USS ESSEX LHD 2 |
Date |
Squadrons |
Battle Group |
Area of operations |
Operations/Exercises |
Ports of call |
October 25, 1994 - April 25, 1995 |
HMM-161 Rein |
LPD 5 LSD 40 |
Western Pacific Indian Ocean Arabian Gulf |
Eager Mace Nautical Mantis Iron Magic United Shield |
Hong Kong Singapore Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Dubai, U.A.E. Fremantle, Australia Pearl Harbor, HI. |
October 10, 1996 - April 10, 1997 |
HMM-166 Rein |
LPD 7 LSD 49 |
Western Pacific Arabian Gulf |
Sea Soldier Eastern Maverick Eager Mace Tandem Thurst |
Singapore Port Kelang, Malaysia Phuket, Thailand Muscat, Oman Fremantle, Australia |
Jun 22, 1998 - December 21, 1998 |
HMM-163 Rein |
LPD 6 LSD 36 |
Western Pacific Arabian Gulf |
Resolute Response |
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September 1?, 2000 - November 2?, 2000 |
HMM-262 HMM-265 |
LPD 10 |
Western Pacific |
SOCEX Foal Eagle 2000 |
Pohang, Republic of Korea Hong Kong |
March 5, 2001 - June 17, 2001 |
HMM-265 Rein |
Western and Southern Pacific |
SOCEX Tandem Thrust |
Townsville, Australia Brisbane, Australia |
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October 2, 2001 - November 21, 2001 |
HMM-265 Rein |
LSD 42 LSD 43 |
Western and Southern Pacific |
Darwin, Australia (2) |
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March 1, 2002 - June 26, 2002 |
LPD 10 LSD 42 LSD 43 |
Western Pacific |
SOCEX Foal Eagle '02 Cobra Gold 2002 |
Pohang, Republic of Korea Laem Chabang, Thailand Sattahip, Thailand Hong Kong Singapore |
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February 25, 2003 - May 20, 2003 |
HMM-262 Rein |
LPD 10 LSD 43 CG 54 DDG 54 DD 975 SSN 705 |
Western Pacific |
SOCEX Foal Eagle 2003 Tandem Thurst '03 |
Pohang, Republic of Korea |
August 26, 2003 - November 24, 2003 |
HMM-262 Rein |
LSD 43 |
Western Pacific |
ARGEX SOCEX |
Subic Bay, Philippines (2) Darwin, Australia Hong Kong |
March 3, 2004 - June 15, 2004 |
HMM-265 Rein |
Western Pacific |
Foal Eagle Cobra Gold '04 |
Pohang, Republic of Korea Sattahip, Thailand (2) Singapore |
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August 13, 2004 - April 6, 2005 |
HMM-262 HMM-265 HM-15 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 10 LSD 43 LSD 49 |
Western Pacific Indian Ocean Arabian Gulf |
Iraqi Freedom Unified Assistance |
Jebel Ali, U.A.E. (2) Manama, Bahrain Singapore Phuket, Thailand |
October 6, 2005 - November 21, 2005 |
HMM-262 Rein |
LPD 10 LSD 43 |
Western Pacific |
Talon Vision PHIBLEX '06 |
Subic Bay, Philippines (2) Hong Kong |
January 10, 2006 - June 13, 2006 |
HMM-262 Rein |
LPD 10 LSD 49 |
Western Pacific |
TRUEX Balikatan 2006 RSOI/Foal Eagle '06 Cobra Gold 2006 |
Apra Harbor, Guam Subic Bay, Philippines Pohang, Republic of Korea Sattahip, Thailand |
September ?, 2006 - December 1, 2006 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-311 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 10 LSD 49 |
Western Pacific |
Talon Vision PHIBLEX '07 |
Subic Bay, Philippines |
January 24, 2007 - April 16, 2007 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-214 Det. |
LPD 10 LSD 46 CG 63 |
Western Pacific |
RSOI/Foal Eagle '07 |
Pohang, Republic of Korea Busan, Republic of Korea |
May 21, 2007 - July 24, 2007 |
HMM-265 Rein |
LPD 10 LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
Talisman Sabre 2007 |
Brisbane, Australia Townsville, Australia |
October 17, 2007 - December 11, 2007 |
HMM-265 Rein |
LPD 10 LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
