07 August 2024 Australian Air Commodore Reflects on RIMPAC 2024 and Women’s Equality Day JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - During this year’s Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), Air Commodore Louise desJardins of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Surveillance and Response Group and the first female air battle manager within the RAAF to reach the O7 rank, served in a key...
07 December 2023 Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined...
28 September 2023 U.S. and Chile: Strengthening Ties, Celebrating Independence SAN DIEGO - Chilean Sailors assigned to the submarine CS Carrera (SS 22) hosted a Chilean Independence Day ceremony with Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 11 on board Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL), California, Sept. 18...
27 September 2023 USS Essex Completes Dry Docking Availability SAN DIEGO - Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) undocked from the Pride of California Dry Dock at BAE Systems in San Diego, Sept. 8...
02 August 2023 Department of Defense completes Underway Recovery Test 10 with NASA SAN DIEGO - NASA Landing and Recovery team and the Department of Defense successfully completed the first recovery test for the crewed Artemis II mission aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) off the coast of San Diego, Aug. 1...
28 June 2023 U.S. 3rd Fleet Hosts RIMPAC 2024 Initial Planning Conference SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet hosted military members from 24 countries at the Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 initial planning conference (IPC) June 20-23...
28 June 2023 Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Returns to San Diego from Deployment SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Ships from the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (Nimitz CSG) returned to San Diego June 28, concluding a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations (AO)...
21 April 2023 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Completes Group Sail in Hawaiian Islands Operating Area PACIFIC OCEAN - The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) completed Group Sail in the Hawaiian Islands operating area April 17, in preparation for an upcoming deployment...
21 April 2023 USS Ashland completes forward-deployment to Japan, arrives in San Diego SAN DIEGO - Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in San Diego April 20, after almost a decade of forward-deployed service operating out of Japan...
07 April 2023 USS Carl Vinson Completes Tailored Ship’s Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem PACIFIC OCEAN - Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completed Tailored Ship Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem (TSTA/FEP) while out to sea in the 3rd Fleet area of operations, Apr. 4...
06 April 2023 Oceania Maritime Security Initiative: U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Ship Rider Patrol Micronesian Waters GUAM - In the 200 nautical miles of ocean that constitutes the Federated States of Micronesia Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS26), Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 49, U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific Law...
24 March 2023 Navy, Coast Guard Begin Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol PACIFIC OCEAN - The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard began their joint patrol in the Western Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional security, March 20...
17 March 2023 Theodore Roosevelt completes maintenance, returns to San Diego BREMERTON, Wash. - The Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) departed Bremerton, Washington, March 17, after completing an 18-month docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The ship is...
20 February 2023 USS Barry Departs 7th Fleet and Japan after Six Years of Forward-Deployed Service YOKOSUKA, Japan - USS Barry (DDG 52) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan Feb. 17, as part of a scheduled homeport shift following six years of service forward-deployed to U.S. 7th Fleet...
09 February 2023 USS Lake Champlain Conducts Port Visit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) arrived in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to conduct a port visit, Feb 5-8...
14 December 2022 Littoral Combat Ship Integrates with Marine and Unmanned Steel Knight 23 Assets Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) returned to Naval Base San Diego Dec. 12 after leading a manned-unmanned team and integrating with Marine Corps aviation assets during exercise Steel Knight 23...
26 October 2022 U.S 3rd Fleet Hosts Fleet Health Integration Panel More than 70 medical professionals participated in-person and virtually in the Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP), Oct. 11-14, at U.S. 3rd Fleet Headquarters...
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...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returns home from deployment The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets...
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...