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U.S. Navy to Support JASDF F-35A Search and Recovery Operations
April 25, 2019
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US Naval Forces Korea Changes Command
April 25, 2019
190425-N-TB148-0096 BUSAN, Republic of Korea (April 25, 2019) Vice Adm. Phil J. Sawyer, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, presents Rear Adm. Michael E. Boyle, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK), the Legion of Merit during a change of command ceremony aboard the Republic of Korea (ROK) Fleet base in Busan. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Michael P. Donnelly relieved Boyle to become the 37th CNFK.

PP19 Partner Nations Participate in Ground-Breaking Ceremony
April 25, 2019
DILI, Timor-Leste (April 24, 2019) – Timorese officials and Pacific Partnership 2019 leaders attend a ground-breaking ceremony at the Timor-Leste National Institute of Health. The event marks the start of construction on the facility that will be used to help train Timorese medical professionals in emergency medical response techniques. Pacific Partnership, now in its 14th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Each year the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific.

Pacific Partnership 2019 Mission Begins in Timor-Leste
April 23, 2019
DILI, Timor-Leste (April 23, 2019) – U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Allison Adamos dances with locals and Timor-Leste Defense Force members during the Pacific Partnership 2019 opening ceremony reception for Timor-Leste. Pacific Partnership, now in its 14th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Each year the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific.

Fire in Southern Guam Contained by HSC-25
April 23, 2019
The Guam-based “Island Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 provided aerial firefighting for southern Guam, along the northeastern edge of the Naval Magazine, when a brush fire quickly began to spread and threaten local homes of Santa Rita. HSC-25 provides a multi-mission rotary wing capability for units in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations and maintains a Guam-based 24-hour search and rescue and medical evacuation capability, directly supporting U.S. Coast Guard and Joint Region Marianas. HSC-25 is the Navy’s only forward-deployed MH-60S expeditionary squadron.

USNS Fall River Arrives in Dili for Pacific Partnership
April 22, 2019
DILI, Timor-Leste (April 22, 2019) – Pacific Partnership 2019 personnel salute while manning the rails of the fast expeditionary transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) during its arrival in Timor Leste. Pacific Partnership, now in its 14th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Each year the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific.

7th Fleet Flagship, USS Blue Ridge, Arrives in Hong Kong
April 19, 2019
U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrives for a port visit in Hong Kong. Blue Ridge is the oldest operational ship in the Navy and, as U.S. 7th Fleet command ship, is operating in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

HSC-25 provides medical care for mariner at sea following explosion
April 19, 2019
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Richard Derrick, assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 speaks with a medical representative.  HSC-25 maintains a 24-hour search and rescue and medical evacuation alert posture, directly supporting the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Guam and Joint Region Marianas. HSC-25 ensures maritime peace and security in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) Awarded the 2018 Military Sealift Command Maritime Excellence Award
April 19, 2019
Military Sealift Command (MSC) Capt. Peter Lenardson, master aboard the rescue and salvage ship USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), left, accepts the 2018 MSC Maritime Excellence Award from U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Williams, commodore, MSC Far East, at MSC Far East headquarters. The Maritime ‘E’ is presented annually to government owned and operated ships for attaining the highest standards of readiness. Salvor regularly conducts salvage, diving, towing, offshore firefighting, heavy-lift operations and theater-security cooperation missions. It is one of only two rescue and salvage vessels in the MSC inventory, and the only ship of its kind in the Far East.

Preble Completes Cooperative Deployment with HMAS Melbourne
April 19, 2019
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 18, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) and the Royal Australian Navy Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) transit in formation during a cooperative deployment. Preble and Melbourne are participating in a cooperative deployment in order to improve on maritime capabilities between partners.  Preble is deployed to the U.S 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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