30 July 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Visits Liberia MONROVIA, Liberia - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Monrovia, Liberia for a scheduled port visit, July 28...
09 July 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Europe Participates in International Maritime Defence Conference U.S. Naval Forces Africa, Europe and U.S. Sixth Fleet Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. Nancy S. Lacore, virtually attended a two-day International Maritime Defence and Exhibition Conference 2021 (IMDEC 21) hosted by the Ghanaian Navy, July 7-8, 2021...
25 June 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrives in Senegal DAKAR, Senegal - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dakar, Senegal for a scheduled port visit, June 21-25, 2021...
03 June 2021 3d MLG, NMCB-4 Rehearse Naval integration, EABO Concepts During Poseidon’s Watchtower ‘21 CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with 3d Marine Logistics Group (MLG) and Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training on islands around Okinawa during Exercise Poseidon’s Watchtower from June 2-17, 2021...
27 May 2021 Allied and Partner Navies Set Sail for Exercise Phoenix Express 2021 TUNIS, Tunisia - Allied and partner navies participating in exercise Phoenix Express 2021 got underway from Tunis, Tunisia, for the start of the at-sea portion of the multinational North African maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on May 22, 2021...
10 May 2021 USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Commissions SAN DIEGO - The Navy commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Saturday, May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California...
05 February 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew The forward deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews in the Port of Djibouti, Djibouti, Feb. 1, 2021, after completing the ships inaugural deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet Area of Operations...
13 August 2020 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Naples, Italy, Marking First Stop in U.S. 6th Fleet The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in port Naples, Italy, for a routine logistics stop, Aug. 13, 2020...
30 June 2020 Construction Begins on Fourth Expeditionary Sea Base Ship Construction of the fourth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship officially began on June 25 at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard. Due to the COVID pandemic, the milestone was marked with an informal shipyard ceremony...
29 January 2020 NMCB-3, 7th ESB Complete Joint Bridge Exercise Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 and Marines assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducted a joint bridge exercise on board Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 13-17...