AUGUST 24, 2021 - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) and USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), a spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship, operated by Military Sealift Command are supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations off the coast Haiti, Aug. 22. Both ships are supporting U.S. Agency for International Development … [Read more...]
NAS Sigonella Receives Afghan Evacuees
AUGUST 23, 2021 – A total of 662 qualified evacuees from Afghanistan landed at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella on Aug. 22 as part of Operation Allies Refuge. The initial group of evacuees arrived on a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar with two C-17 Globemaster III afterwards. Operation Allies Refuge is the U.S. Department of State’s mission for … [Read more...]
USS Arlington Arrives in Haiti to Support USAID
AUGUST 23, 2021 - The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast Haiti to begin humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, Aug. 21. Arlington departed Naval Station Norfolk Aug. 17 to support U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) following a 7.2-magnitute … [Read more...]
Marines And Sailors Arrive in Support of Haiti Disaster Relief
AUGUST 23, 2021 – Marines and sailors of 2d Marine Division aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) arrived in U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations off the coast of Haiti in support of Joint Task Force-Haiti, Aug. 21, 2021. Marines departed Aug. 18 to support U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) following a 7.2-magnitude … [Read more...]
Navy to Christen Amphibious Transport USS Fort Lauderdale
AUGUST 20, 2021 - The Navy will christen its newest amphibious transport dock, the future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Division shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The mayor of Fort Lauderdale, the Honorable Dean Trantalis, will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. … [Read more...]