14 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Africa ships participate in Exercise African Lion MEDITERRANEAN SEA - U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) are participating in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM)...
09 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Rescue Mariners from Sinking Ship in Gulf of Aden U.S. Naval ship assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet provided emergency assistance to a motor vessel in distress in the Gulf of Aden, June 7...
03 June 2021 USS Mount Whitney Visits Oslo, Norway OSLO, Norway - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) made a scheduled logistics stop to Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2021...
28 May 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Conducts Interoperability Exercises During Phoenix Express 2021 USS Hershel “Woody Williams (ESB-4) conducts interoperability exercises with Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisian Naval forces during the at-sea portion of exercise Phoenix Express in the Mediterranean Sea, May 25, 2021...
27 May 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Participates in Exercise Phoenix Express 2021 MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participates in the 16th iteration of exercise Phoenix Express 2021 (PE21) off the coast of Tunis, Tunisia, with Allied and partner nations during the at-sea portion of the multinational maritime exercise...
26 May 2021 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Conduct Joint Service Training During a series of tactical training exercises, Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3 (MPSRON 3), Coastal Riverine Group 1, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, and U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam refined some of their operational skills during joint service training near Guam April 14-18...
17 May 2021 Military Sealift Command in Europe Enables DEFENDER-Europe 21 With the beginning of exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21, the United States and 26 partner nations demonstrated their mobilization and logistics capabilities through sealift during the last week of April and first week of May 2021...
10 May 2021 USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Commissions SAN DIEGO - The Navy commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Saturday, May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California...
05 May 2021 Semper Fidelis: Miguel Keith This month, the Navy will place USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) in commission during a ceremony in San Diego, California. The ship’s namesake is Marine Corps Vietnam War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith. Born 2 June 1951, in San Antonio, Texas, Keith enlisted in the U.S...
26 April 2021 Army Meets Navy in Albania The USNS Bob Hope arrived just off the coast of Durres, Albania, April 26, 2021, where it was greeted by the crew of the U.S. Army Logistics Support Vessel MG Charles P. Gross. Both crews will participate in the theater opening exercise of DEFENDER-Europe 21, which features operations that will...
15 April 2021 Mercy departs San Diego for Dynamic Interface Exercise SAN DIEGO - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and its embarked Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) departed San Diego for a Dynamic Interface (DI) exercise Apr. 13...
11 April 2021 As Nation Salutes WWI Veterans at Memorial, Ship's Crew Salutes Namesake’s Heroism As the leaders and veterans alike gather to observe the inaugural flag raising ceremony at the National World War I Memorial in Washington on April 16, the crew of one Military Sealift Command ship will commemorate the service of a Medal of Honor recipient from the same conflict...
07 April 2021 SDDC, Total Force team load first DEFENDER-Europe 21 equipment The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is once again moving cargo to Europe in support of DEFENDER-Europe 21. A Total-Force team of active-duty, National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, civilians and commercial partners began loading the Military Sealift Command’s U.S. Naval Ship...
24 March 2021 MSC CART: At Sea and Ready to Supply the Fight on Day One In a normal year, Military Sealift Command’s Navy Cargo Afloat Rig Team (CART) provides real-world, high-impact operational support, wherever and whenever needed. Although 2020 was everything but a normal year, when MSC requested Reserve support in April during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than...
22 March 2021 USNS Yuma visits Morocco The Military Sealift Command (MSC) Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8) arrived in Tangier, Morocco, for a port visit on March 19, 2021...
15 March 2021 CTF 73, JMSDF Work Together to Strengthen Logistics Interchangeability in Indo-Pacific SINGAPORE – The U.S. Navy routinely conducts cooperative underway replenishments with partner nations throughout the 7th Fleet area of operations and one of the closest of those partners is the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)...
15 March 2021 First At-Sea Aircraft Carrier F135 Engine Power Module Proof-of-Concept Vertical Replenishment PACIFIC OCEAN – The Navy took another critical step forward in the future of the F-35C Lightning II joint strike fighter on March 6...
15 March 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams conducts Interoperability training with Italian Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) was joined by the Italian Navy’s Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Luigi Rizzo (F 595) off the western coast of Africa March 11, 2021...
03 March 2021 Navy Reserve Celebrates 106 Years of Warfighting Readiness, Anytime, Anywhere Fellow shipmates, we celebrate today our Navy Reserve’s 106th birthday. Since 1915, our Navy Reserve has provided strategic depth and operational capabilities to our Navy and Marine Corps team and the Joint Force...
24 February 2021 USNS Carson City Arrives in Port Sudan The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (EPF 7) arrived in Port Sudan, Sudan for a port visit, Feb. 24, 2021...