SINGAPORE (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson relieved Rear Adm. Brian Hurley as commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific (COMLOG WESTPAC) during a change of command ceremony, Aug. 11. Gabrielson also assumed duties as commander, Task Force 73 and Singapore area coordinator for U.S. forces stationed...

SAN DIEGO - Ships from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) participated in a post Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multilateral exercise in the Hawaii operating...

More than 300 Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing deployed to Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence mission Aug. 9.Aircrews, maintenance and support personnel, will be generating B-1 bomber sorties to demonstrate the continuing U.S...

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- More than 7,000 John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) Sailors returned to San Diego following a regularly scheduled seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region Aug 10.JCSSG left on deployment Jan. 15 and operated in both U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility --...

EAST CHINA SEA (NNS) -- The final ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) departed its forward-deployed homeport of Sasebo, Japan for a routine patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, Aug. 10.While on patrol, the Bonhomme Richard ESG and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...