 Welcome to All Hands Update. I'm Petty Officer Andrew Johnson. These are your headlines from around the fleet. U.S., Canadian and Japanese ships are participating in a U.S. third fleet-led task group exercise off the coast of California. The exercise serves to train units in air and surface warfare, maritime introduction operations, and anti-submarine warfare, while building relationships with partner nations. The task group exercise will conclude October 31st. The Navy announced the cancellation of standard transfer orders, or STOs, October 17th. According to a new NAV admin, the Navy's standard integrated personnel system, or NSIPS, must be used for orders for transferring sailors. Permanent change of station orders will still be written by Navy personnel command, or NPC, through the appropriate detailer. For more information, visit the NPC website.