A day after the arrival of USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1), U.S. Ambassador to Vanuatu Walter E. North helped kick off Koa Moana 15-3 with remarks at the exercise's opening ceremony at the Vanuatu Police Force base on Nov. 4.
Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Pacific Fleet Master Chief Suz Whitman visited Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Nov. 2 to learn details of the command's mission, workload and innovation initiatives.
The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed U.S. 5th Fleet and returned to U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Nov. 1.
The 21st annual exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei commenced with an opening ceremony at Maura Naval Base, Nov. 2.
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group arrived in Busan for a goodwill port visit, Oct. 30, after completing bilateral training with the Republic of Korea Navy.
Nearly three dozen government officials from Indonesia, the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom gathered in Jakarta, Oct. 29, to continue their efforts to protect and preserve sunken sovereign vessels in the Java Sea, many of which serve as war graves.
As USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transited the South China Sea Oct. 28 following a Singapore port visit, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) was off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula training with the Republic of Korea Navy.
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine returned home to Pearl Harbor, Oct. 28, completing a six-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) celebrated her sixth commissioning anniversary, Oct. 24.
The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-99) completed a fueling evolution at sea with the U.S. flagged tanker Maersk Peary in international waters off the coast of Sasebo, Japan, Oct. 22.
