03 September 2015 Blue Ridge Completes Summer Patrol, Returns to Yokosuka U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and embarked 7th Fleet staff returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka after concluding a three-month patrol Sept. 2...
03 September 2015 USS Fort McHenry Visits Gloucester for Schooner Festival The Whidbey Island-class amphbious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) and her crew will visit Gloucester, Massachusetts, beginning Sept. 4 to participate in the 31st annual Gloucester Schooner Festival...
03 September 2015 USS Germantown Wraps Up CARAT 2015 The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) completed their third phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise in Sattahip, Thailand on Sept. 2...
03 September 2015 Harry S. Truman Strike Group Begins COMPTUEX The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group began its composite training unit exercise after departing Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 2...
02 September 2015 USS Gonzalez Begins COMPTUEX The guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66), as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, departed Naval Station Norfolk to begin composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), Sept. 2...
02 September 2015 USS Graveley Begins COMPTUEX The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) departed Naval Station Norfolk, Sept. 2, to participate in a scheduled composite training unit exercise as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group...
02 September 2015 USS Anzio Begins COMPTUEX The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) departed Norfolk Naval Station, Aug. 30, in preparation for participation in the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX)...
02 September 2015 U.S. Navy, Government of Japan Strengthen Bonds Through Joint-Disaster Exercise Each year since the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011, the government of Japan and the U.S. military have participated in disaster preparedness and emergency response drills to ensure a swifter and stronger response to future natural disasters...
02 September 2015 Lift-off, Signal Acquired for Navy's Fourth Communication Satellite After a two-day delay due to tropical storm conditions, the Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite launched at 6:18 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 41...
02 September 2015 NAVFAC Marianas Holds Change Of Command Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas held a change of command ceremony, Aug. 28, in the gymnasium of the former Cmdr. William C. McCool Elementary/Middle School on board Naval Base Guam...