19 June 2017 Navy Family in Yokosuka Rallies to Support USS Fitzgerald Crew, Families Sailors and community members from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), are rallying around the crew and families of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) following the June 17 collision with a merchant vessel 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka that resulted in the death of seven Sailors...
19 June 2017 SWMI Sim Lab and VR Room Helps Prepare Students for Real World Patient Encounters The fact is, when one trains properly for real-world scenarios it can help lead to a successful outcome. This is something that is taken to heart within the Navy medical community...
19 June 2017 NAVSUP FLC Sigonella Provides Fueling Support to Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Aircraft Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Sigonella provided fueling support for two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force P-1 aircraft June 14, in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti...
19 June 2017 CNFJ/CNRJ Hold Change of Command U.S. Naval Forces and Navy Region Japan held a change of command ceremony June 16 at the Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) Benny Decker Theater...
19 June 2017 USS Ronald Reagan, Carrier Strike Group Five Arrives in Republic of Singapore USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, USS McCampbell (DDG 85), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS Barry (DDG 52), arrived in Singapore for port visit...
19 June 2017 Underwater Recovery Team Searches for MIA's in Vietnam The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deployed an Underwater Recovery Team (URT) comprised of Department of Defense civilians and U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force servicemembers to northern Vietnam in search of two U.S. Navy aviators who went missing during the Vietnam War, May 2 - Jun 18...
19 June 2017 Carl Vinson, Embarked Tigers, Depart Pearl Harbor for Home Aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after a scheduled four-day port visit, June 17...
18 June 2017 Coalition Defends Partner Forces from Syrian Fighter Jet Attack At approximately 4:30 p.m. Syria time, June 18, Pro-Syrian regime forces attacked the Syrian Democratic Forces-held town of Ja'Din, South of Tabqah, wounding a number of SDF fighters and driving the SDF from the town...
18 June 2017 Vice Adm. Aucoin Holds Press Conference about USS Fitzgerald Collision The following are U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin's prepared remarks for a press conference held June 18 at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, about the collision of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) with a merchant vessel June 17...
17 June 2017 USS Fitzgerald Returns to Yokosuka USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), aided by tug boats, returned to Yokosuka at 6:15 p.m. this evening...