16 January 2015 U.S. Navy Forward Deploys Guided-Missile Cruiser to Japan to Underscore Commitment to the Asia-Pacific Region The U.S. Navy announced today that the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) will join the Forward Deployed Naval Forces in Yokosuka, Japan.As part of the U.S. Navy's long-range plan to send the most advanced and capable units to the Asia-Pacific, Chancellorsville will leave her...
16 January 2015 Combat Logistics Battalion Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Responds to Disaster Scenario On March 11, 2011, the worst undersea earthquake to affect Japan struck at a magnitude of 9.0 off the coast of Honshu creating waves exceeding one-hundred feet in height. The waves swept inland, taking the lives of more than 15,000 people and injuring thousands more. The survivors were left with...
15 January 2015 China, US Disaster Management Exchange A team of U.S. military and civilian experts in the field of Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief were welcomed to China by People's Liberation Army (PLA) officials Jan. 12, 2015. Maj. Gen. Edward Dorman, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), and...
15 January 2015 Pacific Partnership 2015: Preparing in Calm to Respond in Crisis U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Pacific Partnership 2015operational humanitarian missions may be months away, but a team of personnelfrom the United States Pacific Fleet will arrive next week in Arawa on thesoutheast coast of Bougainville to survey potential areas for U.S...
15 January 2015 John C. Stennis Visits Indian Island The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) visited Naval Magazine (NAVMAG) Indian Island, the Navy's primary ordnance storage and handling station on the West Coast, to onload six million pounds of ammunition, Jan. 13-15."This is the biggest ordnance onload we've seen," said Senior Chief...