03 August 2024 Koa Moana 24 Marines and Palauan Community Rally for Anti-Human Trafficking 5K on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons In a compelling display of international collaboration and community spirit, U.S. Marines from Koa Moana 24 joined with the Palauan community on July 30, 2024 to observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons...
01 August 2024 NAMRU INDO PACIFIC Monitors Infectious Disease for Public Health and Military Readiness The job of safeguarding the health of U.S. service members requires not just healthcare at the time of injury and sickness, but a vast suite of often unseen work to determine what illnesses service members might encounter, and to develop the countermeasures for an ever-evolving landscape of health...
31 July 2024 Malaysian Armed Forces and Washington Air National Guard Focus on Leadership Development Ten members of the Washington Air National Guard visited their counterparts in the Malaysian Armed Forces in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from July 22 to 26, 2024. The purpose of the visit was to exchange ideas on leadership development and strengthen the existing State Partnership Program between the...
29 July 2024 Alliance Born Out of War Blossoms in Peace More than seven decades has passed since the end of the Korean War that resulted in the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953, yet the surviving veterans of the War continue to embody the evidence of the deep alliance between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States...
26 July 2024 Royal Thai Navy and U.S. Navy conclude CARAT Thailand 2024 The U.S. Navy, The Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), concluded Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, July 26, 2024...
24 July 2024 George Washington, Ronald Reagan conduct Hull Swap Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN 73) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct a hull swap on Naval Air Station North Island that sends Ronald Reagan to Bremerton, Washington, and returns George Washington to Yokosuka, Japan, as the Navy’s only Forward-Deployed Naval...
22 July 2024 US and Partner Nations Conduct Multiple SINKEXs as Part of RIMPAC 2024 Ships and aircraft participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 conducted long-planned, live-fire sinking exercises (SINKEXs) and sank the decommissioned USS Dubuque (LPD 8), July 11, 2024, and the decommissioned USS Tarawa (LHA 1), July 19, 2024. Both were sunk in waters 15,000 feet...
18 July 2024 Singapore, Thailand and U.S. Navies commence CARAT Thailand 2024 The Royal Thai Navy (RTN), Royal Singapore Navy (RSN), and U.S. Navy began exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2024 in Sattahip, July 18, 2024...
17 July 2024 U.S., Philippine Forces Execute Joint Maritime Security Training Exercise For decades, the Sulu Archipelago, a collection of three main provinces in the southern Philippines, has served as a primary route for trafficking, illegal fishing, and smuggling illicit materials into the country. The islands create a seam between the Celebes and Sulu Seas, ending less than 50...
17 July 2024 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche visits Cam Ranh, Vietnam U.S. Coast Guard Legend-class cutter USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751) departed Cam Ranh, Vietnam Friday following multiple engagements with the Vietnam Coast Guard, Vietnam People’s Navy, representatives from the U.S Navy’s 7th Fleet, the 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and dignitaries from the...