31 January 2023 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Giant Conducts Cargo Operations At McMurdo Station Antarctic in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023 Military Sealift Command-chartered container ship MV Ocean Giant is currently conducting cargo offloads in one of the most remote and challenging environments on the planet; McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The operation is part of MSC’s annual resupply mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze,...
21 December 2022 USNS Comfort Completes 12th Iteration of Continuing Promise 2022 NORFOLK, Va. - The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returned to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, concluding Continuing Promise, Dec. 21, 2022...
14 December 2022 USNS John Lewis Answers Call For Help At Sea PACIFIC OCEAN - The crew of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) gave an early holiday gift to a boater stranded at sea, when the ship answered a distress call off the coast of Southern California...
28 October 2022 Military Sealift Command Far East Holds Change of Command Ceremony During a change-of-command ceremony, Capt. Robert R. Williams relieved Capt. Samuel F. de Castro as commodore of Military Sealift Command Far East in Singapore, Oct. 28. ...
26 October 2022 USNS COMFORT COMMENCES CONTINUING PROMISE 2022 IN MIAMI MIAMI (Oct. 23, 2022) – Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Miami after commencing Continuing Promise 2022, Oct. 23, 2022...
05 October 2022 Keel Authenticated for the Future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek The keel for the future USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek (T-ATS 8) was ceremonially laid at Bollinger Houma Shipyards, Oct. 3. ...
13 September 2022 USNS Mercy Team Concludes Pacific Partnership in Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands-Pacific Partnership 2022 team wrapped up two weeks of collaboration across several lines of effort during a closing ceremony on board USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Sept. 10, 2022.Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and...
16 August 2022 USNS Mendonca Transports Recovered Navy F/A-18E Aircraft to the United States The civilian mariners who crew Military Sealift Command’s Bob Hope-class USNS Mendonca (T-AKR 303), a large, medium speed roll-on, roll-off ship (LSMR), brought aboard an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Augusta Bay Port Facility in Sicily, Italy, Aug 16.The aircraft was brought aboard Mendonca to be...
29 July 2022 Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) The Navy accepted delivery of the lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), July 27...
27 July 2022 Pacific Partnership Concludes in Palau KOROR, PALAU, July 27, 2022 – The Palau phase of Pacific Partnership concluded in Koror, Palau, on July 23...
27 July 2022 The Longest 60 Seconds: Safety and Survival at Sea This article is the third, in a series, focused on the training opportunities offered at the MSC’s Training Centers...
22 July 2022 Tanker Ships Deliver Fuel to MSC Ships Via CONSOL in Support of RIMPAC 2022 Underway, in the waters off the coast of Hawaii, Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered tanker ships MT Maersk Peary and SLNC Goodwill are providing at-sea fuel deliveries to the MSC’s Combat Logistics Fleet (CLF) ships that are supporting the underway phase of the bi-annual maritime exercise, Rim...
21 July 2022 U.S. Navy Ships Assist Stranded Mariners in Gulf of Aden Two U.S. Navy ships provided emergency assistance to a stranded motor vessel in the Gulf of Aden, July 18-21...
11 July 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Holds a Remembrance Ceremony in Honor of Namesake INDIAN OCEAN – Sailors and civilian mariners assigned to the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) held a remembrance ceremony for the ships namesake, July 9, 2022...
01 July 2022 Military Sealift Command Supporting Bi-Annual Rim of the Pacific Exercise Six Military Sealift Command ships will participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise throughout the month of July in the waters around Hawaii...
14 June 2022 Joint Partnerships: MSC Joins Forces for Exercise Turbo Distribution Recently, Army units from Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) and Navy units from Military Sealift Command (MSC) and Navy Cargo Handling Battalion One (NCHB-1) came together to train in U.S. Transportation Command’s Field Training Exercise (FTX) Turbo Distribution 22-4...
01 June 2022 Pacific Partnership Flagship Makes Stop in Guam Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific...
24 May 2022 Honoring the Merchant Mariner; National Maritime Day 2022 NORFOLK, Va. -- National Maritime Day is celebrated each year to recognize some of our nation’s most important professionals, the Merchant Mariners. This day is set aside to honor the dedication and sacrifices, both past and present, our nation’s U.S. Merchant Mariners make every day...
16 May 2022 NATO Shipping Working Group enhances maritime cooperation The group's goal is to enhance the ability of NATO forces to better operate together with allies and commercial vessels to maintain the free flow of maritime routes...
05 May 2022 Navy Medicine Religious Ministry Team deploys aboard Mercy fostering partnerships, shoring-up crew mental health during PP22 Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed Naval Base San Diego, May 3, launching the start of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22)...