Three warships from the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) paid a visit to Manila, the Philippines, recently. Her Thai Majesty’s Ship HTMS Kraburi, HTMS Bangpakong and HTMS Pattani arrived with midshipmen from Royal Thai Naval Cadet (RTNC) Training, RTN onboard. The visit was part of the training voyage that aim
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Sailors aboard the USS CARNEY (DDG-64), USS GONZALEZ (DDG-66) and USS BARRY (DDG-52) successfully completed a flight test yesterday involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system. At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST, three short-range ballistic miss
Museum bosses in Portsmouth are calling on the public to donate as little as £1 in a month-long fundraising campaign to restore the Royal Navy’s last surviving ship from Gallipoli. Monitor HMS M33 is due to reopen in the city’s historic dockyard this summer, 100 years after its 6in guns hammered Tur
U.S. and Ghanaian maritime forces completed Africa Maritime Law Enforcement Partnership (AMLEP) 2015 operations Feb. 24. The Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) and an embarked combined law enforcement detachment (LEDET), working in tandem with Ghanaian navy’s We
Commander, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command (NMAWC) held a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma Feb. 23. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Russell E. Allen assumed command from Rear Adm. William Merz. Merz assumed command of NMAWC in October 2013 as a career submariner and w
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706) arrived at Stirling, Australia, Feb. 24, for a scheduled visit as part of Albuquerque’s final deployment before being decommissioned. With a crew of approximately 140 Sailors, Albuquerque will conduct a multitude of missions and s
Royal Canadian and U.S. Navy ships will participate in a Task Force Exercise (TFEX) off the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas, beginning Feb. 23. Exercise participants from the Royal Canadian Navy include Commander, Canadian Fleet Atlantic; the Tribal-class destroyer HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282); and
The Colombian Navy found 102 kilograms of cocaine hidden aboard a Cyprus-flagged tanker. Navy divers, who were conducting underwater inspections in the Cartagena Bay, located the drugs in a compartment in the area of the rudder of the Prisco Alexandra tanker. Two persons with a suitcase containing 1
Orbital ATK, Inc. has received a $30 million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the manufacturing of the AAR-47 Missile Warning System. The award encompasses production of new assemblies, including optical sensor converters and computer processors, as well as options for retrofitting weapon-
Amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) saw its first Marine to achieve the prestigious enlisted surface warfare qualification on February 13. Sgt. Arielle Coleman, a Marine assigned to 11TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) from Gainesville, Florida, received the ESWS qualification, a s
LCS Crew 103 Rough Riders and the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) completed at-sea workups Feb. 24 following last week’s crew swap, the first of three crew swaps during the ship’s maiden 16-month deployment to the Asia-Pacific. Embarked with the surface warfare mission package for the en
EU Task Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jonas Haggren, visited German Navy frigate, FGS Bayern, during one of her patrols in the Gulf of Aden. Rear Admiral Haggren, is currently based on board EU Naval Force flagship, HNLMS Johan de Witt, was welcomed on board by FGS Bayern’s Commanding Officer, Comma
An avatar took the place of a Royal Navy warship in a transatlantic exercise as the real thing remained in her home port. Instead of Academy Award-winning James Cameron directing proceedings, the exercise saw HMS Diamond’s crew work with two US carrier strike groups and the German Navy courtesy of a
Marine products and services supplier, Fendercare Marine, signed a contract with BAE Systems Naval Ships for three new River Class Batch 2 programme Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the UK Royal Navy. The contract consists of provision of rudder blades, rudder stocks, sleeves/liners for rudder sto
