Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 07.09.2021
Expeditionary Strike Group 2 completed a major landmark in operationalizing its staff when its commander, Rear Adm. Robert Katz, declared the Echelon IV Maritime Command Element “fully operationally capable” following the recent completion of the Baltic Operations Exercise 2021....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Vincent Zline | USS America (LHA 6) | 01.13.2020
(EAST CHINA SEA) -- Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operated together in the East China Sea. Jan. 13....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 07.27.2019
BRISBANE, Australia (July 27, 2019) – The bilateral U.S.-Australian exercise, Talisman Sabre 2019, concluded with a closing ceremony aboard the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) flagship, USS Wasp (LHD 1), July 27....
Story by Ensign Chelsea Dietlin | Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active) | 08.04.2018
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (NNS) -- The Whidbey Island-Class landing dock ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) completed a successful mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR) during a brief port visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Aug. 4....
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Freeman | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.20.2016
Bold Alligator is widely known as the largest joint, multi-national amphibious assault exercise series on the East Coast. However, a lesser-known aspect of the series includes limited objective experimentation to expose participants to new technologies, applications and concepts that will inform future warfighting capabilities....
Story by Cpl. William Hester | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.21.2015
Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force conducted a certification exercise at sea in vicinity of Okinawa March 16-24....