PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The world’s largest international maritime exercise concluded Aug. 4, after more than a month of training events conducted in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California.Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000...

This is the first civil-military disaster preparedness and response initiative between the Vanuatu Mobile Force and the U.S. Army Pacific. The exercise runs August 2nd to 5th...

SAN DIEGO - The United States Navy conducted multifaceted mine countermeasures training with six nations for over four weeks, as part of the Southern California portion of exercise Rim of the Pacific 2016, June 30 through Aug. 4.This year’s participants in Southern California included the Royal...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson met with his South Korean (ROK) counterpart, Adm. Jung Ho-sub at the Pentagon Aug 3 for a discussion focused on the strengthening partnerships and ways to work together to increase maritime security throughout the Indo-Asia...

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 and units with the Royal Canadian Air Force supported 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 28...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) teamed up with guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) to conduct a three-ship replenishment-at-sea (RAS), Aug. 2.Beginning the evolution before dawn, Carl Vinson...

JAVA SEA (NNS) -- Five inflatable boats carried 20 members of the Indonesian Marine Corps from the mountainous backdrop of southwest Indonesia to amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) to conduct a subject matter expert exchange with U.S. Sailors and Marines, Aug. 1."Operations like...

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, completed exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Aug. 2, 2016...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, received a KC-130J flight simulator Aug. 2, 2016.The simulator is the last piece of equipment Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 had in Okinawa completing their move to MCAS Iwakuni and is the first...

PANGKALAN UDARA BUTTERWORTH AIR BASE, Malaysia --A closing ceremony for Cope Taufan 16 was held at Butterworth Air Base, Malaysia on July 29, 2016.Cope Taufan 16 provided an excellent opportunity to improve combined readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and Malaysia. This large force...