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Civilian mariner Vanessa Mongiovi, yeoman storekeeper, assigned to Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), listens during a conversation on a radio aboard USNS William McLean at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, May 24, 2024. (Navy photo by Yeoman Storekeeper Ossie Spencer)

Military Sealift Command personnel scrub an elephant at the Pattaya Elephant Sanctuary in Sattahip.

From left to right, Cmdr. Mark Ewachiw, Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Bath - San Diego Detachment, Officer in Charge; Lt. Elliot Collins, Project Officer; Lt. Allison Adamos, Project Officer; and Lt. Cmdr. René Martin, T-AO Program Manager Representative attend the USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) Delivery Ceremony, in San Diego, Calif., May 7, 2024.

The keel for the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base, was laid at GD NASSCO shipyard April 25.

OLONGAPO CITY, Philippines—Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jamil A. Khan, left, chaplain, Military Sealift Command Far East, listens to a Filipino young adult during a community relations event at the Olongapo City Center for Youth during Exercise Balikatan 24, April 19, 2024. Khan offered words of encouragement and advice to the members of the center. BK 24 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)

Information System Technician 2nd Class Charieann G. Cabahit, a Reservists with Military Sealift Command Expeditionary Port Unit Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, prepares for the arrival of MSC chartered ship MV Cape Horn (T-AKR 5068) at the New Container Terminal, Subic Bay, Philippines, before an offload of equipment in support of exercise Balikatan 2024, April 15. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral capabilities, interoperability, trust, and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana)

Johanna Crawford, supervisory associate council, Military Sealift Command (MSC), left, presents Steven C. Cade, Executive Director, MSC, right, with a 75th anniversary scroll to kick off the organization-wide signing of the document April 10, 2024. The scroll was designed to commemorate MSC's 75 years of maritime excellence.

The U.S. Army’s 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) loads vehicles onto MV Roy Benavidez (T-AKR-306) March 15, 2024.

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade exit a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter after single-spot deck-landing qualifications on prepositioning ship USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312), March 7. (Courtesy photo)

Ship in the Spotlight

Ship In the Spotlight Military Sealift Command expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) participated in trilateral drills with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the East China Sea this month for Noble Raven 24. Miguel Keith conducted tactical exercises along with Destroyer JS Akizuki (DD-115) and a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Miguel Keith has been deployed to the Western Pacific since the fall of 2021 to support U.S. 7th Fleet operations.

 
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