 The Essex amphibious ready group recently transited the Straits of Malacca to enter the South China Sea. The ARG also began offloading troops for the 2015 Malaysia-US amphibious exercise. U.S. personnel will train with Malaysian amphibious units ashore to enhance cooperation between nations. Five years ago this month, the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, or NECC, started its Family Readiness Program. The program offers sailors and their families various support mechanisms to ensure each family is taken care of. There are reintegration training workshops which provide sailors and their significant others training as well as tools and resources they can use. The fastest-tax submarine USS Alexandria arrived at its new home port of Naval Base Point Loma November 10th after completing an engineered overhaul, or EEOH. Alexandria completed its two-year EEOH two weeks early, making it the fastest overhaul in a Los Angeles-class submarine in the Navy's history. This saved the Navy roughly $9 million. For these stories and more, visit navy.mil.