Military representatives from eight Mediterranean countries from Africa and Europe came together with the U.S. Navy for the main planning conference in support of Exercise Phoenix Express 2013 in Garmisch, Germany, Feb. 5-8. Phoenix Express, set to take place in the spring, is an at-sea maritime exe
A tour of a Royal Navy nuclear powered submarine and the facilities used to train the people who operate them were the highlights of a three-day visit to the South West for members of the Liverpool University Royal Navy Unit (URNU). The group of seven students, who signed up for the URNU during thei
The three-day initial planning conference for Africa Partnership Station took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Feb. 11-13. The primary operational elements of APS include international partner missions conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, with African n
The second most senior officer in Navy Command, Vice Admiral Philip Jones CB, visited HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, to meet the crews of warship and submarines and view new facilities. The newly-appointed Fleet Commander was hosted on board the Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland and the Trafalgar C
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, and the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) have agreed a new ten-year enabling contract which will sustain up to 2000 jobs in the UK and deliver up to £200 million savings to the MOD. This new 10 year contract, worth around £800 million, provides the lon
A group of 100 students from all over the UK have swapped their life at university for a weekend at Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), Dartmouth, which culminated in a gruelling physical challenge. The group of sponsored undergraduates and foundation year doctors have already signed up for a care
The crew of frigate HMS Montrose are three weeks into two months of rigorous training off the coast of Devon and Cornwall to prepare them for deployment later this year. The sailors face fire, flood, air raids, submarine attack and other challenges – but have also been letting rip with their 4.5in m
Large amphibious ships of the Baltic fleet Kaliningrad and Alexandr Shabalin delivered weapons, purchased by Syria in the military-technical cooperation with Russia… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, February 13 2013
Royal Navy warship Defender, the fifth of six Type 45 destroyers built by BAE Systems on the River Clyde in Glasgow, will berth at Northumbria Quay this weekend (Feb 15-18), the ship’s first visit to a non-naval port. Defender is due to be commissioned into the Royal Navy at the end of March at Port
Military leaders of the future have been treated to an exciting demonstration of Royal Naval amphibious power off the South West coast. The Plymouth-based command and control landing ship HMS Bulwark exercised off Devon and Cornwall with Royal Marines in fast boats and landing craft while helicopter
Today the Spanish Armada Ship Cantabria arrived in Australia at the Port of Melbourne just 41 days after departing La Graña Naval Port on the 3rd of January this year. Cantabria sailed over 11,000 nm (approx 20,000 km) transiting the Suez Canal as well visiting locations such as Souda Bay, Crete and
HMS Somerset has welcomed a helicopter on to her flight deck for the first time in 12 months as she continues training after a £20m revamp. A Merlin from 829 Naval Air Squadron – which provides the Royal Navy’s frigate fleet with helicopters to support their missions around the globe – safely landed
