03 March 2015 US, Australian, Indonesian Navies Commemorate WWII Battle of Sunda Strait Aboard USS Sampson Senior officials from the United States, Australia and Indonesia paid their respects to the crews of USS Houston (CA 30) and HMAS Perth (D 29) during a wreath laying ceremony March 1, commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Word War II Battle of Sunda Strait.In the early morning of March 1, 1942,...
30 January 2015 Japanese Forces Train with US Marines to Enhance Amphibious Capabilities The cold and gloomy morning starts with troops fighting against the waves of a surf line and feeling a rush of the cold ocean water drenching their bodies as they strategically ride in Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts along the coast of southern California.Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st...
30 January 2015 Paratroopers Train with Marines in California Paratroopers assigned to Able Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th InfantryRegiment are training in the high reaches of the Sierra Nevada range withMarines at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.Themonth-long training rotation is affording approximately 100 Alaska-basedparatroopers...
23 September 2014 Valiant Shield 2014 Comes to Successful End The fifth iteration of Valiant Shield came to a close here Sept. 23 after nine days of joint air, land and sea interoperability training between the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Army.“Overall, Valiant Shield 2014 was a very successful exercise,” said Rear Adm. Russell Allen, Valiant Shield...
15 September 2014 US Joint Forces Sink Former USS Fresno Ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned former USS Fresno (LST 1182) at 3:15 p.m. in waters 18,000 feet deep, 215 nautical miles northeast of Guam as part of the exercise Valiant Shield 2014, Sept. 15. The participating sinking exercise (SINKEX) units included the U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marine...
19 August 2014 U.S. Navy Works with Indonesian Partners in Protecting, Preserving Sunken Gravesite U.S. Navy underwater archeologists, in conjunction with Indonesian Navy divers, have assessed in an interim report that the wrecked vessel surveyed in the Java Sea in June is "consistent with the identification" of the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30), and that divers documented...
29 July 2014 ASEAN and America: Partners for the Future As Prepared for DeliveryThank you, Phil. I’m glad to be in San Francisco, and with all of you here at the Commonwealth Club.You’re here today because you understand the importance of Asia to America. This is especially evident in a Pacific Coast state like California. More than 5.5 million...
25 June 2014 U.S., Indonesian Navies Conduct CARAT Passing Exercise The guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) and the Indonesian navy frigate KRI Slamet Riyadi (F 352) conducted a two-day passing exercise (PASSEX), June 24.The PASSEX, which occurred as both ships transited across the southernmost part of the South China Sea, covered several naval...
13 June 2014 Underwater Portion of WWII-era USS Houston Survey Completed U.S. Navy and Indonesian divers concluded a training evolution June 12 as part of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014 exercise series during which they surveyed the World War II wreck of the cruiser USS Houston (CA 30).Operating from the rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard...
12 June 2014 U.S., Indonesian Navy Divers Lay Wreath on Wreck of USS Houston during CARAT Deputy Chief of Mission Kristen Bauer, U.S. Embassy Jakarta, joined U.S. and Indonesian navy divers on board the USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) to lay a wreath at the site of the USS Houston (CA 30), June 11.The commemoration ceremony occurred mid-way through a five-day bilateral diving exercise as part...