05 July 2018 30th Naval Construction Regiment Relocates to Guam SANTA RITA, Guam -- The 30th Naval Construction Regiment (NCR) relocated to Naval Base Guam from Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, California, July 1.The relocation of 30th NCR streamlines operational effectiveness and establishes the regiment as a forward-deployed operational staff capable...
05 July 2018 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Completes MEU Exercise CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed the first in a series of pre-deployment training events at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2018.The first step for the 31st MEU to prepare for an upcoming patrol of the Indo-Pacific region is Marine Expeditionary...
03 July 2018 Closing Ceremony Wraps Up Khaan Quest 2018 The multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2018 was officially brought to an end with the closing ceremony June 28.The Mongolian Armed Forces successfully hosted 17 other nations, including the U.S., with approximately 3,000 participants over the past three weeks of training.This year marks...
03 July 2018 U.S.-Japan Alliance ‘Cornerstone’ to Indo-Pacific Stability, Mattis Says The United States and Japan are strong allies firmly committed to peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said June 30 in Tokyo.In a media availability after talks with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, Mattis said he and his Japanese counterpart...
03 July 2018 Aussies, Marines Take On Amphibious Warfare The Australian Defence Force brought on a small group of U.S. Marines to take part in an amphibious raid training, Exercise Sea Series 18, in Australia from May 18 to June 26, 2018.The Marines, from Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 18, arrived in Sydney to start with a command portion of the event...
02 July 2018 Pacific Angel 18-1 Concludes in Timor-Leste More than 80 multilateral service members, health care providers, translators and volunteers from Timor-Leste, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines and the United States joined forces in Suai, Timor-Leste, during Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL)18-1, June 5-18, 2018, building partnership capacity and...
29 June 2018 US Navy Kicks Off 26th RIMPAC Exercise Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. John C. Aquilino and Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, Vice Adm. John D. Alexander, announced today the start of the world’s largest international maritime exercise, the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), scheduled through Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and...
29 June 2018 U.S. Navy, Australia sign agreement for Triton UAS The Australian government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Navy June 25, to purchase up to six MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Air Systems (UAS).The MOU outlines the cooperative agreement between the two countries which will allow Australia to influence future design and development of...
29 June 2018 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 Conducts Mount-Out Exercise Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 completed a 48- hour Mount-Out Exercise (MOX) onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Japan, June 19-20.This exercise simulates one of the core capabilities of a construction battalion to deploy an Air Detachment (Air Det.), along with construction equipment,...
29 June 2018 USS Nimitz: 50 Years of Teamwork and Tradition The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz has completed 28 deployments, more than a quarter of a million catapult launches and arrested landings, five homeport changes, and countless operations and missions successfully executed. The decorated history of the oldest aircraft carrier in active U.S. Navy service...