Six reservists from HMS Wildfire in Northwood honoured Her Majesty The Queen at her Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on the Thames on Sunday 3 June. Lieutenants Andrew Carey, Laura Harrison, Hannah MacKenzie and Gillian Niblock lined the quarterdeck at HMS President near Tower Bridge, ready to give the
The Queen yesterday praised the men and women of the Navy for their Diamond Jubilee efforts – and ordered the monarchy’s age-old thank-you to the Senior Service: splice the mainbrace. Royal Navy personnel were at the heart of commemorations to mark Her Majesty’s 60-year reign, from HMS Diamond’s 21-
The Dutch contribution to NATO’s counterpiracy operation Ocean Shield is to be expanded. A second helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle for reconnaissance will give an impulse to intelligence-gathering in particular. A submarine will once again also be deployed for this task. Although the House
From 1 to June 14, 2012, EUNAVFOR frigate Guépratte has concentrated its patrols in the area south of the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and the western Gulf of Aden, areas prone to pirate attacks. The beginning of June usually marks the arrival of the monsoon in the Indian Ocean. It is characterized by su
A sailor who likes tough challenges has scooped the dux award and the ‘Gutz’ prize at the graduation ceremony for Basic Clearance Divers Course 80. SMNCD Joshua Hilliard received the J.N. Ingram Memorial Shield as dux and the Bill Fitzgerald ‘Gutz’ prize for the Best Performer at Physical Training a
A Portsmouth-based Royal Navy engineer, described as the heartbeat of HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal, has been awarded the MBE. Warrant Officer 1st Class Marine Engineering Mechanic John ‘Whiskey’ Walker, 50, of Portsmouth, is currently serving on board aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious with the j
A team of eight personnel from the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces boarded Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) to help support Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12), June 17. The team will fill a variety of roles helping to strengthen the partnerships and the medical capability that
The PACEX joint Russo-French naval exercise finished on June 18 in the Barents Sea, reported Northern Fleet (NF) spokesman Capt 2 Rank Yevgeny Kirillov… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, June 19, 2012
Three reservists also had their long service to the Queen recognised with the presentation of their Volunteer Reserve Service Medals. Receiving their Volunteer Reserve Service Medals, which recognise 10 years of continuous service as a Reservist, were Leading Seaman Joanne Browning, Leading Seaman B
The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG), with nearly 6,000 Sailors, is scheduled to deploy from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and Naval Station Mayport, Fla., June 20, to support operations in the U.S. Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleets. The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), commanded b
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) large landing ship Caesar Kunikov returned from the Mediterranean Sea to Sevastopol having covered over 2,500 nautical miles… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, June 19, 2012; Image: Mil
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract worth in excess of £1billion with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to deliver reactor cores for the UK’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet. This contract includes regeneration of the current Rolls-Royce submarine reactor core manufactur
