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Navy Reserve Unit Military Sealift Command Far East Detachment 101, out of St. Louis, tour the large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off pre-positioning ship USNS Watkins (T-AKR 315) prior to participation in exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 2024 (UFS 24), at Pier 8, Busan, South Korea, Aug. 16. Exercise UFS 24 is a combined exercise between the U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) with participation from United Nations Command Member State militaries as well as U.S. and ROK governmental agencies to fortify the combined defense posture and enhance response capabilities. (Photo by Cmdr. Hannah Shipp)

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transfers ordnance.

Military vehicles are staged near Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR 5066) during an offload of equipment in support of exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024, at the Port of Banyuwangi, Indonesia Aug. 12. Super Garuda Shield, one of the largest multinational exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, continues to solidify the U.S.-Indonesia Major Defense Partnership Defense Cooperation Agreement and advances cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)

Military Sealift Command (MSC) civilian mariners perform underway replenishment operations from the deck of the MSC dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during an underway replenishment operation during the international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024.

240722-N-KC192-1052 JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY, Va. (July 22, 2024) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Wesley Weaver, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Jacksonville, disassembles equipment for pack up onboard the transport ship USNS Cody (T-EPF 14), July 22, 2024. The U.S. Navy is embarking the first Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU), a cutting-edge medical support system with support personnel from EMU-1, designed to provide Role 2 level healthcare services both afloat and ashore. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Levi Decker)

U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade lands aboard Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2), off the coast of Jinhae, South Korea, July 31, 2024. (Courtesy photo)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (July 30, 2024) – The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) sails into the Port of Legazpi in preparation for the start of Pacific Partnership 24-2 in the Philippines July 30, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan D. McLearnon/Released)

USNS City of Bismarck’s Master, Capt. Christopher Jackson conducts an interview with local media aboard the Military Sealift Command USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) prior to the underway mission of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 at Sembawang Wharves, Singapore. Now in its 20th iteration, Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gavin Arnoldhendershot)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Hamana (AO-424) connects its fuel line to Military Sealift Command’s commercial charter oiler MT Badlands Trader during ships qualification training at sea West of Kyushu, Japan, July 23, 2024

Ship in the Spotlight

Ship In the Spotlight This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight” is USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11). The dry cargo and ammunition ship is operating in the Pacific Ocean and U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operation. Washington Chambers was an integral part of the biennial maritime exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 this summer providing logistics services including aviation fuel, diesel ship fuel, dry, fresh and frozen food equipment and supplies to the ships participating in the exercise.

 
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