13 March 2018 Carl Vinson Begins Bilateral Exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SOUTH CHINA SEA -- The Carl Vinson Strike Group began a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), March 11, during a regularly scheduled deployment in the Western Pacific.Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) are conducting...
13 March 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshal Office Hosts Joint K-9 Training MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni’s Provost Marshal’s Office conducted joint K-9 training with members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Hiroshima Police Headquarters at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 12, 2018.The...
13 March 2018 Naval Supply Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Site Marianas Logisticians Support MultiSail 2018 YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Logisticians from Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka Site Marianas took part in the MultiSail 2018 bilateral training exercise, Mar. 8-14, in the waters off Apra Harbor and U.S. Naval Base Guam.The Site Marianas team was part of a large...
13 March 2018 Green Bay Departs Sasebo for Patrol Following 5-month Selective Restricted Availability SASEBO, Japan -- The forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) departed Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region, March 12.Green Bay will join the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group as part of a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. The...
12 March 2018 Antietam Leads Surface to Air Missile Exercise in MultiSail 18 PHILIPPINE SEA -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) led a Surface to Air Missile Exercise (SAMEX) during MultiSail 18 with U.S. forward-deployed naval forces and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) March 10, in the Philippine Sea.This SAMEX builds...
12 March 2018 USS Ashland Departs Sasebo for Final Readiness Drills, Regional Patrol SASEBO, Japan -- The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) departed Sasebo, Japan for an amphibious certification assessment and follow-on patrol in the Indo-Pacific, March 8.Ashland is deploying after several months of maintenance and training in preparation for a Board...
12 March 2018 USNS Mercy Arrives in 7th Fleet for Pacific Partnership PACIFIC OCEAN -- Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18), March 10.PP18 is scheduled to have more than 800 U.S. military personnel stationed worldwide, working side-by-side with host...
12 March 2018 U.S. Marines Work alongside Royal Thai Service Members to Dispose of Unexploded Ordnance TRAT PROVINCE, Kingdom of Thailand -- U.S. Marines worked alongside Royal Thai Army and Navy personnel in Thailand during Exercise Cobra Gold 18 as part of a subject-matter-expert exchange to dispose of unexploded ordnance and explosive remnants of war.In four days, Explosive Ordnance Disposal...
12 March 2018 Coast Guard Commissions Hawaii's Second Sentinel-class Cutter HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126), Hawaii's second Sentinel-class cutter, was commissioned into service at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Friday.Vice Adm. Fred M. Midgette, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony accepting the second of three...
09 March 2018 Carl Vinson Strike Group Departs Vietnam DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Carl Vinson Strike Group departed Da Nang, Vietnam, March 9, completing a historic visit that marked the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier has visited the country in more than 40 years.The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and...