08/16/2015: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The flight test, designated…
06/08/2015: U.S. Navy Sailors, civilian employees and contractors observed a "dead-load" test of the new electromagnetic aircraft launching system (EMALS) aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The weighted sled was launched into the James River where it was recovered for additional test launches. Credit:U.S. Navy video/Released:6/4/15 For a…
03/30/2015: U.S. and Kuwaiti forces rehearse an amphibious landing on Failaka Island, east of Kuwait City in the Arabian Gulf. Highlights include: Kuwaiti Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats, Kuwaiti AH-64D Apache “Longbow” and AS 332B “Super Puma” helicopters, U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles from the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready…
03/30/2015: Qatari and Kuwaiti helicopters fly over the Arabian Gulf as a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion transports ground forces during a simulated amphibious assault on Failaka Island on March 25, 2015, during Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015. The exercise affords 29 partner nations the opportunity to address the regional…
02/10/2015: U.S. Navy aircraft launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship conducts operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is seen deployed to the area supporting maritime…
01/04/2015: The third Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Fort Worth, is on its maiden deployment in the Pacific. It is home ported in San Diego, and is currently part of the search team for the missing A320 which crashed in the Pacific. The USS Fort Worth is deployed with a…
12/13/2014: Military Sealift Command Joint High-Speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) departs Puerto Castilla in support of Southern Partnership Station 2014 (SPS-JHSV 14). Southern Partnership Station 2014 was a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces. U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command…
12/10/2014:U.S. Navy Sailors from Expeditionary Strike Group Three, USS Anchorage (LPD23), USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One, Fleet Combat Camera Pacific, and Fleet Weather Center San Diego are in the Pacific Ocean supporting the Orion Crew Module recovery operations. USS Anchorage (LPD 23) is currently…
