A new submarine has moved to Guam to continue promoting peace and security in the region… (guamdpn) [mappress] Source: guamdpn,March 4, 2011;
THE two largest ships to be commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy will be partly constructed in Williamstown, the Defence Department has… (vhereilive) [mappress] Source: vhereilive, March 1, 2011;
HOURS after HMAS Kanimbla drifted perilously close to rocks off Sydney’s North Head, with a fire on board and complete loss of power, the na… (brisbanetimes) [mappress] Source: brisbanetimes, February 23, 2011;
THE US Navy is back in town, with the arrival of the USS Shoup in Hobart this morning… (themercury) [mappress] Source: themercury, February 23, 2011;
An Australian report released on Tuesday found that a “predatory” sex culture existed among Australian sailors on the naval supply ship HMAS… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247, February 22, 2011;
The first of those personnel, the army’s high-readiness capability force, came ashore at dawn yesterday. The troops were on board the navy’s 85 metre offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago and landed at the Timaru Yacht Club wharf. Within hours of the landing the Sea Scouts headquarters in the yacht clu
THE Royal Australian Navy’s newest and biggest warship has been launched at a Spanish shipyard… By Mark Dodd (theaustralian) [mappress] Source:theaustralian , February 18, 2011 In 2007 the federal government selected the Spanish design ahead of a rival French bid for a smaller 24,000 tonne Mistral c
Austal employee, Byron Walpole, was presented with the prestigious Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN) 2011 National Young Achiever of the Year Award at a defence industry ceremony held in Canberra this week. Mr Walpole was the recipient of the Western Australian Young Achiever Award in l
The Royal Australian Navy Adelaide Class frigate, HMAS Melbourne, will return to Garden Island, Sydney, on Friday 18 February following a six-month deployment to the Middle East. HMAS Melbourne departed Fleet Base East for the Middle East on 16 August 2010, carrying 230 men and women, for a six-mont
Five hostages have been dramatically rescued from pirates by a Plymouth warship after being held captive for 92 days… (thisisdevon) [mappress] Source: thisisdevon, February 16, 2011;
A new “carrier killer” missile that has become a symbol of China’s rising military might will not force the U.S. Navy to change the way it… By Eric Talmadge (yahoo) [mappress] Source: yahoo, February 15, 2011; Image:forum.globaltimes
A Navy sailor on-board submarine HMAS Waller has been injured during war exercises off the West Australian coast last night… [mappress] Source: watoday , February 10, 2011;
