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  • UN Chief Urges for a Political Solution to End the Bloodshed in Syria

    6 September 2013
    Authorities

    With the world focused on the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi reiterated to leaders attending the St. Petersburg for the Group of 20 (G20) summit the need to “push even harder” for a political solution to end the bloodshed in the war-torn Middle Eastern […]

  • Personnel Reunite for Collision Memorial Service (Australia)

    3 June 2014
    Authorities

      Forty-five years after the USS Frank E Evans collided with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (II) in the South China Sea, personnel who served on the night have reunited for a memorial service in Sydney.   Survivors, friends and families reflected on the 74 American personnel who were killed when the USS Frank E […]

  • USS Coronado crew to be relieved after nine-month stint

    29 March 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The crew of the U.S. Navy’s Singapore-based littoral combat ship USS Coronado will be welcoming relief in April after spending nine months embarked on the ship. Littoral Combat Ship Crew 203 departed San Diego March 27 and will relieve Crew 204 in mid-April. Crew 204, the original Coronado crew which deployed with the ship in […]

  • Brazil drops out of RIMPAC 2016

    24 June 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    The record number of countries to participate in the world’s largest naval exercise has been pushed down from 27 to 26 as it became known that Brazil would not take part in the drills in the Pacific. “Unfortunately, due to unforeseen scheduling commitments, Brazil is unable to participate in RIMPAC ’16. We value our partnership […]

  • US aircraft carrier John C. Stennis returns from seven-month deployment

    11 August 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis and more than 7,000 of its sailors returned to San Diego following a seven-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The ship entered Naval Base San Diego on August 10. JCSSG left on deployment January 15 and operated in both U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility, including more than […]

  • Japan: Bonhomme Richard ARG Completes CERTEX

    21 March 2013
    Training & Education

    Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in White Beach, Okinawa, after completing a 10-day certification exercise (CERTEX) with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the East China Sea March 21. CERTEX is a comprehensive, complex training evolution that combines the Navy and Marine Corps maritime and sea-to-shore capabilities. Although routinely conducted to maintain […]

  • MH370: HMAS Perth’s Ship’s Army Joins Search Mission

    16 April 2014

    The support to Operation SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN is truly a tri-service undertaking with soldiers from HMAS Perth’s Ship’s Army Detachment (SAD) assisting the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.   The Army Reserve detachment primarily drawn from 5/6 battalion, The Royal Victorian Regiment, was serving […]

  • VIDEO: Raytheon Completes Antenna Equipment Unit for Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (USA)

    24 September 2013
    Equipment & technology, Industry

    Raytheon Company  has completed the manufacturing of an Antenna Equipment Unit for the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. An integral part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the AN/TPY-2 searches, discriminates between threats and non-threats, acquires and tracks threat ballistic missiles. AN/TPY-2 is a mobile X-band radar that helps protect the U.S., warfighters, and America’s […]

  • Commander of PRC Tours USNS Mercy

    21 July 2014
    Authorities

    The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) hosted the Commander of People’s Republic of China, People’s Liberation Army (Navy) [PLA(N)] South Sea Fleet July 15 while the ship was underway for Rim of the Pacific’s (RIMPAC) 2014.   While aboard, Vice Adm. Weilie Jiang toured Mercy’s facilities including casualty receiving, the ship’s […]

  • NAS Whiting Field Hosts Italian Ambassador

    12 May 2014
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Two Italian officers received an incredible honor Friday, May 9, when their country’s ambassador to the United States attended their Winging Ceremony at Naval Air Station Whiting Field.   His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero attended the ceremony in which Lt. j.g. Lorenzo Duranti and Lt. j.g. Matteo Ricasoli from the Italian Navy and twelve American aviators […]

  • US Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 wraps up 3-month Indo-Asia-Pacific patrol

    3 November 2016
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Ships of the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 11 completed their three-month, Indo-Asia-Pacific region patrol as part of the Bonhomme Richard amphibious readiness group (ARG), November 3. The Bonhomme Richard ARG/Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team consisted of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay, amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown, […]

  • Frost & Sullivan: Naval Segment Expenditure to Grow

    16 January 2015
    Research & Development

    Deteriorating international relations across the world have caused countries to sanction extensive naval modernization and re-armament programs in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Russia. The Ukraine crisis, territorial disputes on the South China Sea and growing tensions in the Middle East have ensured that the market growth remains stable, although low. New analysis from Frost […]

  • Australia: Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD 2013 Concludes

    22 April 2013
    Training & Education

    Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD 2013 was conducted on the South China Sea, Singapore and the Malaysian Peninsula between 8-18 April. Australia was the only nation to deploy a submarine in support of Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD 2013. Commanding Officer of HMAS Dechaineux Commander Glen Miles said operating as the enemy or “Red Force”, HMAS Dechaineux’s role in […]

