By Ensign Lacy Burkett Feb. 13, 2024 SAN DIEGO – Pacific Partnership 24-1 personnel assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returned home today as the ship pulled in to Naval Air Station North Island, concluding the four-month humanitarian and…
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home after 77-day patrol in the Florida Straits
Feb. 13, 2024 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WMEC 902) and crew returned home Tuesday, following a 77-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits. Tampa deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force –…
Viasat Announces First U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Ship Installation
Company to Maintain and Operate Commercial Communications Infrastructure for 105 Ships Under Next Generation Wideband Follow-On Contract February 13, 2024 CARLSBAD, Calif., February 13, 2024 – Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, today announced the completion of the first…
IISS Military Balance 2024 Spotlights an Era of Global Insecurity
13 Feb. 2024 KEY FINDINGS: •Russia has lost around as many tanks as it had in its active inventory when it launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 •While Moscow has traded quality for quantity in its replenishment…
U.S. 2nd Fleet Forward Deploys for Steadfast Defender 2024
13 February 2024 BY MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 1ST CLASS RYAN SEELBACH, U.S. 2ND FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS BODØ, Norway – A contingent of more than 100 U.S. 2nd Fleet and Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2 personnel are forward deployed to Bodø,…
Marine Corps Systems Command Announces Organizational Restructuring, Enhancing Force Modernization and Capability Delivery
Feb. 13, 2024 MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command, or MARCORSYSCOM, and Program Executive Officer Land Systems, or PEO LS, are initiating a structural reorganization aimed at modernizing and streamlining operations to enhance the operational capabilities…
USNS Robert E. Peary and NAVELSG Join Forces to Carry Out Proof-of-Concept Testing
By LaShawn Sykes, Military Sealift Command 08 February 2024 NORFOLK, Va. – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) and the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG), in January, joined forces to…
Coast Guard Cutter Willow crew returns to homeport after 32-day patrol in Caribbean Sea
Feb. 13, 2024 CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard Cutter Willow (WLB 202) crew returned to their homeport in Charleston, Saturday, after a 32-day patrol throughout the Caribbean Sea. The Willow crew serviced 37 aids to navigation in Puerto Rico…
U.S. Marines Deliver Emergency Relief to Mindanao
By III MEF Communications CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan – At the request of the Government of the Philippines, U.S. Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force will support the U.S. Agency for International Development by providing foreign humanitarian assistance to the…
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returns home after 59-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage
Feb. 10, 2024 Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returns home after 59-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their home port in Virginia Beach,…