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...
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...
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...
04 January 2021 Commander of Military Sealift Command Receives COVID-19 Vaccine Rear Adm. Michael Wettlaufer, Commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC), received his initial COVID-19 vaccination at the U.S. Navy’s Sewell’s Point Branch Medical Clinic in Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4...
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...
04 November 2020 Military Sealift Command Ships in Southeast Asia Participate in Valiant Shield Several Military Sealift Command Far East ships took part in exercise Valiant Shield 2020 on Guam and around the Mariana Island Range Complex...
23 October 2020 Military Sealift Command Launches New MSC EEO App Military Sealift Command’s Equal Employment Opportunity team has launched a new app, MSC EEO...
22 October 2020 Partnerships with Small Business, Industry are Vital to Military Sealift Command Success Military Sealift Command hosted prospective small business industry partners, to its inaugural Virtual Small Business Industry Day, Oct. 22. The event included over 450 registered attendees, which included approximately 300 small business representatives...
15 October 2020 Military Sealift Command Hosts Virtual Special Observance in Honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month Service members and civilian teammates assigned to Military Sealift Command gathered virtually for a special observance held in honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Oct. 15...
26 September 2020 USTRANSCOM supports rapid deployment exercise to deploy forces anywhere in the world U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) mission to transport troops and cargo around the world on a short or no-notice deployment requires many moving parts. ...
11 August 2020 USNS Joshua Humphreys, Mission Essential Crew of the Sea Return to Norfolk Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, after completing a five-month deployment in the U.S. Fifth Fleet, responsible for Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean,...
19 June 2020 Army Major Pulls Back MOTSU’s Curtain to Reveal MSC’s Strategic Role Sprawled over 8,600 acres on the west side of the Cape Fear River, I am the largest military munitions terminal in the world, and the Army’s primary east coast deep-water port. I am Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point...
30 May 2020 The BIG3 Deliver On-time Mission Essential Services, Amid COVID-19 Crisis Marine Transportation Specialists (MTS) Dean Doolittle, Scott Denney, and Lawrence Dowsing...
28 May 2020 Mission Focused Despite Mixed Emotions About COVID-19 When Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered millions of Pennsylvanians in late March to stay at home in order to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, mission critical military personnel, like Chief Warrant Officer Three Timothy Camacho, continued to report to work...