14 July 2015 31st MEU Completes First Week of AIT with the USS Ashland The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), embarked aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), successfully completed their first week of exercises...
14 July 2015 Aviation Training Center Prepares for Accreditation Team The Council on Occupational Education (COE) will conduct the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training's (CNATT) Reaffirmation of Accreditation, Aug. 10-12, at the Pensacola, Florida, command...
14 July 2015 The U.S. and Australia Team Up as a Combined Task Force During Talisman Sabre For two years service members from both the U.S. and Australian Navies have prepared for a complex amphibious assault scenario taking place on the shores of the Northern Territory of Australia during Talisman Sabre 2015...
14 July 2015 ESG 7 Trains to Counter Threats from Air and Surface The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), comprised of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), USS Ashland (LSD 48), USS Preble (DDG 88), USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted exercises to counter surface and air threats, beginning June 18...
14 July 2015 31st MEU and Green Bay Sailors Train Together to Become a Forward, Ready Amphibious Force Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) paddle toward the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) on the waters of the East China Sea from combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC)...
14 July 2015 Navy Region Southwest Holds Change of Command Ceremony Rear Adm. Markham K. Rich relieved Rear Adm. Patrick J. Lorge as commander of Navy Region Southwest, July 13, during a change of command ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego...
14 July 2015 Preble Joins Bonhomme Richard ESG, Begins Patrol in 7th Fleet AOR The Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) has joined the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (BHRESG) in the patrol of the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations...
14 July 2015 Underway Triathlon Aboard Forrest Sherman Triathlons are usually endurance races consisting of running, swimming and biking, but for the Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), the rules have changed...
14 July 2015 Farragut Departs Abu Dhabi The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut completed a scheduled port visit in Khalifa Port, Abu Dhabi, July 9...
13 July 2015 Presenting and Receiving of Coins a Priceless Commodity for Navy Nurse Corps Officer Some coins are worth more than money...