12 June 2024 Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Two Changes Leadership DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory–Capt. Aaron L. Helgerson relieved Capt. Nathan W. Fugate as commander of Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Two during a change of command ceremony at headquarters, U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, June 10, 2024...
29 May 2024 MSC CIVMAR and Influencer Explains Merchant Marine Life At-Sea through Viral Platform Vanessa Mongiovi is an influencer on the social media platform TikTok and has garnered almost 50 thousand followers with more than 418 thousand likes, as of May 30, 2024. Her biography teases visitors to ‘follow me if you are interested in being a merchant mariner’...
20 May 2024 USNS Yukon Crew Visits, Swims with Thai Elephants In a lush jungle setting at Sattahip, Thailand, about 20 miles south of Pattaya, lies a 1,000-acre field, complete with a mountain, where three elephants roam free within, just as nature intended.Members from fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202), and Military Sealift Command Far East, in...
25 April 2024 MSCFE Visits Olongapo City Center for Youth Members of Military Sealift Command Far East visited the Center for Youth to share lunch and fellowship with young adults during a community relations event as part of Exercise Balikatan 24 at Olongapo City, Philippines, April 19, 2024...
21 April 2024 MV Cape Horn Delivers Gear Destined for Balikatan 2024 Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068) continued its voyage through the Pacific and arrived at the New Container Terminal in Subic Bay, Philippines, to offload equipment in support of exercise Balikatan 2024, April 15-16, 2024...
11 March 2024 U.S. Army Assault Helicopters Conduct Deck Landings on USNS Dahl Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade (2-2 CAB) conducted deck landings with U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters on prepositioning ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312), March 7...
27 February 2024 MV Cape Horn Offload Sets Stage for Cobra Gold 24 Military Sealift Command (MSC) chartered ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068) continued its voyage through the Pacific and arrived at Sattahip, Thailand, to offload equipment in support of exercise Cobra Gold 2024 (CG24), Feb. 17-22...
12 February 2024 USNS Mercy Returns to San Diego, Concluding Pacific Partnership 24-1 SAN DIEGO - Pacific Partnership 24-1 personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned home today as the ship pulled in to Naval Air Station North Island, concluding the four-month humanitarian and disaster relief mission...
06 February 2024 USNS Brunswick Returns Home after 7 Years in the Western Pacific NORFOLK, Va. – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) sixth expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) shifted its hub port in Saipan to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., Feb. 3, 2024. The evolution signified the completion of a seven-year forward...
29 January 2024 Military Sealift Command CIVMAR Support Center Now Available 24/7 The Military Sealift Command Civil Service Mariner (CIVMAR) Support Center (CSC) is now available 24 hours-a-day, 365 days-a-year to provide around the clock support to the fleet.The CSC is a one-stop shop set up to assist CIVMARs and their families with various issues such as;• Payroll• Travel...
23 January 2024 Providing Stress Relief for Deployed USNS Mercy Sailors The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is targeting the unique stressors faced by military healthcare workers during Pacific Partnership 2024-1 (PP24-1)...
19 December 2023 MSC Ships Hone Logistics Skills in Consolidated UNREP Military Sealift Command (MSC) dry cargo ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) conducted a consolidated cargo replenishment (CONSOL) at sea with the MSC chartered ship motor tanker Badlands Trader in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15.During the CONSOL, Matthew Perry received about 335 thousand...
11 October 2023 Navy Hospital Ship Departs for Pacific Partnership 2024-1 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) departed San Diego, marking the beginning of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Oct. 10...
17 August 2023 Military Sealift Command’s USNS Millinocket Aids Vessel In Distress TIMOR SEA -- Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport USNS Millinocket (T EPF 3) rendered assistance to a distressed small leisure boat in the vicinity of Darwin, Australia, Aug. 8...
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. ...
10 November 2020 Millinocket Represents U.S. in Exercise with Bangladesh The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Millinocket (T-EPF 3) took part in the annual Cooperation and Readiness Afloat Training exercise, known as CARAT Bangladesh...
10 November 2020 Tippecanoe Crew Reflects on Keen Sword Lessons Learned After every military evolution, there’s usually a “hotwash,” also known as an after-action review – basically, a time to determine what worked well, what can be improved, and how lessons learned will impact operations going forward.That’s exactly what the crew of USNS...
29 September 2020 MSC Far East Bids Farewell, Welcomes Leaders During Change of Command in Singapore Military Sealift Command Far East, located in Singapore, held a virtual change of command today during which Capt. Samuel de Castro relieved Capt. Robert Williams.For the last two and a half years Williams has served as both the Commander of Task Group 73.7 and as Commander of MSCFE. In these roles,...