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U.S. Destroyer, Coast Guard Help Pacific Island Nations Patrol their Waters

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG-86) pulls into the Port of Suva, Fiji during a port visit Oct. 14, 2018. Navy photo.

As Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG-86) steams through the Oceana region on an independent deployment, the crew is assisting small Pacific island nations with protecting their exclusive economic zones.

Shoup is engaged in an Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) deployment, which has the ship working with several Pacific island...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/16/37326

Fabrication Begins on Future Big Deck USS Bougainville

An artist’s rendering of the LHA-8 amphibious assault ship. Huntington Ingalls Industries image.

Fabrication of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) started at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss following a successful pre-production review, Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Tuesday.

Bougainville, an America-class amphibious warship, is part of a program replacing the original five Tarawa-class LHAs which are all now decommissioned. HII was awarded a $3...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/16/fabrication-started-on-future-uss-bougainville-lha-8

Iranian Drone Overflights of U.S. Warships in Persian Gulf Now Common

Iranian-built Shahed 129.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – U.S. warships operating in the Persian Gulf are now regularly overflown by Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles, adding a new wrinkle to operations in the region, Navy and Marine commanders said on Tuesday.

In June, the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered the Persian Gulf , a region now known for having robust unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) traffic and Iranian-operated patrol boats tailing U.S. Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/16/37344

USS Essex Enters Persian Gulf with Squadron of Marine F-35s

Lt. Cmdr. Luis Alvarez, navigator aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) on Oct. 11, 2018. US Navy Photo

Amphibious warship USS Essex (LHD-2) is now in the Persian Gulf, bringing for the first time a squadron of Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters through the Strait of Hormuz.

Essex, its attached Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), the Wake Island Avengers of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) have been in the...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/11/37228

Destroyer USS Decatur Has Close Encounter With Chinese Warship

Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73) operates in the South China Sea on Oct. 13, 2016

Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG-73) was approached Sunday morning in the South China Sea by a Chinese warship in what Navy officials are calling an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver.

At about 8:30 a.m. local time, Decatur was conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOps) in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South China Sea. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)...

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/01/37006

Truman Carrier Strike Group Returns to Europe After Mid-Deployment Visit to Norfolk

A Sailor stands on the flight deck during flight operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the North Atlantic, Sept. 18, 2018. U.S. Navy photo.

The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (CSG) returned to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations for the second time this year after spending a month visiting its homeport of Norfolk.

The Truman CSG is expected to work with NATO allies and other European and African nations. Citing security concerns regarding...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/18/truman-csg-returns-to-europe

Wasp ESG Completes Typhoon Assistance to Northern Marianas, Guam

Marines with Marine Air Control Group 18 and Navy Seabees with 30th Naval Construction Regiment clear debris from Typhoon Mangkhut on Tinian. Marine Corps photo.

The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) has finished providing disaster relief to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) following Typhoon Mangkhut.

Mangkhut passed through the region late Monday and early Tuesday, buffeting the islands of Rota, Saipan, Tinian and Guam with steady rain and sustained winds of...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/14/36565

NORTHCOM: USS Kearsarge, USS Arlington Staged to ‘Chase’ Hurricane Florence for Relief Operations

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Amphibious warships USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), USS Arlington (LPD-24) and elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are positioned off the Carolina coast to offer disaster relief and search and rescue assistance, if requested, once Hurricane Florence makes landfall, the Pentagon’s top homeland defense officials said.

Standing before a map of the U.S. during a Thursday media briefing, Air Force Gen. Terrance O’Shaughnessy, commander of U.S. Northern Command, pointed to various...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/13/uss-kearsarge-uss-arlington-staged-to-offer-hurricane-relief

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