04 February 2022 Exercise Noble Fusion Kicks Off with Joint Combined Expeditionary Training in Philippine Sea PHILIPPINE SEA - Noble Fusion, a joint and combined naval expeditionary exercise combining multiple elements of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), kicked off in the Philippine Sea in vicinity of Luzon Strait, and the Miyako Strait Feb...
03 February 2022 USS Michael Murphy Returns to Homeport JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - 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 PHILIPPINE SEA - 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...
31 January 2022 USS Fitzgerald Conducts Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise with Japan PHILIPPINE SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from Jan. 27 – Feb. 2...
27 January 2022 USS Ronald Reagan, U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Sailors Administer COVID-19 Boosters to American, Japanese Base Employees YOKOSUKA, Japan - Sailors from the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) worked side-by-side with their counterparts from U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka (USNHY) onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) to administer COVID-19 boosters to American and...
19 January 2022 NMCB-5 Concludes Indo-Pacific Deployment, NMCB-3 Assumes Authority of Naval Construction Force Tasking in the Indo-Pacific OKINAWA, Japan - U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 transferred authority of Naval Construction Force tasking in the Indo-Pacific region to NMCB-3 during a relief in place/transfer of authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Jan. 18...
19 January 2022 USS Jackson Visits Brunei, Conducts Bilateral Exercise MUARA, Brunei - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) arrived in Brunei Jan. 14 following a one-day exercise at sea with the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN)...
07 January 2022 US Navy Seabees Strengthening Partnerships at Pacific Partnership 21 Bagumbayan Central School Ribbon Cutting Ceremony LEGAZPI, Philippines - On December 20, U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) service members held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Bagumbayan Central School, Legazpi, Albay province, Philippines, as part of the bilateral Pacific...
05 January 2022 Six Indo-Pacific Nations begin Exercise Sea Dragon ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from the “Golden Swordsmen” and “The Tridents” join Australia, Canada, India, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and Republic of Korea (ROK) to begin multinational exercise Sea Dragon 22, Jan. 5...
04 January 2022 US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste Hold Multinational Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony BAUCAU, Timor-Leste - U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste Dec. 10...