Pacific Partnership 2025 hosts National Partners at Opening Ceremony in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia August 18, 2025 [Image 1 of 3]

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Pastor Mike Abbe prays during an opening ceremony in Chuuk, during Pacific Partnership 2025, August 18, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Isabel Mendoza)

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Pacific Partnership 2025 multinational servicemembers conduct a health and sanitation inspection in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Aug 2025 [Image 5 of 5]

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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Dejanne Watson inspects a fridge for health and sanitation during Pacific Partnership 2025 in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Aug. 18, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Bussman)

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Coast Guard updates safety zones and draft restrictions following W-Sapphire incident

Source: United States Coast Guard

08/19/2025 07:04 PM EDT

BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard continues its response to the W-Sapphire incident in the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday, with updated measures in place to ensure the safety of personnel, vessels, and the marine environment.

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Pacific Partnership 2025 servicemembers provide waste water treatment training in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Aug 2025 [Image 1 of 5]

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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Derrick Castromedina, left, and Lt. j.g. Michael Matthews, right, conduct a visual inspection of a wastewater facility while providing wastewater training during Pacific Partnership 2025 in Chuuk, August 19, 2025. Now in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Bussman)

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MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to discuss salvage of grounded passenger vessel in Honolulu

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

08/19/2025 05:32 PM EDT

WHO: Coast Guard Sector Honolulu WHAT: Coast Guard representatives will discuss the salvage of the Discovery, a 75-foot passenger vessel that ran aground in Kewalo Basin on Aug. 9 WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Kewalo Basin Harbor, 1125 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96814

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Coast Guard East District units prepare for Hurricane Erin

Source: United States Coast Guard

08/19/2025 04:04 PM EDT

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Crews around the Coast Guard’s East District are preparing for the potential impacts of Hurricane Erin, Tuesday. Aircrews, cutters, boat crews, and command centers across the region are actively staging and preparing to respond to any potential impacts from the storm.

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CRTS Teams Conduct Amphibious Familiarization Training Aboard USS Boxer

Source: United States Navy Pacific Fleet 1

SAN DIEGO (Aug. 5, 2025) – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTC SD) Sailors assigned to Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship (CRTS) Teams 2, 8, and 9 participated in an amphibious familiarization training evolution aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) as part of a multi-team exercise designed to sustain medical readiness and operational integration with amphibious warfare platforms.

Update: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to vessel explosion in Baltimore Harbor

Source: United States Coast Guard

08/19/2025 12:55 PM EDT

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region personnel and partner agencies continue to respond to the explosion aboard the W-Sapphire in the Baltimore Harbor, Tuesday.

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Türkiye to host 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara

Source: NATO

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced today (19 August 2025) that the 2026 NATO Summit will be held on 7 and 8 July 2026 at the Beştepe Presidential Compound (Külliye) in Ankara, Türkiye.

The Secretary General said: “I want to thank Türkiye for hosting this important meeting. Türkiye has been a strong NATO Ally for more than 70 years, making invaluable contributions to our shared security. At our next Summit, Leaders will continue to make NATO a stronger, fairer and more lethal Alliance, ready to respond to the critical challenges to our security.” 
 
This is the second time Turkïye will host a NATO Summit, following Istanbul in 2004. NATO Summits bring together Allied leaders to take decisions on important issues facing the Alliance.

U.S., Colombian armies open PISAJ 21 to advance senior NCO professional development

Source: United States SOUTHERN COMMAND

U.S. Army South, in coordination with the Colombian army, officially launched the 21st iteration of the Programa Integral para Suboficiales de Alta Jerarquía, or PISAJ, the capstone event of the Colombian Sergeants Major Academy, during an opening ceremony at the South Carolina National Guard McCrady Training Center in Columbia, South Carolina, on Aug. 11, 2025.