62 results found for 'rimpac 2012'

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  • VCNO Meets with Chinese Admiral

    7 December 2012
    Authorities, Training & Education

    Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mark Ferguson, met today with Vice Commander-in Chief, People’s Liberation Army (Navy) Vice Adm. Zhang Yongyi at the Pentagon. Ferguson and Zhang discussed U.S.-China military to military relations, counter piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden, the upcoming Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC 2014), and future opportunities to […]

  • HMAS Perth Fires Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles

    3 August 2012
    Training & Education

    HMAS Perth has completed an advanced air warfare weapons event during a multinational firing serial at Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012, the world’s largest maritime exercise in Hawaii. HMAS Perth joined HMAS Darwin in a six-ship formation with Canadian and US ships that conducted a coordinated ‘defence’ of the group against multiple target […]

  • HMAS Perth Conducts Replenishment At Sea

    27 July 2012
    Training & Education

    Despite the rough seas and howling wind, the crew on HMAS Perth battled the elements to conduct a Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with the United States Naval Ship Matthew Perry. With just 50 metres between the two ships, extreme precision is required to keep both ships steady on the same course and maintain the gap […]

  • HMAS Farncomb Incident

    27 July 2012
    Industry, Training & Education

    There has been some sensationalist reporting relating to a minor flood in HMAS Farncomb on 25 July 2012. The following media release is the actual statement made by the Department of Defence on 25 July 2012. On Wednesday 25 July (Australian Eastern Standard Time), while participating in Exercise RIMPAC, HMAS Farncomb suffered a minor flood […]

  • Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Chafee Takes On Biofuel

    20 July 2012
    Training & Education

    The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) took on 250,000 gallons of alternative fuel, a 50/50 blend of advanced biofuel and traditional petroleum-based fuel, from the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) as part of the Great Green Fleet demonstration during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. The demonstration serves as another […]

  • HMNZS ENDEAVOUR Finishes Providing Diesel Fuel to Cook Islands

    21 June 2012

    The New Zealand Navy’s replenishment tanker HMNZS ENDEAVOUR has just finished providing approximately 70,000 litres of diesel fuel to the Cook Islands in response to the South Pacific country’s request for assistance. Commander Keith Robb, ENDEAVOUR’s Commanding Officer, said the fuel supplies will keep power generators humming at Nassau, Pukapuka and Penrhyn Islands in the […]

  • PF Ships Head for Hawaii

    14 June 2012
    Training & Education

    Three Pacific Fleet (PF) ships on June 13 left Vladivostok for Hawaii to participate in the RIMPAC-2012 joint naval exercise, reports Interfax… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, June 14, 2012; Image: Navsource

  • San Diego to Welcome Back USS Essex on May 17

    16 May 2012

    USS Essex (LHD 2) is returning to San Diego May 17, after completing 12 years as the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed amphibious assault ship in Sasebo, Japan. The crew of USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) took over Essex April 23. “Essex departed San Diego in 2000, to serve as a forward-deployed asset to 7th Fleet,” […]

  • Australia: Chief of Navy Reports on Collins Class Capability

    23 April 2012
    Industry

    “Today, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) released its paper “Mind The Gap: Getting Serious About Submarines”. As a result of this there has been some quite critical, and in some cases dated, analysis reported in the press. There is no denying the issue that submarine availability is not where we need it to be. […]

  • USA: CSG’s Air Wing Commander Credits PMFR with Honing Strike Group Readiness

    22 February 2012

    As the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (JCSSG) arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 17, the CSG’s Air Wing Commander credited the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) with improving the group’s readiness seven months earlier as it prepared to deploy. “The Hawaii Range Complex provided realistic and challenging training opportunities for our air […]