25 February 2022 US Forces participate in Indian Navy-led Exercise Milan for first time USS Fitzgerald and a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft VP-47, joined with ships, aircraft and personnel from India and other navies to begin Exercise Milan 2022...
18 January 2022 LCS visits Brunei, conducts bilateral exercise Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived in Brunei Jan. 14 following a one-day exercise at sea with the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN)...
30 November 2021 USS Montgomery LCS Gold Crew Holds Change of Command Ceremony Cmdr. Michael Tyree relieved Cmdr. Wayne Gehman as Commanding Officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) Gold Crew during a change of command ceremony aboard Montgomery while pier side at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), November 30th, 2021...
23 November 2021 Malaysia, U.S. Commence Bilateral Exercise MTA Malaysia Military personnel from Malaysia and the U.S. kicked off Maritime Training Activity (MTA) Malaysia 2021 virtually and in the waters and airspace of the Strait of Malacca, Nov. 23...
01 November 2021 U.S., Indonesia commence bilateral exercise CARAT Indonesia Military personnel from the U.S. and Indonesia kicked off Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia virtually, in Surabaya and in the waters and airspace of the Java Sea, Nov. 1...
29 October 2021 Japan, U.S. form Surface Action Group in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA – Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Yudachi (DD 103) and Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) operated bilaterally in the South China Sea...
07 October 2021 San Francisco Fleet Week Hosts Annual Medical Exercise SAN FRANCISCO — The 40th annual San Francisco Fleet Week hosted the annual medical exercise (MEDEX) Oct 7 to enhance the partnerships and cooperation for medical response in the wake of a natural disaster...
09 September 2021 USS Makin Island Changes Command U.S. Navy Capt. Tony Chavez assumed command of USS Makin Island (LHD 8) from Capt. Tom Ulmer during a ceremony held on board Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Sept. 9...
08 September 2021 U.S., Thailand expand maritime partnership with CARAT Exercise U.S., Thailand expand maritime partnership with CARAT Exercise...
31 July 2021 USS America Expeditionary Strike Group Concludes Participation in Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA- USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), after two weeks of large-scale multinational maritime operations and exercises, alongside partner nations and allies, concluded Talisman Sabre 21, July 31...
28 July 2021 INDOOR MASK MANDATE FOR ALL PERSONNEL ON NAVAL BASE CORONADO IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECDEF MEMO 28JUL21... SAN DIEGO IS CONSIDERED AN AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF COVID...
19 July 2021 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 arrives for Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA (July 16, 2021) – The forward-deployed ships of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive off the coast of Australia in preparation for the biennial bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre (TS) 21, July 16...
14 July 2021 USS Green Bay hosts Japanese National Defense Academy Midshipmen 210714-N-CA060-0097 SASEBO, Japan (July 20, 2021) – The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) hosted a tour for National Defense Academy of Japan Midshipmen July 14, the first tour of a Sasebo-based ship by a non-U.S. military group since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic...
21 April 2021 Amphibious Squadron THREE Changes Command GUAM – U.S. Navy Capt. Henry Kim assumed command of Amphibious Squadron THREE (CPR 3) from Capt. Stewart Bateshansky during a ceremony held aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) April 20...
29 March 2021 CDS-21 USNS MERCY COVID-19 Mission Capt. Daniel Cobian, commodore of Destroyer Squadron 21, and key members of his staff embarked hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts. The hospital ship arrived in Los Angeles March 27, 2020, bringing the first aboard March 29, 2020. The Mercy served...
18 May 2020 USS Kidd Conducts Crew Swap, Transitions to Next Phase of COVID-19 Response The Navy has transitioned into the next phase of its aggressive response to the COVID-19 outbreak on board the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100)...
24 April 2020 Made in AMERICA: COVID 19 Face Coverings SOUTH CHINA SEA – Sailors aboard Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) developed face coverings for the crew as part of the ship’s COVID-19 mitigation effort...