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Underwater Construction Team 2 Completes the Inaugural Multinational Underwater Repair Exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy Underwater Construction Team
January 20, 2022
A diver from the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Underwater Construction Team (UCT) conducts underwater exothermic cutting during the Multinational Underwater Repair Exercise (MUREX) 2021 in Apra Harbor, Guam, Dec. 21, 2021. This is the first MUREX, an exercise designed to develop interoperability in underwater construction operations, build diving expertise, and foster comradery between the ROKN UCT, U.S. Navy’s UCT-2, and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One.
7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea
January 20, 2022
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
NMCB-5 concludes Indo-Pacific deployment, NMCB-3 assumes authority of Naval Construction Force tasking in the Indo-Pacific
January 19, 2022
220118-N- PQ586-1005 OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 18, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 and NMCB-5 stand at parade rest during a relief in place/transfer of authority (RIP/TOA) ceremony onboard Camp Shields in Okinawa, Jan. 18. This RIP/TOA marked the official completion of NMCB-5's deployment in the region. NMCB-5 is homeported in Port Hueneme, California. The Seabees will train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations during the homeport phase. They execute construction and engineering projects to support Major Combat Operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Ann Hattell)
LCS visits Brunei, conducts bilateral exercise
January 19, 2022
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) exercises with the Royal Brunei Navy Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel KDB Daruttaqwa (DTQ 09) in the South China Sea. Jackson, 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.
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and Essex Amphibious Ready Group Wrap Up Joint Operations in the South China Sea
January 17, 2022
Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) while transiting with Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ESX ARG) in the South China Sea, Jan. 13, 2022. VINCSG and ESX ARG are conducting joint expeditionary strike force operations in the South China Sea as part of continuing and routine interoperability training operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
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.
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