News Around the Fleet

Fleet medical professionals participate in a Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP) at U.S. 3rd Fleet headquarters. - Fleet medical professionals participate in a Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP) at U.S. 3rd Fleet headquarters, Oct. 12. More than 70 medical professionals participated in the biannual medical panel to identify gaps in readiness, standardize practices and organize the delivery of capabilities to the full spectrum of naval, joint and combined operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maria G. Llanos)

Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) guide training ordnance into the ship’s forward vertical launch system (VLS) cells during a proof-of-concept evolution in San Diego, Oct. 4 - Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) guide training ordnance into the ship’s forward vertical launch system (VLS) cells during a proof-of-concept evolution in San Diego, Oct. 4. MV Ocean Valor conducted its first at-sea vertical launch system reload with Spruance, demonstrating the ability of the U.S. Navy to re-arm surface vessels who employ VLS. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor Crenshaw)

Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returns to San Diego, Sept. 30. - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) returns to San Diego, Sept. 30. Mercy participated in the 17th annual Pacific Partnership mission, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Rosa Paschall)

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) sits pierside in Papeete, Tahiti, Sept. 20. - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) sits pierside in Papeete, Tahiti, Sept. 20. Jackson is deployed in support of the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative, a secretary of defense program leveraging Department of Defense assets transiting the region to increase the Coast Guard’s maritime domain awareness and law enforcement operations in Oceania. (U.S. Navy Courtesy photo)

Rear Adm. Jeffrey Anderson, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, salutes Vice Adm. Michael Boyle, commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a change of command ceremony held on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Sept. 1, 2022. - Rear Adm. Jeffrey Anderson, commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, salutes Vice Adm. Michael Boyle, commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a change of command ceremony held on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton Sept. 1, 2022. Anderson served as commander of CSG-3 from July 2021 to September 2022, and will report to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command as the director of operations for his next assignment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Galbraith)

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) stations behind a fishing vessel while Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific Coast Guardsmen conduct an Oceania Maritime Support Initiative (OMSI) vessel compliance boarding, Aug. 19, 2022. - Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS 24) stations behind a fishing vessel while Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific Coast Guardsmen conduct an Oceania Maritime Support Initiative (OMSI) vessel compliance boarding, Aug. 19, 2022. Oakland is deployed in support of the Oceania Maritime Support Initiative, a secretary of defense program leveraging Department of Defense assets transiting the region to increase the Coast Guard’s maritime domain awareness, and law enforcement operations in Oceania. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ian Zagrocki)

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), assigned to Carrier Strike Group Three, arrives in Naval Station Everett, Washington, Sept. 6. - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), assigned to Carrier Strike Group Three, arrives in Naval Station Everett, Washington, Sept. 6, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ethan Soto)

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to homeport, Aug. 23. - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to homeport, Aug. 23. Fitzgerald, a part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego, following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maria G. Llanos)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, interact with Malaysian Army soldiers during Distinguished Visitor Day as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, August 1, 2022. - U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, interact with Malaysian Army soldiers during Distinguished Visitor Day as part of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, August 1, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melanye Martinez)

Multinational ships sail in formation during Pacific Dragon 2022, Aug. 12. - Multinational ships sail in formation during Pacific Dragon 2022, Aug. 12. Hosted by U.S. 3rd Fleet, Pacific Dragon is a biennial exercise in the in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area that enhances participating forces' interoperability to track and report on air and missile defense targets. (U.S. Navy photo by Electronics Technician 2nd Class Leland T. Hasty II)

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) returns home to Naval Station Everett, Aug. 11. - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) returns home to Naval Station Everett, Aug. 11. Gridley, a part of Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Station Everett after a deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleets in support of maritime security operations to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ethan Soto)