Second U.S. Ship Delivers Aid to Georgia
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) pulled into port in Batumi, Georgia Aug. 27 to deliver humanitarian relief supplies as part of Operation Assured Delivery, the United States military's ongoin...

Sea-Shore Flow Provides Better Sea, Shore Duty Timing to the Fleet
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Gary Roughead recently returned from a 10-day trip to visit with service members and defense leaders around the world.

CNO, along with Master Chief Petty...

Pacific Partnership Kicks-Off Final Mission in Micronesia
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) visited Singapore, Aug. 18, where he met with members of the Navy League of the United States, Singapore, and U.S. military and Department of Defense (DoD) personn...

MCPON Welcomes New Chiefs in Singapore

SINGAPORE (NNS) -- The top enlisted U.S. Sailor visited with Navy personnel stationed in Singapore, Aug. 18, beginning with the chiefs.

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) (SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa, Jr., along with the chiefs' mess of the various comman...

First Navy Humanitarian Relief Aircraft Arrives in Georgia

TBILISI, Georgia (NNS) -- A U.S. Navy C-9 jet carrying humanitarian assistance arrived Tbilisi Aug. 18 marking the Navy's first humanitarian assistance mission to the region.

This flight is part of ongoing large-scale humanitarian relief operations to assist the esti...

Kearsarge, Continuing Promise Begin Surgeries Aboard

ABOARD USS KEARSARGE (NNS) -- The first surgical patient from Nicaragua embarked USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Aug. 15 to undergo a life-changing procedure to remove an abnormal growth in his right eye as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.

CP is a humanitarian civic assistanc...

PANAMAX 2008 Begins Work-up Phase

USS FARRAGUT, At Sea (NNS) -- The guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59), guided-missile destroyers USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40, and 19 partner nations began the "work up" phase of Fuerzas Aliadas (FA) PANAMAX 2008,...

Joint-Military Medical Personnel Work to Give Brighter Smiles

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (NNS) -- Joint-military and interagency medical personnel set up a mobile dental unit Aug. 16 at at Juan Comenius High School in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, to provide basic dental needs and education to local residents.

Dentists and dental technician...

USNS Mercy Team Treats Over 25K in Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (NNS) -- U.S. Naval Hospital Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) completed its two-week humanitarian and civic assistance mission in Papua New Guinea Aug. 17.

In addition to Papua New Guinea, the Mercy has traveled to the Republic of the Philippines, Vietnam a...

Commander, U.S. 4th Fleet Tours Continuing Promise 2008 Mission Sites

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (NNS) -- PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua - Rear Adm. Joseph Kernan, commander, U.S. 4th Fleet, toured medical, engineering and dental humanitarian sites in here Aug. 13 as a part of the first stop in the Caribbean Phase of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008.

CP ...

Chief of Naval Operations and MCPON Visit Sailors in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (NNS) -- The Navy's top officer and enlisted leader visited the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A), Kabul Aug 15.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead and Master Chief Pet...

Two Militaries Build Together in Papua New Guinea

POPONDETTA, Papua New Guinea (NNS) -- U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 from Gulfport Miss. and soldiers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Engineering Battalion were recognized Aug. 13 for completing five construction projects in the remote Or...

USS Sterett Commissioned in Special Ceremony

BALTIMORE (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy's commissioned the latest guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) at Baltimore's Locust Point Cruise terminals Aug. 9 - the fourth time in naval history that a ship bears this name. The ship can now directly support the Navy's e...

New Horizons Brings Medical Care to More than Twelve Thousand in Peru

AYACUCHO, Peru (NNS) -- After three months of performing nine medical missions, New Horizons medical readiness training exercises (MEDRETE) came to a close Aug. 7 with a total of 12,414 Peruvians treated by Air Force and Navy medical members.

From June 21 to Aug. 7...

USS Firebolt Makes Port Visit to Iraq

UMM QASR, Iraq (NNS) -- As part of Iraq Navy Day celebrations, USS Firebolt (PC 10) made a port visit to Umm Qasr, Iraq Aug. 13, marking the first visit by a U.S. ship to Iraq in more than 15 months.

"Our port visit to Umm Qasr demonstrates the great confidence we ...

Rescued Hiker Leaves Mercy: 'Long Live U.S. Navy'

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (NNS) -- The Australian hiker rescued from the remote mountain range in Papua New Guinea by USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) was discharged Aug. 13 after receiving treatment aboard the hospital ship.

Debra Paver, a lawyer from Melbourne, had been hiking the Koko...

Chief of Naval Operations, MCPON Visit Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr. visited Bahrain Aug. 10 to 12 and met with U.S. and coalition leaders and Sailors currently deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area o...

Navy's Littoral Combat Ship Offers Transformational Capability

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The first of the Navy's littoral combat ships, LCS-1 Freedom, got underway for builder trials on Lake Michigan on July 28. Builder trials test the ship's propulsion, communications, navigation and mission systems.

The LCS is designed to def...

080827-N-4044H-140 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716) sits in port shortly before the off-load of more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be given to the people of Georgia has finished. The humanitarian supplies are brought in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367; the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-081 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) Local Georgians greet Capt. John Moore, commodore, Combined Task Force 367, shortly after the arrival of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be given to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-075 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) Local Georgians greet Capt. John Moore, commodore, Combined Task Force 367, shortly after the arrival of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be given to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-152 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) A pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is offloaded from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to be given to the people of Georgia. The supplies are in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison (Released)

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080827-N-4044H-117 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Keri Myers gives a Georgian port worker a glass of water, while a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is being off-loaded from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be delivered to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-111 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Tyler Lewis and U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Ryan Youngblood assist a Georgian pier worker as a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is transported from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be delivered in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-108 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Tyler Lewis and U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Keri Myers assist a Georgian pier worker as a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is transported off the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-063 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) Local Georgians gather to welcome the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian assistance supplies to be given to the people of Georgia. The supplies are in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-052 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) A Georgian forklift driver drives toward a pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies being crane lifted from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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080827-N-4044H-044 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 27, 2008) A pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is offloaded from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WHEC 716). Dallas arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the people of Georgia in response to the request of the government of the Republic of Georgia. Dallas is part of Combined Task Force 367, the maritime element of the U.S. humanitarian assistance mission to Georgia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eddie Harrison/Released)

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