PORT HUENEME, California -- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division's (NSWC PHD) Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS), ex-PAUL F. FOSTER went underway for final-phase testing of two alternative fuels, May 31.The SDTS traveled to San Diego, where it took on approximately 30,000 gallons of two...

SANTA RITA, GUAM (July 05, 2016) – The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) received the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Environmental Quality Award in recognition for maintaining environmental readiness standards.With 59 nominations from commands around the world being...

It's hard to imagine that when RIMPAC began in 1971, only five nations participated - Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Since then, it's grown to become the world's largest international maritime exercise.This year marks the 25th RIMPAC, and we have more...

COMBINED ARMS TRAINING CENTER CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, Japan -- U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2016 on July 8, 2016.The annual...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKHAM , Hawaii -- “In five months we completed six missions spanning five countries. The work ranged from heavy underwater construction to teaching very technical diver's life support equipment repair classes,” said Chief Equipment Operator Jim McVicar, officer-in-charge,...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Eighteen Midshipmen from colleges around the U.S. embarked guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) for their 2016 summer training surface warfare cruise, July 7. The purpose of the midshipman summer training program is to allow them the opportunity to experience the...

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 held a Joint Disaster Symposium at Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (BRTTH), June 30.The symposium gave Pacific Partnership personnel attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), members of the Armed Forces of the...

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, July 07, 2016 — The biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise promotes cooperation that contributes to prosperity in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, top U.S. commanders said during a July 5 news conference here.Twenty-six nations, 45 ships, five submarines, more than...

TORII STATION, Okinawa -- The 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group assembled beneath the Okinawan sun on Border Landing Zone at Torii Station June 29 for a Change of Command Ceremony that bookmarked the latest chapter in the storied lineage of the unit.The Battalion's colors were handed over by...

North Korea's nuclear test and multiple ballistic missile tests, including the recent intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launches, highlight the grave threat that North Korea poses to the security and stability of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the entire Asia-Pacific region.In response to...