USS Lake Erie Homeports in San Diego for its Missile Defense Mission

12/03/2014
12/03/2014:Lake Erie (CG 70) perform morning colors before departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled homeport change to San Diego. Lake Erie is replacing guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) as a rotational Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) destroyer out of San Diego. [maxgallery id="69364"]  Credit:Navy Public Affairs…

USS Mississippi Arrival in Pearl Harbor

12/02/2014
12/02/2014: The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Nov. 25, for a change of homeport from Commander, Submarine Squadron 4 in Groton, Conn. to Commander, Submarine Squadron 1. The arrival of Mississippi makes her the 4th Virginia-class submarine to be home ported in…

RIMPAC 2014: Harbor View

07/03/2014
07/03/2014: PEARL HARBOR (July 1, 2014) Aerial view of ships moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Oahu during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical…

RIMPAC Ships

08/24/2012
08/24/2012: RIMPAC Ships [slidepress gallery='rimpac-ships'] Credit:Defense Imagery Management Operations Center:June and July 2012 In the first photo, the Mexican navy ship ARM Usumacinta(A-412) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000…

RIMPAC 2012

07/08/2012
07/08/2012: The French frigate Prairial (F-731) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in the RIMPAC exercise. Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands.…