The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan and assault ship USS America has joined amphibious warfare vessels USS New Orleans and USS Germantown on the island Credit: EPA. PHUKET, Thailand – Sailors and Marines from the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) and embarked 3rd Marine Division arrived in Phuket, Thailand, Nov. 3.“It’s great to be able to bring our blue and gold team to one of Thailand’s, In 1998, he was assigned as Director, Marine Corps Counseling and Advocacy Services, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan, where he was tasked by the Commanding General, Marine Corps Forces Pacific, to conduct special assignments aboard USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), USS Germantown (LSD-42), USS Dubuque (LPD-8), and USS Patriot (MCM-7). A team of medical officers and hospital corpsmen from Naval Medical Center San Diego is the first ERSS trial … Cmdr. But the grey skin on the outside of these ships obscures a dynamic environment within, as the Navy - … Germantown, part of America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, […] Matthew W. Foster turned over the role of commanding officer to Cmdr. Welcome to the USS GERMANTOWN's Facebook page sponsored by the USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42). Germantown, part of Commander, Amphibious Squadron 11, is deployed to the Indo-Pacific region to … Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. USS Germantown Better after Leadership Changes Sailors release a mooring line as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown departs Sasebo, Japan, for a … With the captain of the USS Germantown, the charge was poor command climate, lack of confidence in his judgment and leadership, especially in relationship to his handling of … USS Germantown (LSD 42) was recently awarded the 2014 Unit Tactics award in recognition of outstanding tactical proficiency throughout 2014. U.S. Navy’s second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, USS Germantown, held a change of command ceremony in Sasebo, Japan on May 10. 6. PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 25, 2020) From left, USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS New Orleans (LPD 18), USS Chicago (SSN 721), USS America (LHA 6), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194), USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Germantown (LSD 42), and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) steam in formation while E/A-18G Growlers and FA-18E … USS GERMANTOWN, At Sea -- Naval ships transport Marines from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’, and that’s about as much as many people know about Marines living on ship. the Delayed Entry Program. This Chief of Naval Operations award recognizes ships who contributed the most toward afloat safety awareness through the submission of hazard, near-mishap, lessons-learned reports, and safety-related articles for publication demonstrating a […] USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy.The amphibious assault ship was built at what is now Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi.She was launched 23 February 1991 and commissioned on 17 October 1992 while moored at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island.She is the fifth ship named for Essex County, Massachusetts. Command Master Chief Andrew Tyler, from Oakland, Calif., aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) speaks to Marines and Sailors during a Corporal’s Course Professional Military Education. (Oct. 16, 2016) The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) arrived at Sihanoukville, Cambodia, for a scheduled port visit, Oct. 16. Germantown and the embarked Combat Logistics Battalion of the 31st Marine Expeditionary,