Tag Archives: partnership

By Cmdr. Greg Adams N7 Theater Security Cooperation, U.S. 7th Fleet, Task Force 73 Amidst recent calls for more multilateralism in our traditionally bilateral exercises, Southeast Asia Cooperation And Training (SEACAT) stands tall as the only multilateral information sharing exercise of its kind in Southeast Asia. A relatively small exercise …

By Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Courtez Brown, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Fredelyne Dolores, and Command Senior Chief Dedrick Walker USNS Mercy Two Hospital Corpsman HM1 Courtez Brown: I am a respiratory therapist aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Serving on Mercy has been such a humbling yet inspiring experience. My …

By Cmdr. Karsten Berg Royal Norwegian Navy Commander What’s it like to be the single representative for your country in Pacific Warfighting Center (PWC) and Pearl Harbor? When I arrived in Pearl Harbor, my luggage didn’t. So my first evening at Hale Alii was spent in the clothes I had …

By Lt. Cmdr Bronwyn Low, Royal Australian Navy, Commander Task Force 176 Medical Planner and Lt. Kristin Love, U.S. Navy, Fleet Surgical Team-1 Medical Regulating Control Officer   “G’day” and “Good afternoon” everyone, Lt. Cmdr. Bronwyn Low from the Royal Australian Navy and Lt. Kristin Love from the U.S. Navy, Fleet …

In the Chief of Naval Operations‘ Sailing Directions it is written that one of our Navy’s core responsibilities is to “with global partners, protect the maritime freedom that is the basis for global prosperity” as well as “foster and sustain cooperative relationships with an expanding set of allies and international …

USS Simpson (FFG 56), under the leadership of Commanding Officer CDR L.H. Milliken, recently completed a six-month deployment to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa Area of Responsibility. Their main mission: conduct multi-national maritime security training and missions, including Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) guidance, in order to build the capacity …

Right now your Navy is 100% on watch around the globe helping to preserve the American way of life.  Whether it be operating and training in the waters off the coast of Virginia or forward deployed to the South China Sea, the flexibility and presence provided by our U.S. naval …

Right now your Navy is 100% on watch around the globe helping to preserve the American way of life.  Whether it be operating and training in the waters off the coast of Virginia or forward deployed to the South China Sea, the flexibility and presence provided by our U.S. naval …

A little over five years ago the hospital ship USNS Mercy deployed to Southeast Asia as part of the United States’ response to the 2004 Tsunami.  In 2006 U.S. Pacific Fleet sent Mercy back to the region building on the success and goodwill of the previous operation while demonstrating the …