NATO and the Republic of Djibouti have enhanced their cooperation, by concluding on 22 April 2015 an agreement to establish a NATO liaison office in Djibouti in support of the Alliance’s counter piracy operation, Ocean Shield, in the Gulf of Aden. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operatio
IMDEX Asia 2015 has attracted strong international interest from senior naval officials, maritime agencies and industry representatives who will converge at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore from 19 to 21 May 2015. To date, Navy Chiefs from 15 countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei,
Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard will hold a ceremonial laying of the Russian Navy’s new generation mine countermeasures vessel on April 24. The vessel, which will carry the name Georgiy Kurbatov, will have a displacement of about 900 tons, a length of 61 meters, and a width of 10 meters. It will be able to
The US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson recently engaged in a replenishment-at-sea with the French Navy’s replenishment oiler Meuse (A607) as part of Operation Shamal. Given the US aircraft’s massive size and weight, the operation was conducted at a safe distance to prevent any incidents from
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Jerrod Essway, from San Diego, walks through aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) after checking an AFFF distribution nozzle on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The warship conducted a test of its countermeasures wash down sy
The French Battle Group (Task Force 473) and Combined Task Force 150, currently under French command, recently engaged in several interactions in the north Arabian Sea. While sailing to Goa, India, to take part in the Varuna naval exercise, French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle along with its ba
In yet another operation to disrupt a smuggling attempt, the French Navy’s frigate Germinal (F735) seized 220 kg of cocaine. The operation, triggered as part of an investigation by the DNRED of Fort-de-France, was conducted on April 17 off the Antilles. The drug was on its way from Guyana to an unkn
As part of a complex inspection of the Southern Military District, the Russian Navy’s Caspian Flotilla commenced maritime training. A total of ten vessels departed their homeport of Makhachkala for these operations, among them the Russian Stealth Frigate Dagestan, assault motor boats, Grachonok anti
US Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) recently selected Sailors of the Year (SOY) for for Shore, U.S. Pacific Fleet Sea, U.S. Fleet Forces Sea, and U.S. Navy Reserve, respectively. In four separate ceremonies, Steelworker 1st Class Brenton Heisserer, Logistics Specialist 1st Class Blanca Sanchez, Boats
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy are now operating in the Arabian Sea in response to the deteriorating security situation in Yemen, a US Defense Department spokesman said. Briefing the Pentagon press corps yesterday morning, Army Col. Steve Warr
The funding of terrorism has taken a hit thanks to the efforts of Australian Navy personnel who completed a five-month rotation with Combined Task Force 150 in Bahrain on 6 April. Working under Canadian command, seven Navy personnel were involved with tasking Allied naval vessels to intercept drugs
General Dynamics NASSCO is being awarded a $24,1 contract for littoral combat ships (LCS) sustainment execution in support of LCSs homeported in or visiting San Diego, California. This sustainment execution contract is for both LCS variants. The company will be to provide planned maintenance, facili
Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) welcomed the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RNSF) to in Norfolk, Virginia, April 7-9. The purpose of the visit was to demonstrate how one of the Navy’s Regional Maintenance Centers (RMCs) operates. MARMC Production Manager, Derrick Mitchell, briefed the de
In a closely coordinated operation undertaken by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard, a boat carrying a large quantity of narcotics was apprehended in international waters, off the coast of Gujarat on April 20. The operation also resulted in the apprehension of eight Pakistani nationals manning t
