05 October 2021 USS Halsey Returns To Homeport PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) returned to its homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oct. 4, after successfully completing a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility.Halsey departed Pearl Harbor,...
17 August 2021 U.S. 3rd Fleet Concludes LSE 2021 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 concluded Aug. 15, following 12 days of live, virtual and constructive global integration that spanned multiple fleets.As part of LSE 2021, 3rd Fleet joined multiple fleets worldwide in contributing to the approximately 36 live units underway...
06 April 2022 Coast Guard, Navy Begin High Seas Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol SAN DIEGO, Calif -- The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy began their joint mission in the Western and Central Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate illegal, unregulated, unreported (IUU) fishing, combat transnational crimes, and enhance regional...
01 June 2022 U.S. Navy Announces 28th Rim of the Pacific Exercise SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-six nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern...
19 July 2022 Royal Malaysian Navy Fires First Missile at Sea PACIFIC OCEAN -- During the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), Royal Malaysian Navy Kasturi-class corvette KD Lekir (F-26) showcased their maritime capabilities during a sinking exercise (SINKEX).Conducting their first missile firing outside their territorial waters, Lekir Commanding...
19 July 2022 Partners Collaborate in RIMPAC 2022 Harbor Clearance Exercise PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- Divers and boat operators from the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army collaborated with divers from the Republic of Korea Navy and the Australian Deployable Geospatial Survey Team to practice evaluating and clearing underwater hazards following a simulated hurricane as part of...
20 July 2022 Air Force MQ-9 Makes Its Debut at Rim of the Pacific Sinking Exercise 2022 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The first-ever use of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper, a remotely piloted aircraft, during a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 sinking exercise (SINKEX), July 12.Participating in the SINKEX provided an opportunity for units from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and...
20 July 2022 Snipers Hone Their Skills During RIMPAC 2022 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii -- You have one bullet to get it right. That is the reality of being a sniper. Look toward the sniper range on Marine Corps Base Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 and you wouldn’t know anyone was there. It is only the sound of a snap of suppressed rifles...
25 July 2022 Tanker Ships Deliver Fuel to Military Sealift Command Ships Via CONSOL in Support of RIMPAC 2022 PACIFIC OCEAN -- Underway, in the waters off the coast of Hawaii, Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered tanker ships MT Maersk Peary and SLNC Goodwill are providing at-sea fuel deliveries to the MSC’s Combat Logistics Fleet (CLF) ships that are supporting the underway phase of the bi-annual...
22 July 2022 U.S. and ROK Chaplains Join Forces Aboard USS Essex during RIMPAC 2022 PACIFIC OCEAN -- During the at-sea phases of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, the U.S. and its naval allies and partners embarked into the neighboring Hawaiian waters to commence the force integration training phase of the exercise, also known as the FIT phase.U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious...