02 March 2023 READOUT: Pacific Fleet commander’s travel to Australia, February 26 – March 2 AUSTRALIA - Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, traveled to Australia, Feb. 26 to Mar. 2, 2023 to emphasize the strength and solidarity of the Australia-United States Alliance.Paparo participated in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Chief of Air Force Symposium and attended the...
28 February 2023 Submarine Group 7 Hosts Trilateral Theater Anti-Submarine Warfare Tabletop Exercise and Working Group in Yokosuka YOKOSUKA, Japan - Commander, Submarine Group 7 hosted their counterparts from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Royal Australian Armed Forces personnel from the Australian Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) for a trilateral theater anti-submarine warfare (TASW) tabletop...
21 February 2023 CNO Visits Australia to Discuss Maritime Security, Continued Cooperation CANBERRA, Australia -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday travelled to Canberra, Australia, Feb. 19-21, to meet with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Chief Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, AM to discuss their shared commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific...
18 January 2023 USS Mississippi Conducts Weapons Handling Exercise with Royal Australian Navy The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) completed a weapons-handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Mississippi to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) assets ashore and back to the submarine, while moored at HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Dec. 1, 2022...
06 December 2022 USS Mississippi Sailors Volunteer at Western Australia Wildlife Center Sailors from the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) volunteered at a Perth-area wildlife center during their scheduled port visit to Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Australia, Dec. 2...
01 December 2022 Fast-Attack Submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) Arrives in HMAS Stirling, Western Australia The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) arrived at HMAS Stirling Naval Base near Rockingham, Australia following routine operations in the Indo-Pacific region...
29 November 2022 Naval Oceanography Visits Australia Rear Adm. Ron Piret, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, visited Australia to meet with his counterparts from the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during a scheduled visit to the region, Nov 7-11, 2022...
19 October 2022 Multilateral exercise Sama-Sama Lumbas 2022 concludes Combined Philippine-U.S. and Philippine-Australian exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas 2022 concluded Oct. 18 following eight days of in-person and at-sea engagements with military personnel from the Philippines, United States, Australia, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom in Cebu City, Philippines and the...
17 October 2022 U.S. Navy Supports Australia’s Indo-Pacific Deployment Alongside Canada, Japan in the South China Sea Maritime forces from Canada, Japan, and the United States concluded exercises in the South China Sea in support of Royal Australian Navy forces, Oct. 17...
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...
24 August 2022 Stronger Indo-Pacific: Australian Geo-Spatial Intelligence Visits Naval Oceanography Naval Oceanography hosted representatives from the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) for an in-depth tour of Naval Oceanography’s global-reaching, environmental-information capabilities, Aug. 12, 2022.AGO’s visit to Naval Oceanography is in alignment with creation of the enhanced...
25 March 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet Hosts RIMPAC Final Planning Conference This will be the 28th RIMPAC and currently consists of 27 like-minded partner nations, committing 41 ships, 4 submarines, more than 170 aircraft, and nearly 25,000 personnel...
06 January 2022 Six Indo-Pacific nations begin Exercise Sea Dragon Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft join Australia, Canada, India, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea to begin multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22...
01 December 2021 U.S. Fleet oiler conducts replenishments-at-sea, enhances interoperability with partners during Annual Exercise USNS Big Horn (T-AO198) conducted underway replenishments with partners and allies as part of Annual Exercise (ANNUALEX), 2021...