Talon Vision PHIBLEX '08 |
Subic Bay, Philippines Hong Kong Pohang, ROK Sihanoukville, Cambodia |
January 24, 2008 - June 24, 2008 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-513 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 10 LSD 49 DDG 89 CG 63 |
Western Pacific Andaman Sea |
Balikatan 2008 RSOI/Foal Eagle '08 Cobra Gold 2008 |
Subic Bay, Philippines Sattahip, Thailand |
September 19, 2008 - December 4, 2008 |
HMM-262 HMM-265 VMA-223 Det. |
LPD 9 LSD 49 |
Western Pacific |
Talon Vision PHIBLEX '09 ANNUALEX 20G |
Subic Bay, Philippines Pohang, Republic of Korea Hong Kong |
January 26, 2009 - May 7, 2009 |
HMM-262 Rein VMA-211 Det. |
LSD 46 LSD 49 DDG 63 |
Western Pacific |
Cobra Gold 2009 Balikatan 2009 |
Laem Chabang, Thailand Subic Bay, Philippines |
June 12, 2009 - August 18, 2009 |
HMM-262 Rein VMA-211 Det. |
LPD 9 LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
Talisman Sabre '09 |
Cairns, Australia Brisbane, Australia |
November 1, 2009 - November 21, 2009 |
HMM-265 Rein |
LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
ANNUALEX 21G |
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January 20, 2010 - March 29, 2010 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-311 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 9 LSD 49 CG 67 |
Western Pacific |
Cobra Gold 2010 Balikatan 2010 |
Laem Chabang, Thailand Singapore Subic Bay, Philippines |
September 1, 2010 - December 14, 2010 |
HMM-262 Rein VMA-542 Det. |
LPD 9 LSD 49 LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
Valiant Shield 2010 ANNUALEX 22G Habu Nag 2010 PHIBLEX 2011 Keen Sword 2011 |
Subic Bay, Philippines Singapore Hong Kong |
January 25, 2011 - April 14, 2011 |
HMM-262 Rein VMA-211 Det. VMA-542 Det. HSC-25 Det. |
LPD 9 LSD 42 LSD 49 DDG 106 |
Western Pacific |
Cobra Gold 2011 MAREX Tomodachi |
Laem Chabang, Thailand Sihanoukville, Cambodia Sepangar, Malaysia |
June 23, 2011 - July 7, 2011 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-214 Det. HSC-25 Det. |
LSD 42 |
Western Pacific |
Talisman Sabre 2011 |
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September 21, 2011 - December 8, 2011 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-214 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 9 LSD 42 DDG 63 |
Western Pacific |
CERTEX PHIBLEX 2012 |
Subic Bay, Philippines Bali, Indonesia Manila, Philippines |
February 27, 2012 - April 8, 2012 |
HMM-265 Rein VMA-311 Det. HSC-25 Det. 6 |
LPD 9 LSD 42 LSD 46 |
Western Pacific |
AIT/CERTEX Foal Eagle 2012 |
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May 11, 2015 - December 15, 2015 |
VMM-161 Rein VMA-311 Det. HSC-21 Det. 1 |
LPD 23 LSD 47 |
Western Pacific Arabian Gulf |
Culebra Koa 2015 Inherent Resolve |
Hong Kong Hidd, Bahrain Manama, Bahrain Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Pearl Harbor, HI. |
July 10, 2018 - March 1, 2019 |
VMM-166 Rein HMH-361 Det. HML/A-469 Det. VMFA-211 Det. HSC-21 Det. |
LPD 23 LSD 47 |
Western Pacific Gulf of Aden Arabian Gulf North Arabian Sea |
CARAT 2018 Alligator Dagger 18-2 Freedom's Sentinel |
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Doha, Qatar Manama, Bahrain Jebel Ali, U.A.E. Phuket, Thailand Apra Harbor, Guam Pearl Harbor, Hawaii |
August 12, 2021 - March 4, 2022 |
VMM-165 Rein VMFA-211 Det. VMA-214 Det. HSC-21 Det. |
LPD 27 LSD 52 |
Western Pacific North Arabian Sea Arabian Gulf Sulu Sea |
MAREX 22 |
Hidd, Bahrain (2) Pearl Harbor, HI. |