28 October 2016 Blue Chromite Commences in Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan -- Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities required to swiftly and effectively respond to a regional crisis or contingency across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, to include humanitarian...
28 October 2016 Marines Land in Apra Harbor to Offload Tanks, Equipment SANTA RITA, Guam -- The Maritime Prepositioning Ship (MPS) USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) pulled back into Apra Harbor, U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG), Oct. 27 to backload nearly 80 U.S. Marine Corps vehicles and equipment after a three-week visit to the port. The visit was a rare opportunity...
28 October 2016 Combined & Joint Religious Training Aboard USS Ronald Reagan DAEGU, South Korea -- 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and 2nd Operational Command's Unit Ministry Teams trained aboard the Nimitz-class super carrier USS Ronald Reagan with Navy Religious Support Teams. Oct. 20. While aboard the carrier, teams received instruction on unique ways Naval...
28 October 2016 US, Republic of Korea Sailors Volunteer Together to Support Busan Community BUSAN, GOJEDO, PYEONGTAEK, JINHAE, SOUTH KOREA -- U.S. and Republic of Korea Sailors joined forces to help the local Busan community during the recent USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group port visit, Oct. 16-21. Throughout the port visit, 609 U.S. and ROK Sailors volunteered at 14 locations in...
28 October 2016 Makin Island ARG, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Conduct Sustainment Training in Hawaii PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted amphibious sustainment training on Oahu and the island of Hawaii, Oct. 19-23, after departing Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 14, for a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas...