08 October 2021 USS Miguel Keith Hosts Sailors and Marines to Increase Naval Integration Opportunities OKINAWA, Japan - The crew of Lewis B. Puller class expeditionary staging base, USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), hosted Navy staff from Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, and Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and subordinate commands while anchored at Naval Base White Beach, Okinawa...
25 September 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Returns to Cape Town to Strengthen Partnerships CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 25, 2021...
22 September 2021 Naval Engineers Construct Medical Building in Tabarka, Tunisia TABARKA, Tunisia - U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 (NMCB11) and U.S. Marine Corps Engineers assigned to the Eight Engineer Support Battalion (8th ESB) are working with Tunisian engineers and health officials to construct a new seven meter by eighteen-meter...
16 September 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Namibia WALVIS BAY, Namibia - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Walvis Bay, Namibia for a regularly scheduled port visit, Sept. 15, 2021...
02 September 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Gabon, U.S. Navy Forces Europe-Africa Band Hold Community Performances The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Libreville, Gabon for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 31, 2021...
25 August 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Equatorial Guinea, NAVAF Leaders Further Partnerships The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Bata, Equatorial Guinea for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 24, 2021...
24 August 2021 Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Brazilian Navy for Inaugural Operation Guinex GULF OF GUINEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021...
11 August 2021 Gulf of Guinea Partners Complete Maritime Security Exercise GULF OF GUINEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) conducted a combined maritime security capabilities exercise with the Nigerian Navy, the Spanish Navy, and members of Ghana’s Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Aug. 11, 2021...
07 August 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Nigeria for Maritime Security Engagement LAGOS, Nigeria – Officers assigned to the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in a maritime interoperability planning event with leaders from the Nigerian Navy, Aug 7...
05 August 2021 Hershel “Woody” Williams Returns to Gulf of Guinea, Strengthening Partnership with Coastal African Nations TEMA, Ghana - Members of the Ghanaian Special Boat Squadron embarked the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) to participate in maritime security training alongside the Nigerian Navy, Aug. 5, 2021...