SANTA RITA, Guam -- USS Antietam (CG 54) held a change of command ceremony at U.S. Naval Base Guam, May 30, 2019. During the ceremony, Capt. Todd Gorman relieved Capt. George A. Kessler as the ship's Commanding Officer of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser. The ceremony was held at the Big...

PATTAYA, Thailand -- The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and Royal Thai Navy and Marine Corps kicked off the 25th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) during an opening ceremony at Sattahip Naval Base, May 29.CARAT, the U.S. Navy's oldest and longest continually-running...

PHILIPPINE SEA -- The guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JSMDF) destroyers JS Ariake (DD 109) and JS Asahi (DD 119) conducted operations together in the Philippine Sea, May 29.At sea, Curtis Wilbur, Ariake, and Asahi conducted communication...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii -- The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) held a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) and Soldier of the year competition from May 12-17, 2019, between Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter Flats and Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.The NCO/Soldier of the year...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- An Indian Army delegation visited the 8th Theater Sustainment Command for a logistics subject matter exchange at the command's headquarters based on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, May 17.Col. Stephen M. Howell, 8th TSC Support Operations Officer welcomed the Indian Army Brigadier of...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson honored America’s fallen service members at the 70th Mayor’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, May 27.“Thank you for the honor of speaking on Memorial Day, a day dedicated to those...

SATTAHIP, Thailand -- Senior mission leadership, host nation and partner nation participants attended the closing ceremony of the final Pacific Partnership 2019 (PP19) mission stop in Sattahip, May 25.“Pacific Partnership is a good project to provide participating countries with goodwill to help...

GULF OF ALASKA -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and select ships from Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9), along with U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and Marine Corps service members, successfully concluded Exercise Northern Edge 2019 (NE19), May 24, bringing an end to Alaska's largest biannual...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Capt. Holly Harrison took over command of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) from Capt. David Ramassini in a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Saturday.Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area presided over the event.Harrison...

U.S. ARMY GARRISON, KWAJALEIN ATOLL -- Lt. Gen. James Dickinson, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, joined personnel from U.S. Army Garrison-Kwajalein Atoll and the Director of Public Works to tour and inspect construction and renovation...