08 February 2024 USNS Robert E. Peary and NAVELSG Join Forces to Carryout Proof-of-Concept Testing NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 7, 2024) – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) and the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG), in January, joined forces to successfully conduct 1,456 cargo and ordnance transfer lifts, with the Navy’s...
06 February 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Concludes Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 completed Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Feb. 4, 2024 following the departure of Navy EOD units and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota.Snow Crab Ex is a two-week exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S...
30 January 2024 Underwater Construction Team 1 Supports U.S. Allies in São Tomé SÃO TOMÉ, São Tomé and Príncipe - Seabee divers assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1 (UCT 1) conducted a four-week cross training exercise with São Tomé Coast Guard divers and executed underwater harbor clearance efforts to allow for safer navigation through the shipping channel of São Tomé...
22 January 2024 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Gladiator Arrives at McMurdo Station Ice-Pier to Begin Cargo Offload in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 The Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Gladiator has arrived at the ice-pier at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024.Ocean Gladiator moored at the McMurdo ice-pier on Saturday. Shortly after...
22 January 2024 Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Hosts Arctic Training Exercise Snow Crab Ex LITTLE FALLS, Minn. – U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group 2 commenced Snow Crab Exercise (Snow Crab Ex) 24-1 Jan. 22, 2024 following the arrival of Navy EOD Mobile Units (EODMU) and Navy Divers at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minn...
04 January 2024 Seabee Divers Salvage Overturned Barge NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain- Seabee divers assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1 (UCT 1) provided support to Naval Station Rota port operations by facilitating the removal of an overturned painting barge from the waters around the piers from November 13, 2023 to December 8, 2023...
04 January 2024 U.S. Navy Divers Complete Ship Removal Operation in Pohnpei Mobile Diving and Salvage Company 1-8, U.S. 7th Fleet's deployed salvage force, completed the at-sea disposal of a derelict cargo vessel in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 24-1 Dec. 15th, 2023...
21 December 2023 MSC Chartered Ship MV Ocean Gladiator Departs in Support of Operation Deep Freeze 2024 Military Sealift Command charter ship MV Ocean Gladiator departed Port Hueneme, Calif., today, kicking off their support of their support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation Deep Freeze 2024.Since Dec. 13, the 545-foot Ocean Gladiator has been conducting a...
19 December 2023 Camp Lemonnier Cuts Ribbon on New Virtual Range CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti, (November 18, 2023) -- When Marine Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 11 sailors found an uninstalled virtual range kit in their spaces at Camp Lemonnier, they saw an opportunity.The system still had the tag on it, and had been awaiting installation since a previous...
28 November 2023 CTF-68 Seabee Divers and Georgia Coast Guard Build Partnership in the Black Sea U.S. Navy Seabee divers assigned to Commander Task Force (CTF) 68 conducted a six-week exercise with the Georgian Coast Guard in Batumi and Poti, Georgia in an effort to build a stronger relationship and improve maritime security...