  • Brazil: President Inaugurates New Shipyard

    4 March 2013
    Industry

    The Metal Structure Fabrication Unit (UFEM), an important part of the Submarine Development Program (Prosub), was inaugurated by President Dilma Rousseff on March 1, in Itaguaí (in the state of Rio de Janeiro). The delivery of the unit, the construction of which began three years ago, is the first part of the infrastructure that will […]

  • International Community Unable to Help De-Escalate Tensions in Crimea

    14 March 2014
    Authorities

    While an end to the crisis in Ukraine had proven elusive thus far, a peaceful solution remained possible, the Secretary-General’s senior United Nations political affairs official Jeffrey Feltman told the Security Council yesterday.   The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, emphasized, however, that the frequency of the Council’s deliberations on the subject reflected the international community’s […]

  • Pratt & Whitney F135 Put under Spotlight in Live Fire Tests

    21 May 2014
    Equipment & technology, Industry

      Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation, recently participated in a series of Live Fire Tests (LFT) in conjunction with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command’s (NAVAIR) Weapons Survivability Laboratory (WSL) to assess the F135 propulsion system’s performance against ballistic damage.   The F-35 LFT included a series of tests designed to […]

  • International Maritime Exercise RIMPAC 2014 Concludes

    3 August 2014
    Training & Education

    The world’s largest international maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014, concluded with the participation of 22 nations, 49 surface ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California, August 1.   Hosted by U.S. Pacific Fleet, RIMPAC 2014 was led by U.S. Vice […]

  • UK Carrier Strike Group approaches final days of largest maritime deployment in a generation

    8 December 2021
    Industry, Operations

    UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is marking the final days of deployment dubbed as UK’s largest, most complex maritime deployment in a generation led by the Royal Navy’s flagship, aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.

  • US Navy farewells legacy Hornets in sundown ceremony

    4 February 2019
    Authorities, Equipment & technology

    Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, the last US Navy squadron flying the legacy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the aircraft at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., Feb. 1. Active duty service members, aviation leadership, local media and visitors were in attendance to commemorate Hornets’ 35 years of […]

  • Littoral combat ship USS Coronado wraps up 14-month deployment to Southeast Asia

    5 November 2017
    Authorities, Training & Education

    US Navy’s littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) completed a 14-month deployment to Southeast Asia departing Singapore on November 4. Coronado is the first Independence-variant LCS to deploy to the US 7th Fleet as part of an initiative to deploy multiple LCS to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region in just a few years. During the deployment, […]

  • SECNAV unveils names of US Navy’s future destroyer, attack submarine

    14 October 2020
    Authorities, Vessels

    The US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, revealed.

  • Chinese Navy Ships Pay Visit to Hawaii

    8 September 2013
    Training & Education

    Three People’s Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] ships pulled into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Sept. 6, for a routine port visit.  The crewmembers of the Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113), Jiangkai-class frigate Linyi (FFG-547) and Fuqing-class fleet oiler Hongzehu (AOR 881) are scheduled to participate in receptions and sporting events with their American counterparts. In addition to […]

  • Royal Brunei Navy Celebrates 48th Anniversary

    27 June 2013
    Authorities, Training & Education

    About 220 personnel comprising men and women from Royal Brunei Navy (RBN) gathered at the mnb parade square to celebrate its 48th year anniversary on 14 June 2013. The event was organised at a later date to give way to the ASEAN Humanitarian and Disaster Relief and Military Medicine Exercise.  The ceremony began with inspection […]

  • Ukrainian Navy Contributes to NATO’s Anti-Piracy Efforts

    1 November 2013

    The Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, General Knud Bartels, travelled to the Gulf of Aden on 28-30 October 2013 to visit the Ukrainian Navy frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy deployed there as part of Operation Ocean Shield, NATO’s counter-piracy mission. “Ukraine’s ability to plug in and out of NATO’s operations show the high level of interoperability the […]

  • HMAS Ballarat, Chinese Navy Frigate Anqing Team Up in PASSEX

    24 May 2012
    Training & Education

    Fostering a better understanding of how they operate in the maritime environment was the aim of the Passage Exercise (PASSEX) conducted between HMAS Ballarat (Commander Jonathan Earley) and the People’s Revolutionary Army – Navy frigate Anqing (LCDR Hu Jinchun) at the mouth of the Yangtze River on 21 May 12. Both Australia and China have […]

  • USS Bonhomme Richard Sailor Visits BHR After 50 Years

    20 February 2012
    Training & Education

      As USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) steams west from San Diego to Pearl Harbor en route to a scheduled hull-swap with USS Essex (LHD 2), Sailors onboard may notice a couple of unique passengers. One of them is a 1960’s A3 aircraft from the Vietnam War era; the other is a retired master chief, […]