The commanding officer (CO) of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) was relieved of his duties on Oct. 2 due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. Capt. Daniel Dusek was relieved by Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, Rear Adm. Hugh Wetherald. The relief stems from an ongoing Departmen
Hundreds of Royal Marines Association members paraded at Commando Training Centre Royal Marines on Sunday as part of their annual reunion weekend. The reunion was an opportunity for veterans and their families, who had gathered from all over Britain to mix with their old comrades. It also gave them
After a year of planning, two days of intensive preparation and three days of determined hard work, Exercise Cambrian Trader has drawn to a close. Located in Milford Haven, and hosted by the Port of Milford Haven, the exercise involved, amongst others, HMS Mersey, Dyfed Powys Police, Royal Navy dive
A team of classes and staff from the Royal Navy Air Engineering & Survival School (RNAESS), HMS Sultan visited the USA in order to equip the future Fleet Air Arm (FAA) engineers with experience of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and fixed-wing carrier based aviation. Junior Officers from the Systems E
The Royal Netherlands Navy landing platform dock HNLMS Rotterdam (L800) arrived in Sekondi, Ghana for a comprehensive set of security-enhancing activities that fall under the international partnership program Africa Partnership Station (APS), Sept. 28. Rotterdam and embarked International Marine Tas
A Royal Naval sailor has been presented with an award for an exemplary career including as an engineer helping train Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Navy and other navies. Warrant Officer1 Steve Partridge, 45, was presented with a Meritorious Service Medal y Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral David Steel on
Operation OCEAN SHIELD flagship HNoMS FRIDTJOF NANSEN provided medical assistance to the villagers of Qandala, on the northern coast of Somalia on Thursday, 26 September 2013. The medical assistance was arranged at a meeting between OCEAN SHIELD ship USS DE WERT and Qandala elders earlier in Septemb
A Ukrainian navy frigate is steaming towards the Horn of Africa to join NATO’s counter-piracy mission Operation Ocean Shield after NATO Allies gave their final approval to Ukraine’s participation in the mission. Ukraine will be the first partner nation to join the operation. The North Atlantic Counc
EU Naval Force Warship ESPS Meteoro has recently completed a busy period of Friendly Approaches meeting 23 dhows and skiffs in just 3 days. During these approaches the boat crews received information about the movements of maritime traffic in the area and strengthened relationships with local seafar
Sailors from the Belgian Navy have paid their first visit to HMS Raleigh to practise transferring stores, fuel and other essential supplies from ship-to-ship at sea, ahead of their final assessment. The group of 15 sailors were coming to the end of their Petty Officer Seaman’s qualifying course. Aft
Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has completed the prestigious Swedish Coast Guard (KBV) project with the installation and full acceptance of a 125 kHz GeoSwath Shallow Water Multibeam echosounder on the fourth and final new-build multipurpose vessel. These vessels, all under Swedish flag, are defined as mult
The Irish Naval Service Vessel L.É. EITHNE detained a French registered fishing vessel approximately 150 nautical miles South of Mizen Head, Co Cork yesterday. The detention was in relation to an alleged technical breach of fishing regulations. The vessel was escorted by the L.É. EITHNE to Cobh, whe
