06 August 2021 Military Sealift Command supports U.S. Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2021 SAN DIEGO - Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) and dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) will participate in the Pacific portion of the U.S. Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2021...
26 July 2021 Rappahannock, Alan Shepard Drill with Australian Navy During Talisman Sabre 21 CORAL SEA - USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) and USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) participated in Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 (TS21), a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States, which began July 18 off the northeast coast of Australia...
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...
18 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Rescue Mariners from Stranded Ship in Gulf of Aden A U.S. Naval ship assigned to U.S. 5th Fleet provided emergency assistance to a motor vessel in distress in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden, June 16. The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) identified a vessel flying the international distress...
03 June 2021 USS Mount Whitney Visits Oslo, Norway OSLO, Norway - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) made a scheduled logistics stop to Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2021...
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...
15 April 2021 Mercy departs San Diego for Dynamic Interface Exercise SAN DIEGO - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and its embarked Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) departed San Diego for a Dynamic Interface (DI) exercise Apr. 13...
24 February 2021 USNS Carson City Arrives in Port Sudan The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (EPF 7) arrived in Port Sudan, Sudan for a port visit, Feb. 24, 2021...
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...
25 November 2020 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams and Tunisian Navy Exercise Maritime Security Capabilities USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) and Tunisian Navy partners conducted joint maritime operations to enhance maritime security, critical lifesaving capabilities, force readiness, and Tunisia's ability to protect its maritime borders, November 23-24...
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...
30 October 2020 USNS Tippecanoe Resupplies Fleet, International Partners in Advance of Keen Sword Military Sealift Command Far East’s Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) routinely conducts replenishments at sea (RAS) for both U.S. ships and those from partner and ally nations – almost on a daily business...
24 October 2020 USNS Laramie Joins USS Ross in the Barents Sea The Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) rendezvoused with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Barents Sea, Oct. 22...
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...
21 October 2020 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Rota, Spain The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Oct. 21, marking the end of a 43-day underway operating alongside partners and Allies off the coast of Africa...
16 October 2020 USS Mount Whitney Completes COMREL with Coronata Campus in Genoa, Italy Sailors from the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), visited Coronata Campus on Tuesday, October 6th to help with the institution’s fall cleanup...
10 October 2020 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Allies, Partners for Exercise Grand African NEMO The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) joined NATO Allies and partners for French-led exercise Grand African Navy’s Exercise for Maritime Operations (NEMO) 2020 in the Gulf of Guinea, Oct. 5-9, 2020...