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Six Indo-Pacific Nations begin Exercise Sea Dragon
January 5, 2022
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 5, 2022) – A Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora Long Range Patrol aircraft taxis after landing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for the start of exercise Sea Dragon 2022. Sea Dragon is a U.S.-led, multi-national exercise designed to practice and discuss Anti-submarine Warfare tactics to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo: Maj Leonard Kosciukiewicz, 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron)
US Navy Seabees in Timor-Leste hold multinational ribbon-cutting ceremony
January 4, 2022
BAUCAU, Timor-Leste (Dec. 10, 2021) Lt. Megan Dunton, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5; Thomas Daley, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affairs; and local Timorese leaders cut the ribbon at the completion of the four-room schoolhouse in Baucau, Timor-Leste. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific, strengthening their alliances and partnerships, and providing general engineering and civil support to joint operational forces. Homeported out of Port Hueneme, California, NMCB-5 has 13 detail sites deployed throughout the U.S. and Indo-Pacific area of operations.
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Royal Australian Navy Conduct Bilateral Training Exercise
December 20, 2021
INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 17, 2021) U.S. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and U.S. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transit the Indian Ocean while two Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidons, assigned to 11 Squadron, fly overhead during a bilateral training exercise Dec. 17, 2021. Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and elements of the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force are conducting a bilateral training exercise to test and refine warfighting capabilities in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Haydn N. Smith)
Bilateral Exercise CARAT Timor-Leste 2021 concludes, solidifies maritime partnerships
December 16, 2021
DILI, Timor-Leste (Dec. 8, 2021) Left to right, Thomas E. Daley, charge d’affaires, United States Embassy, Cmdr. Clayton Beas, commanding officer of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), Brig. Gen. Calisto “Coliati” dos Santos, Chief of Staff Timor-Leste Defense Force, and Chief Superintendent Henrique da Costa, Timor-Leste National Police, participate in a cake cutting ceremony in the hangar bay during a reception in Dili, Timor-Leste. Charleston, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden)
CTF 71 Introduces First Chaplains Permanently Embarked Aboard U.S. Destroyers
December 16, 2021
Lt. Matthew Moynihan, Chaplain aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) greets Sailors during an MWR event. Higgins is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal surface force.
USS Ralph Johnson Participates in Resolute Dragon
December 15, 2021
Cmdr. Colin Roberts, commanding officer (center right), USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) poses with Maj. Gen. Jay Bargeron commanding general, 3d Marine Division, Col. Erick Clark and Capt. Walt Mainor, deputy commodore, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, in the ship’s pilothouse. Ralph Johnson is supporting U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) as part of Resolute Dragon, an exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by refining procedures for bilateral command, control, and coordination in a geographically distributed environment.
NAVFAC Marianas Facilitates Public Access Plan for Cultural, Historic Sites on DoD Installations
December 14, 2021
Robert Quintanilla, left, and Tatiana Talavera, collect moss, or lumot in CHamoru, during a visit to Northwest Field on Andersen Air Force Base Dec. 10. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Marianas facilitated the visit as part of the Navy’s Public Access Plan outlined in the 2011 Programmatic Agreement regarding the military relocation to Guam and Tinian, which provides public access to identified cultural and historic sites on Joint Region Marianas installations.
USS Miguel Keith overcomes invasive volcanic stone from August eruption
December 13, 2021
Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary staging base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) anchors off Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa White Beach Naval Facility Oct. 6, 2021. Miguel Keith, assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
PHIBRON 11, JMSDF discuss future integration in Kure, Sasebo bilateral talks
December 13, 2021
Cmdr. Bryan Gallant, the executive officer aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), conducts a tour of the ship’s well deck for allies from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Rushmore, part of Amphibious Squadron 11, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
Bilateral Exercise CARAT Bangladesh 2021 Concludes, reinforces shared commitment to regional security
December 10, 2021
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (Dec. 9, 2021) – Cmdr. Travis Dvorak, commanding officer of USS Tulsa (LCS 16), explains ship operations to Bangladesh Navy officers aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship during a reception for Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Bangladesh 2021. In its 27th year, CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M. Langer)
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