19 August 2023 Pacific Partnership 2023 Concludes First Stop in Vietnam PHU YEN, Vietnam – Pacific Partnership has closed out its mission stop in Tuy Hoa, Phú Yên Province, Vietnam, August 18, at a closing ceremony hosted by leadership of the province...
17 August 2023 Blue Ridge Returns to Yokosuka, Concludes Summer Patrol YOKOSUKA, Japan -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Aug. 17, after a patrol in the Indo-Pacific region...
15 August 2023 20 Indo-Pacific Maritime Forces Commence 22nd SEACAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- Maritime forces from 20 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and non-governmental and international organizations, began the 22nd iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in the Republic of Singapore, Aug. 14, 2023...
15 August 2023 20 Indo-Pacific Maritime Forces Commence 22nd SEACAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- Maritime forces from 20 Indo-Pacific partner nations, including the U.S. Navy, and non-governmental and international organizations, began the 22nd iteration of Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) in the Republic of Singapore, Aug. 14, 2023. This year included India for the...
13 August 2023 Seventh Fleet, Blue Ridge conduct port call in Brunei BRUNEI - U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) made a port visit to Muara, Brunei August 3-5...
03 August 2023 USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group joins Royal Australian Navy for Sea, Air and Intelligence Integration during Talisman Sabre 23 INDIAN OCEAN - Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 hosted a team of Royal Australian Navy intelligence leaders aboard the flagship Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during Talisman Sabre 23 off the northwestern coast of Australia...
27 July 2023 Naval Liaisons to Joint Air Operations: Sharp as A Nale PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - In 2012, near the height of the Global War on Terror, then-Lt. Carrie Mora accepted a temporary assignment supporting a little-known office known as the Naval and Amphibious Liaison Element (NALE) at an Air Force base in the Central Command area of operations...
23 July 2023 USS Canberra (LCS 30) Commissions in Sydney SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) commissioned at the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base East in Sydney, Australia, July 22...
19 July 2023 USS Illinois Returns Home from Indo-Pacific Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on July 3, following a seven-month deployment...
19 July 2023 USS Stethem Conducts Cooperative Deployment with Indian Navy Following Goa Port Visit INDIAN OCEAN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) conducted a Cooperative Deployment (CODEP) with the Indian Navy following the ship's port visit to Goa, India, on July 18...
15 July 2023 USS America Holds Change of Command in Australia BRISBANE, Australia – Captain Manny Pardo relieved Capt. Shockey Snyder as commanding officer of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier, USS America (LHA 6), in a ceremony aboard the ship, while moored in Brisbane, Australia, July 14...
13 July 2023 7th Fleet Aircraft Transits Taiwan Strait TAIWAN STRAIT - A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on July 13 (local time). By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the navigational rights and freedoms of all nations...
11 July 2023 VP-16 Hosts Brunei Distinguished Visitors BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - By invitation of the government of Brunei, 23 U.S. Navy personnel attached to the “War Eagles” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 hosted distinguished visitors (DV) on a P-8A Poseidon flight out of Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) Base in Rimba, June 27...
08 July 2023 U.S., Allied Forces Conduct Exercise Pacific Vanguard 2023 PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) - Maritime forces from Royal Australia Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, and the U.S. Navy were underway in early July conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PV) 2023...
03 July 2023 Guided-missile submarine USS Michigan Arrives in Yokosuka, Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) (Blue) arrived in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, for a scheduled port visit, July 2...
30 June 2023 Carrier Strike Group 5 Welcomes Philippine Navy Sailors for Maritime Logistics Integration SOUTH CHINA SEA - Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 hosted sailors from the Republic of Philippine Navy aboard several strike group ships in the South China Sea during a maritime logistics demonstration that concluded June 16...
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)...
17 June 2023 VP-26 Completes Trilateral Air Exercise with Australia and Japan MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), and the United States Navy (USN) concluded a trilateral maritime patrol exercise in Misawa, Japan, June 15...
09 June 2023 Four Nations’ Navies Flex Partnership While Operating in the Western Pacific PHILIPPINE SEA - Ships from the navies of Japan, France and Canada joined two U.S. Navy carrier strike groups to operate as a unified force in the Philippine Sea, June 9...
05 June 2023 USINDOPACOM Statement on Unsafe Maritime Interaction In accordance with international law, USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) and HMCS Montreal (FFH 336) conducted a routine south to north Taiwan Strait transit June 3 through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply. During the transit, PLA(N) LUYANG III DDG 132 (PRC LY 132) executed...