30 April 2024 Ships Announced for Inaugural Fleet Week Miami MIAMI – In less than two short weeks, your United States Navy and Marine Corps team, as well as the Coast Guard, will be hitting the beautiful beaches of southern Florida for the first-ever Fleet Week Miami, May 5-12.More than 3,000 members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard...
25 April 2024 Ships Announced to Participate in Fleet Week New York NORFOLK, Va. – Fleet Week New York (FWNY) returns to New York City from May 22-28 with two U.S. Navy ships, three U.S. Coast Guard vessels, and four U.S. Naval Academy Yard Patrol boats (YPs). Additionally, NATO allies from Germany will join the week-long celebration. Ships from the U.S. military...
17 September 2023 USS Bataan hosts distinguished visitors from Saudi Arabia at sea The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) hosted a delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including the U.S. ambassador, at sea Sept. 13 for a day-long embark. The embark was an opportunity for the delegation...
07 August 2023 3,000 Sailors and Marines Arrive in Middle East aboard USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall More than 3,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the Middle East, Aug. 6, as part of a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment...
03 August 2023 USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SOC) Arrive in Souda Bay Marines and Sailors from the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), part of the Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEUSOC) arrived in Souda Bay, Greece for a scheduled...
08 March 2023 USS Bataan completes three high-level DV tours in a week USS Bataan steps up to the plate in a very big way to host three high-profile DV visits in five days...
10 August 2020 USS Bataan Receives Energy Excellence Award The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) received the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Award, afloat large amphibious category, for actions performed during fiscal year 2019 while preparing for deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater...
01 February 2012 Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Returns from Deployment Nearly 2,000 Sailors aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) are scheduled to return to their homeports Tuesday, Feb. 7 following a 10 1/2-month deployment supporting operations in the U.S. Navy's 5th and 6th Fleets areas of responsibility...