06 April 2022 U.S. 3rd Fleet, Tactical Training Group Pacific Host Staff Exercise Ahead of RIMPAC 2022 SAN DIEGO -- Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet and Tactical Training Group Pacific (TTGP) hosted Staff Exercise (STAFFEX), the last planning event for Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2022, at Naval Base Point Loma from March 29-April 1.STAFFEX included approximately 90 senior staff members from...
02 April 2021 Australian, U.S. Navies Conduct Group Sail in Eastern Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN -- The U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy joined forces for a Group Sail exercise in the waters off the coast of Southern California, March 31 and April 1.Group Sail exercises provide an opportunity for like-minded nations to improve their collaborative partnerships, combined...
25 March 2020 Navy Consolidates COVID-19 Prevention Policies in NAVADMIN 080/20 WASHINGTON -- On March 21, the Chief of Naval Personnel issued NAVADMIN 080/20 which supersedes the previous stop-movement NAVADMINs, adds implementing guidance for the “authorized departure” and consolidates all the guidance into a single NAVADMIN for ease of reference and to serve as a “one-stop”...
10 February 2020 USS Rafael Peralta, Russell Visit Sasebo, Japan SASEBO, Japan -- The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) and the USS Russell (DDG 59), arrived in Sasebo for a port visit, Feb. 8.During the port visit, Sailors will be able to experience Japanese culture, as well as go shopping and sightseeing through...
15 November 2019 U.S., India Launch First Tiger TRIUMPH Exercise VISAKHAPATNAM, India -- Indian and U.S. armed forces kicked off the inaugural Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH with the arrival of USS Germantown (LSD 42), Nov. 13, 2019.“Military collaboration between India and the United States is a result of growing, high-level trust and consistent effort to broaden the...
03 April 2019 Bulldog Brigade Service Members Walk to Remember CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Soldiers and Airmen with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team "Bulldogs," 1st Armored Division (Rotational) conducted a road march to honor fallen service members during an 8th Annual Tactical Air Control Party Association 24-Hour Challenge at Camp Humphreys, March...
13 March 2019 U.S., Philippine Navies Conduct Cooperative Deployment as Flagship Arrives in Manila MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, March 13, for the ship's first port visit to the Philippines in three years.The Blue Ridge and 7th Fleet team undertook a cooperative deployment with Philippine Navy (PN) landing...
23 April 2018 Mattis Welcomes Japanese Counterpart, Discusses Regional Security WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera of Japan at the Pentagon today.In a statement summarizing the meeting, Pentagon officials said the two leaders discussed ways to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance, and positively noting the increasing...
16 April 2018 Pacific Partnership 2018 Concludes in Palau, Heads to Malaysia KOROR, Palau -- Pacific Partnership 2018, the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) preparedness mission, concluded aboard expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in the Republic of Palau, April 14.More than 134 military personnel from the...
13 November 2017 USS Ashland Conducts Inspection and Survey Rehearsal Underway EAST CHINA SEA -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a rehearsal for Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) Nov. 7 as part of preparations for the ship's official assessment scheduled for May 2018.Ashland embarked a team of 18 subject matter experts from Amphibious...