21 August 2024 MV Cape Hudson Arrives at Indonesia for Super Garuda Shield 24 Offload Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered Motor Vessel (MV) Cape Hudson (T-AKR 5066) arrived at the port of Banyuwangi, Indonesia, to offload equipment in support of exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024, August 12-13, 2024...
07 September 2024 MSC Reserve Sailors Participate in Ulchi Freedom Shield 24 Military Sealift Command (MSC) reserve-component Sailors traveled to Pier 8, Busan, South Korea, and participated in exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 2024, Aug. 19-29...
24 July 2024 U.S. Navy, JMSDF Conduct Ships Qualification Training Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader conducted ships qualification training (SQT) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) oiler JS Hamana (AO-424), in which the ships performed a simulated consolidated cargo replenishment at sea (CONSOL), at sea West of...
28 October 2015 Joint Forces Participate in KOA MOANA 15-3 PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is currently operating off the coast of Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, as part of her continuing participation in Exercise KOA MOANA 15-3 (KM 15-3).During KM 15-3, the U.S. Navy (USN),...
04 November 2015 Military Sealift Command's Lewis and Clark Arrives in Vanuatu for Continuing Support of KOA MOANA 15-3 LUGANVILLE, Republic of Vanuatu (NNS) -- The U.S. Ambassador to Vanuatu Walter E. North attended Exercise KOA MOANA 15-3 Vanuatu opening ceremony at the Vanuatu Police Force here, Nov. 4."The waters of the South Pacific are home to some of the riches areas of marine biodiversity and fishery...
30 September 2015 Koa Moana 15-3 Promotes Tri-Service, Partner Nations Maritime Security Cooperation Engagements PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Military Sealift Command's USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) is currently participating in Exercise Koa Moana 15-3, a four-month exercise that involves embarked Marines and will make stops at locations in the Pacific Island Nations of Oceana: French Polynesia, Fiji, Kiribati,...
15 December 2016 Military Sealift Command Shares First-aid Knowledge while 'Stayin Alive' PATTAYA, Thailand -- “... Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.” The sound of a popular 70s song by the group Bee Gees was an unusual but fitting theme to a recent training course that was provided by members of Military Sealift Command Far East (MSCFE) to a Navy-friendly hotel staff here,...
27 October 2016 U.S. Navy Ship Pililaau Arrives in Vanuatu for KOA MOANA 16-4 PORT VILA, VANUATU -- Maritime preposition force ship USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304) arrived in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in support of KOA MOANA 16-4 (Ocean Warrior), Oct. 21.The KOA MOANA (Ocean Warrior) exercise series seeks to enhance senior military leader engagements between allied and partner nations...
24 August 2016 Military Sealift Command Exercises Expeditionary Tactics during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 16 BUSAN, South Korea—About 40 Military Sealift Command (MSC) reserve-component Sailors traveled to Korea and Singapore, and are participating in Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2016 (UFG 16), Aug. 24. Exercise UFG 16 is scheduled from Aug. 17 – Sep. 2 and is an annual, combined command and control exercise...
08 July 2016 Emory S. Land Recognized for Outstanding Environmental Stewardship SANTA RITA, GUAM (July 05, 2016) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) received the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Quality Award in recognition for maintaining environmental readiness standards.With 59 nominations from commands around the world being...