After 211 days away from home, HMAS Darwin has returned to Garden Island, Sydney after a successful deployment to the Middle East Region. Under the Command of Commander Terry Morrison, Darwin intercepted and destroyed over $2.1 billion of narcotics and helped rescue 13 fishermen found adrift off t
For the ship’s company of HMAS Success, Exercise RIMPAC 2014 was the perfect environment for training and achievement of qualifications, so the ship’s command team made sure every opportunity was available for members at all levels to progress their training and individual career milestones while th
Planning is nearly complete for the Royal Australian Navy’s biggest and most exciting warfare exercise, Kakadu 2014, which will play out off the coast of Darwin from 25 August – 12 September. Around 1,200 people, eight warships and 26 Navy and Air Force aircraft from throughout the Asia Pacific an
UK Awards £348 Million Warship Contract More than 800 Scottish jobs have been protected thanks to a £348 million contract to build 3 new vessels for the Royal Navy. The offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), which will be used by the Royal Navy to undertake various tasks in support of UK interests both at
After a successful port visit to the Great Southern, Australian Navy’s HMAS Perth this week farewelled the extremely hospitable community of Albany in Western Australia. The ship berthed at Albany’s Port for four days from 8-12 August. During the visit, the ship threw its doors open to the public
The commander of Navy Installations Command (CNIC) addressed service members and civilians during an all-hands call aboard Naval Base Guam Aug. 14. Vice Adm. William D. French focused on four tenants outlined by Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the chief of naval operations, during his brief. Specifical
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is being awarded a $295,6 million advance acquisition contract for the procurement of long-lead items for the manufacture and delivery of 12 Lot II Full Rate Production P-8A aircraft for the U.S. Navy (8) and the government of Australia (4). Work will be perfor
Amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu “Iron Nickel” (LHA 5), the U.S. Navy’s only remaining LHA class ship, pulled into Guam for a four-day port visit, Aug. 15. This marks the first time Peleliu has visited Guam since its 2010 deployment and the first port visit for any amphibious assault ship since
Australian Navy’s HMAS Perth frigate has recently passed through King George’s Sound into the city of Albany, Western Australia. HMAS Perth spent five days in the Western Australian Exercise Area conducting Naval Gunfire on the Lancelin Naval range, navigation training, damage control exercises, a
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS Otago has been conducting trials this week, according to social media. On Tuesday the ship successfully conducted acceptance trials for her 25mm gun. On Wednesday, as part of EX PEKAPEKA, Otago conducted deck and wet helicopter winching wit
Australian Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, has today inspected the fire damage sustained by the Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Bundaberg when she caught fire in a Brisbane dockyard on Monday. Bundaberg was undergoing a period of routine maintenance in the custody of civilian contractors
Military forces from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the U.S. are partnering in a multinational anti-submarine warfare exercise Aug. 9-15 around the waters of Guam aimed at increasing the interoperability capacity between these nations operating in the Pacific. The exercise will include multiple
