25 August 2016 USS Port Royal and USS Hopper set to deploy PEARL HARBOR - Guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73), with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 37, and guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) will depart their homeport of Pearl Harbor for an independent deployment to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas...
24 August 2016 Military Sealift Command Exercises Expeditionary Tactics during Ulchi Freedom Guardian 16 BUSAN, South Korea—About 40 Military Sealift Command (MSC) reserve-component Sailors traveled to Korea and Singapore, and are participating in Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2016 (UFG 16), Aug. 24. Exercise UFG 16 is scheduled from Aug. 17 – Sep. 2 and is an annual, combined command and control exercise...
24 August 2016 Two Combatant Craft Patrol Boats Report for Duty in Pacific AGUANA, Guam -- Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75 took permanent ownership of two MK VI patrol boats at Naval Base Guam, Aug. 24. The MK VI patrol boats are now permanently assigned in two separate strategic areas of operations. In March, two MK VI patrol boats were delivered to CTF-56, based in...
24 August 2016 Marine Squadrons Build Munitions during Southern Frontier ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia -- Marines with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 bustled around the ammunition storage point as the sun beat down around them, but movements were cautious as they concentrated on the job at hand; building hundreds of thousands of pounds of...