03 May 2022 Navy Hospital Ship Departs for Pacific Partnership 2022 SAN DIEGO – Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed San Diego, May 3, marking the beginning of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22)...
29 April 2022 U.S. 4th Fleet and USNS Burlington Conduct Fleet Experimentation in Key West ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) completed U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet 2022 Fleet Experimentation events in Key West, Fla. April 22-27, 2022...
26 April 2022 USS Frank Cable Conducts Expeditionary Reload in Australia with USS Springfield Alongside Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) completed her first weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape to a U.S. Navy submarine at HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Australia, April 24, 2022.The exercise included the transfer of a Tomahawk Land Attack...
22 April 2022 Two Female Navy Reserve TACADs Led the Way for MV Endurance’s 18-day Voyage to Europe Operation Atlantic Resolve called on Military Sealift Command, in March, to charter American Roll-on Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) ship MV Endurance to load Army cargo at the Port of Beaumont, Texas in support of 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division’s deployment to Europe.Twenty-one...
20 April 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Completes Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Patrol NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, following a successful maritime security patrol in the Gulf of Guinea, April 18, 2022...
08 April 2022 MSC Charters Motor Vessel to Load Critical Army Cargo in Beaumont, Embarks TACADs to Oversee the Voyage to Europe Military Sealift Command in March chartered MV Cape Washington (T-AKR 9961) to load U.S. Army cargo at the Port of Beaumont in Texas and embarked two tactical advisors (TACADs) to oversee the voyage to Europe.The 697-foot motor vessel loaded more than a dozen helicopters and 1,350 pieces of cargo...
25 March 2022 Ford Pumps It Up, Receives 1 Million Gallons of Fuel ATLANTIC OCEAN — USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted a fueling-at-sea (FAS), March 23, marking the first time the ship has received jet propellant-5 (JP-5) aircraft fuel from a replenishment ship in more than 11 months...
25 March 2022 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Giant Arrives in Port Hueneme for Final Operation Deep Freeze Off-Load Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant has arrived Port Hueneme, Calif., following its mission to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) 2022...
18 March 2022 Military Sealift Command Training Centers; Your Future in the Fleet Begins Here All newly hired CIVMARs, both licensed and unlicensed, must successfully complete MSC’s three-week Basic Training curriculum prior to sailing aboard MSC ships...
16 February 2022 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Giant Arrives at McMurdo Station Antarctica In Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2022 ANTARCTICA - Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Giant arrived at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in preparation for the offload of its nearly 7 million pound of cargo in support of the Operation Deep Freeze 2022 resupply mission...
10 February 2022 Prepositioning Ship Trains with Air Force During Exercise Cope North PHILIPPINE SEA – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) civil service mariners aboard USNS Dahl (T AKR 312) helped train U.S. Air Force crews while underway in the Philippine Sea, as part of Exercise Cope North 22, Feb. 7-8...
08 February 2022 MSC Chartered Ship MT Maersk Peary Conducting Fuel Offload Operations in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2022 Near the South Pole, Military Sealift Command chartered ship MT Maersk Peary is currently offloading nearly 9 million gallons of diesel and jet fuel at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The operation is part of MSC’s annual resupply mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze, the Joint Task Force...
08 February 2022 USNS John Lewis Conducts Builder’s Trials USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted initial Builder’s Trials and returned to port, Feb. 4...
02 February 2022 CTF-76, ESG-7 embark USS Miguel Keith to lead littoral warfare operations The Navy and Marine Corps team composed of CTF-76 and ESG-7 is underway with the embarked 31st and 11th MEUs for training and operations in the Indo-Pacific region...
24 January 2022 MSCEURAF Welcomes a New Commodore Commander, Task Force 63/Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa (CTF-63/MSCEURAF) held a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Jan. 21, 2022...
11 January 2022 Military Sealift Command Supports Theater Cooperation in Europe Again The last month of 2021 brought with it the renewed efforts of Military Sealift Command to facilitate joint theater cooperation in Europe...
05 January 2022 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Giant Departs in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2022 Military Sealift Command charter ship MV Ocean Giant departed Port Hueneme, Calif., yesterday, kicking off their support of their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2022...
17 December 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - The forward-deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews in Djibouti after completing the ship’s third deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, Dec. 15, 2021...
16 December 2021 USNS John Lenthall Returns Home in Time for the Holiday Season Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force (CLF) fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) returns to Naval Station Norfolk December 16, after completing a five-month deployment overseas...
03 December 2021 Puerto Rico Transports Marines, Heavy Equipment During Resolute Dragon JAPAN - The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11) is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps during Resolute Dragon 21 in Japan, Dec. 4 - 16...