14 July 2015 USS Fort Worth, USS Lassen Complete First Combined South China Sea Presence Operations SOUTH CHINA SEA - The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) partnered with the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) to complete their first combined South China Sea presence operations July 9."Our presence operations with USS Lassen demonstrates the U.S Navy's commitment to the...
13 July 2015 US Navy, Marines Integrate to Improve Maritime Missions during Talisman Sabre TIMOR SEA -- Marines embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and introduced the Joint Automated Deep Operation Coordination System (JADOCS) during exercise Talisman Sabre 15 (TS15).According to Marine Cpl. Steward Bach, a JADOCS operator, their visit aboard...
13 July 2015 Sailors and Marines Enhance Partnership with Singapore Armed Forces during 21st CARAT Exercise SINGAPORE -- The 21st annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore exercise commenced July 13 at Changi Naval Base, with an opening ceremony and a host of bilateral exchanges. CARAT Singapore is part of a series of bilateral naval exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed...
13 July 2015 Amphibious Operations Storm Ashore for Talisman Sabre 2015 FOG BAY, Australia - U.S. and Australian forces stormed the beaches of Fog Bay July 11, executing joint amphibious operations, the largest and most complex joint amphibious training of its kind, as part of Talisman Sabre 2015.To kick off the amphibious landing, a line of assault amphibious vehicles...
13 July 2015 USNS Millinocket, Pacific Partnership Arrive in Solomon Islands HONIARA, Solomon Islands - The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrived in Honiara, Solomon Islands, July 10 for the ship’s third stop of Pacific Partnership 2015. Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an expeditionary command element from the...
13 July 2015 George Washington Builds Relationships with Japan, Australia, New Zealand during Talisman Sabre TIMOR SEA (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) welcomed distinguished visitors from Japan, Australia and New Zealand to learn about and experience aircraft carrier operations during Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 11.The tour familiarized George Washington's...
13 July 2015 U.S. Marines and Timor-Leste Defence Force Members Wrap Up Exercise Koa Moana 15.2 DILI, Timor-Leste -- A platoon of U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Timor-Leste Defence Force members completed Exercise Koa Moana 15.2 in Dili, Timor-Leste, June 26. The Marines embarked on the USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) and arrived...
10 July 2015 Face of Defense: Soldier Puts the Count in Accountability It is 15:07. Army Spc. Donna C. Moya stands up."Sir, the number of personnel on the ground is 4,721. In the last 24 hours we received enemy contact at two locations within Task Force Bayonet. Seventy-nine soldiers are being treated, 14 have been medically evacuated. Currently we are still operating...
10 July 2015 USS Bonhomme Richard and 31st MEU Rehearse Amphibious landing for Talisman Sabre 2015 The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the embarked Royal Australian Defense Force service members began the preliminary stages of Talisman Sabre 2015 off the Northwestern coast of Australia.Bonhomme Richard is a...
10 July 2015 Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific Sailors Rehearse Fleet Sustainment during Talisman Sabre 2015 Sailors assigned to Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific (COMLOG WESTPAC) are supporting exercise Talisman Sabre 2015, July 4-19, by providing critical logistics and sustainment support to U.S. and coalition forces. "Talisman Sabre provides our team with an excellent opportunity to rehearse...