06 February 2025 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Giant Conducting Cargo Offload in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2025 The Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Giant is conducting a cargo offload of supplies at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission Operation Deep Freeze 2025.Ocean Giant arrived at McMurdo Station Jan. 26 and began the assembly and offload off a floating...
27 December 2024 MSC Reserve Sailors Support Expeditionary Port Unit Operations in Northern Germany A four-person Expeditionary Port Unit (EPU) team of Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) reserve unit travelled to Wilhelmshaven, Germany to hone their skills the week before Christmas...
09 August 2024 MSC Ships Provide Logistics Support During RIMPAC 2024 HAWAII — Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat logistic fleet (CLF) ships have completed their support to the world’s largest, international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, in Hawaii...
17 July 2024 MSC Reservists Support RIMPAC 2024 on Land, at Sea Navy Reservists from Military Sealift Command (MSC) are on station in Hawaii, providing support to the Navy’s biennial, multinational maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2024. A Cargo Afloat Rig Team (CART) is onboard MSC’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) in the...
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...
22 May 2023 Military Sealift Command Honors Merchant Mariners Past and Present with National Maritime Day Celebration Military Sealift Command (MSC) hosted a National Maritime Day celebration aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), May 22, honoring United States Merchant Mariners...
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...
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...
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...
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...
09 November 2021 Expeditionary fast transport ship supports Marines during Koa Moana USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) is supporting Marines in Palau during the months-long exercise Koa Moana 21...
27 August 2021 Military Sealift Command Atlantic Changes Hands Military Sealift Command in the Atlantic changed hands when Navy Capt. Daniel E. Broadhurst relieved Navy Capt. Janice G. Smith as commodore of Norfolk-based Military Sealift Command Atlantic (MSCLANT) during a change of command ceremony held aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)at Naval Station Norfolk,...
16 July 2021 Naval Air Warfare Center Teams up with Military Sealift Command to Test Unmanned Aerial System Concept in a Maritime Environment A team of contracted civilian Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) specialists, attached to Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) UX-24 Unmanned Test Squadron, teamed up with Military Sealift Command and the crew of MSC’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188)...
13 July 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew The forward-deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews at Naval Station Rota after completing the ship’s second deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, July 9, 2021...
12 July 2021 Military Sealift Command Far East Celebrates More than Seven Decades of Support SINGAPORE - Military Sealift Command Far East celebrated the MSC enterprise’s 72nd birthday on July 9...
25 June 2021 DLA Disposition Services supports USNS Tippecanoe during COREX in Guam Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel assisted a Navy replenishment vessel while executing their first Contingency Operations Readiness Exercise in the U.S. Territory of Guam in June...
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...