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By Matthew M. Burke and Elena Sugiyama Stars and Stripes, December 5, 2011 SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — “Niitakayama nobore 1208.” With those words, 3,435 lives, 188 planes, eight battleships, three light cruisers, and some might even say the innocence of a nation, were lost on Dec. 7, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor had plunged the U.S. into a brutal world ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker, Navy Public Affairs Support Element West, Detachment Hawaii Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (NNS) -- Hawaii-based Destroyer Squadron 31 completed a week of dynamic training as ships returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Nov. 17-18, from the latest Koa Kai exercise in Hawaiian waters. It w ...
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By Amphibious Force Seventh Fleet Public Affairs PHILLIPINE SEA - USS Tortuga (LSD 46) pulled alongside JS Hamana (AOE 424) to conduct a replenishment at sea during Annual Exercise 2011 (AE 11) Nov. 2. The uncommon evolution with a Japanese oiler helped showcase the goals of AE 11 which include bi-lateral training and coordination between the Japan Mariti ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Pittman, Nov. 3, 2011 PACIFIC OCEAN - The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) hosted Vice Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, commander in chief, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and Vice Adm. Scott Swift, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Oct. 31 for part of Annual Exercise (AE) 2011. Kawano, the exerci ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Juan Pinalez, Oct. 31, 2011 PACIFIC OCEAN - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducted simulated air contacts in support of the bilateral Annual Exercise 2011 (AE11), Oct. 29. “The first strike is going to take out the air threat,” said Lt. Mike Nunziato, describing how Carrier A ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mikey Mulcare, Sept. 21, 2011 KURE, Japan - USS Mustin’s (DDG 89) Chief Petty Officers (CPO) Mess donated a lanyard for a replica bell to the Yamato Museum Sept. 20. The Yamato Museum is a tribute to the famous WWII battleship and flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy HIJMS Yamato. The handmade lanyard was affi ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mikey Mulcare, Sept. 19, 2011 KURE, Japan - USS Mustin (DDG 89) moored at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) base Kure, after traveling more than 400 miles from Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. The port visit to Kure is scheduled to be the 1st of many port-of-calls during Mustin’s ...
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By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cody Boyd, USS George Washington Public Affairs USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea (NNS) -- The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to sea Sept. 19 to continue her 2011 patrol after three weeks at her forward operating port of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. "During th ...
Popular tags: CFAY, JMSDF, CVW 5, USS George Washington, 7th Fleet, Exercise