25 April 2024 USS Essex Sailors Test New Navigation, Seamanship, and Ship-Handling Trainers SAN DIEGO (April 17, 2024)- Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), participated in the testing of Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific’s (MSTCPAC) new Bridge Team Trainers and Integrated Navigation Team Trainers...
02 April 2024 Essex Sailor Performs in Culinary Olympics STUTTGART (February 3, 2023) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Larry Burns, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), was selected to join a team of joint military chefs as an apprentice to participate in the 2024 Culinary Olympics Catering Competition...
24 March 2024 Service Extends Past the Gates of Naval Base San Diego for USS Essex SAN DIEGO (March 22, 2024) Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), ranked number one for volunteer hours among all ashore and afloat commands in San Diego, totaling 838 hours in 2023...
13 March 2024 USS Essex Wins Self-Sufficiency Award SAN DIEGO (March 13, 2024) Amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) was recently awarded the Amphib Quarterly Self- Sufficiency Award, recognizing the Engineering Department and calibration laboratory during a docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) for their ability to execute major...
11 September 2023 USS Essex Completes Dry Docking Availability SAN DIEGO — Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) undocked from the Pride of California Dry Dock at BAE Systems in San Diego, Sept. 8...
10 August 2023 Essex holds change of command ceremony SAN DIEGO — The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) held a change of command ceremony below Essex in the Pride of California Dry Dock at BAE Systems in San Diego, Aug. 10...
17 July 2023 Essex Culinary Specialist headed to Olympics NEW ORLEANS — Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Larry Burns, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), and a team of Navy chefs participated in the 2023 American Culinary Federation Student Team of the Year cooking competition in New Orleans, Louisiana,...
10 July 2023 USS Essex First Ship to Participate in Naval Postgraduate School 3D Printer Research Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) partnered with Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMNAVSURFPAC) in facilitating the installation of a 3D printer on Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Essex is the first ship to participate...
14 June 2023 USS Essex Sailor receives the 2022 Honorable J. William Middendorf II Award A native of Richmond, California, and machinist mate assigned to engineering department aboard amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) received the Navy League of the United States 2022 Honorable J. William Middendorf II award for engineering excellence during an award ceremony in Dallas, Texas...
10 March 2023 What’s cooking? Essex Culinary Specialists leave their mark at the Joint Military Culinary Competition Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) brought home two silver and two bronze medals during a Joint Military Culinary Competition in Fort Lee, Virginia, March 1-10, 2023...
23 May 2022 LA Fleet Week Returns for Fifth Iteration Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and Coast Guardsmen from several ships, squadrons and military units will be in Los Angeles for the fifth Los Angeles Fleet Week, May 24-30...
14 February 2022 Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Returns Home From Deployment SAN DIEGO — The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego, marking the end of an eight-month deployment to U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleets areas of operation, Feb. 14...
06 February 2022 USS O’Kane Returns Home from Deployment The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77) returned home to Naval Base San Diego, completing an eight-month independent deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 6...
03 February 2022 USS Michael Murphy Returns to Homeport The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, following an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operation, Feb. 3...
31 January 2022 Commander Task Force Seventy-Six (CTF-76), embarks USS Miguel Keith to Command and Control theater littoral warfare operations The Navy and Marine Corps “blue-green team” composed of Commander Task Force Seventy-Six (CTF 76)/Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 is underway with the embarked 31st and 11th Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs), for training and operations in the Indo-Pacific region...
01 June 2021 ESX ARG, 11th MEU Conduct Integrated Training Sailors and Marines of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed integrated training off the coast of Southern California, May 27.The Essex ARG and 11th MEU took part in a multi-week training evolution with nearly 5,000 Marines and Sailors,...
29 July 2020 USS Essex (LHD 2) Sailors Assist Firefighting Efforts Aboard USS Bonhomme On July 12th, during a seemingly peaceful Sunday morning, one of a Sailor’s worst fears came to be. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) had caught fire. The fire spread quickly and Sailors assigned to the ship needed help. Sailors from USS Essex (LHD 2) answered that...
01 March 2019 Essex Amphibious Ready Group Returns from Deployment SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Sailors and Marines of the Essex (LHD 2) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) returned to their homeport of San Diego, following a successful deployment to the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, Mediterranean, and Horn of Africa regions, March 1.More than 4,500 sailors and Marines of the Essex...