carl Vinson sets milestone, delivers over 1M gallons of fuel since January The aircraft carrier has conducted 15 separate fuel at sea evolutions this year...
17 September 2021 Readout: Pacific Fleet commander's meetings at International Seapower Symposium Adm. Samuel Paparo met with various heads of navies and coast guards during the event in Newport, Rhode Island...
17 September 2021 7th Fleet destroyer transits Taiwan Strait USS Barry (DDG 52) conducted the routine transit, Sept. 17...
17 September 2021 USS John S. McCain departs U.S. 7th Fleet after 24 years forward deployed The guided-missile destroyer is shifting homeports to Naval Station Everett, Washington...
16 September 2021 USS Curtis Wilbur arrives in San Diego homeport The guided-missile destroyer has been forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, for the past 25 years...
15 September 2021 USS Germantown completes forward-deployment to Japan, sails for San Diego The amphibious dock landing ship departed U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo after a decade in U.S. 7th Fleet...
13 September 2021 U.S., Thailand expand maritime partnership with CARAT Exercise The 27th Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise included virtual exchanges and drills in the Gulf of Thailand...
11 September 2021 USS Tripoli arrives in San Francisco for DSCA exercise The Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) exercise is a preliminary event of this year's San Francisco Fleet Week...
10 September 2021 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, ‘Air Wing of the Future’ operate in South China Sea This marks the first time a CSG has operated in the South China Sea with F-35C Lightning II and Navy CMV-22B Osprey...