Fleet Week San Diego is a week-long event that provides a means for the local and regional public to get exposure to the United States Sea Services; Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Throughout the week the services host public ship tours, showcase capabilities and engage in community relations projects around the San Diego area.
In 1997, after extensive planning and team building, Fleet...
The 39th Annual San Francisco Fleet Week - San Francisco's largest annual civic sponsored event. . It's a free event in the Fisherman's Wharf district that features the Blue Angles, a full air show over the SF Bay, and ship tours all weekend long drawing thousands of people into the city.
This year, Fleet Week is October 6 - 14, 2019. Most activities and the large air show are over the...
“Today’s Air Force is the best in the world and the reason is obvious -- our people. Pure and simple. It’s no secret, a life of service can be hard and demanding – yet, our Airmen demonstrate an unrivaled dedication and inspiring willingness to serve. That’s why it’s important to recognize – publicly and often – the incredible work that is done every day, everywhere across the...
Exercise Cartwheel 2019 is a bilateral military-to-military training exercise hosted by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC). Exercise Cartwheel 2019 is a U.S. Service component exercise focused on supporting USINDOPACOM's competitive posture in the Oceania region of the South Pacific and serves to increase the RFMF land forces...
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returns for another deployment to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean mid-June to begin a five-month medical assistance mission as a result of the humanitarian crisis created by the ongoing political and economic instability in Venezuela. The ship will visit Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Haiti,...
The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is selected by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to serve as his advisor and as the preeminent and highest ranking enlisted Marine with a protocol equivalency of a three-star general officer. The Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps typically serves a four-year term, though his service is at the discretion of the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 'Sergeant...
Eager Lion 19 is a multilateral exercise hosted the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.
Dr. Mark T. Esper became the Acting Secretary of Defense June 24, 2019, and was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of Defense July 23, 2019. Prior to this assignment he served as the 23rd Secretary of the Army. The former Raytheon Co. vice president, who also worked on Capitol Hill, previously served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense (negotiations policy) and earlier on the Army staff...
