Equipment & technology
US 7th Fleet Ships Exercise First ERSS Concept
Medical personnel aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) participated in the first Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) during a surgical drill June 4-5. A team of medical officers and hospital corpsmen f
US, ROK Navies Train Together in Exercise Silent Shark
The U.S. and the Republic of Korea navies are participating in Exercise Silent Shark 2015 in the vicinity of Guam, June 8-12. The exercise integrates U.S. and Republic of Korean anti-submarine warfare assets to bolster relations and interoperability. The units participating in Silent Shark include t
USS Shiloh Farewells Subic Bay, Philippines
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) departed Subic Bay, Philippines, June 2, after a four-day liberty port visit. This was Shiloh’s second visit to the Philippines in fifteen months, the first being a port visit in Cebu early 2014. During the visit, Shiloh Sailors partici
USNS Salvor Tows LCU from Thailand to Japan
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) rescue and salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) successfully towed USAV Port Hudson (LCU 2035) attached to the U.S. Army 10th Regional Support Group (RSG) from Sattahip, Thailand, to Okinawa, Japan, arriving May 19. Hudson supported exercise Cobra Gold 2015 in March
USS Antietam Promotes 33 Sailors
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) frocked 31 Sailors and pinned two senior chiefs to their new pay grade during a frocking and pinning ceremony at-sea on the ship’s flight deck, May 29. The frocking ceremony is a historical tradition that dates back to the 1800s and a
Indian CG Receives Thirteenth FPV
Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered the thirteenth of the series of twenty Fast Patrol Vessel “ICGS Anmol” to the Indian Coast Guard 20 days ahead of schedule. The vessel, equipped with a long range gun and ultra-modern vessel control, navigation & communication tools, will be operated from the Coast
USS Shiloh Sails into Subic Bay, Philippines
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) arrived in Subic Bay, for a port visit, May 29. Naval Base Subic Bay closed in 1992, and since then the Republic of the Philippines converted the area into the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (SBFZ), which is the first of its kind in the countr
Indian Navy Vessels Visit Jakarta, Indonesia
The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, is on an operational deployment to South East Asia and Southern Indian Ocean. Warships of the Eastern Fleet participated in the bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX with th
USS Topeka Docks at New Homeport in Guam
The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) arrived at its new homeport of U.S. Naval Base Guam May 29. Topeka is the fourth submarine assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 15 as part of the Navy’s long range plan to put the most advanced and capable units forward. Prior to arrivi
New Commander aboard USS John S. McCain
The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) held a change of command ceremony May 28. Cmdr. Chad Graham relieved Cmdr. Chase Sargeant as the commanding officer aboard McCain. While Sargeant was in command, McCain steamed more than 53,000 nautical mil
USS Chancellorsville Heads for US 7th Fleet
The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) departed from San Diego May 28 for Yokosuka, Japan, where the ship will join U.S. 7th Fleet’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces. Chancellorsville will enhance presence in 7th Fleet as part of the U.S. Navy’s long-range plan to send the most advance
USS Lassen, Allied Navies Take Part in Naval Exercises
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) and ships from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) conducted separate one-day multilateral naval exercises with France and Turkey in the waters south of the Korean peninsula May 23 and 25. The exercises, conducted with French frigate
USS Antietam Carries Out First Replenishment-at-Sea
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) conducted its first replenishment-at-sea (RAS) of its patrol, May 25. The mighty Antietam’s deck department was at the heart of the evolution and was responsible for safely receiving 30 pallets of supplies via vertical replenishment (
USS Mustin Demonstrates New Payment for HSP
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) successfully demonstrated the Secretary of the Navy’s new initiative to pay husbanding service providers (HSP) using a new process, called procure-to-pay (P2P), in a proof-of-principle (PoP) test during a port visit in Singapore, May 1