USS Constellation Enters Scrap Yard The decommissioned supercarrier USS Constellation (CV 64), once among the US Navy’s fastest vessels, arrives at its final destination – the scrap yard. USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak Runs Aground off Okinawa The Military Sealift Command prepositioning vessel USNS Sgt. Mate
Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) held a change of command ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) at Naval Air Station North Island Jan. 22. During the ceremony, Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker relieved Vice Adm. David H. Buss as CNAF. While serving as the Navy’s “Air Boss” sinc
A U.S. Navy scientist received the 2014 NATO Science and Technology Organization’s Scientific Achievement Award, the Navy announced Jan. 22. NATO Chief Scientist Major Gen. Albert Husniaux, conferred the award to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) principal scientist Steve Ander
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Sepanggar, Malaysia, Jan. 22 for a port visit. The port visit marks the second stop for Comstock since departing the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Jan. 9, where Comstock had sp
The role of Deputy Operation Commander (DCOM) of the European Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta was handed over today. After five months, Brigadier General Dick Swijgman (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps) transferred his duties to Rear Admiral Paolo Pezzutti (Italian Navy). The handover t
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) handle the phone and distance line during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8). The RAS operation was conducted on January 19 in the A
The Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Jayantha Perera visited the Southern Naval Area on 23rd January 2015. He was accompanied by the President of the Navy Seva Vanitha Unit Mrs. Shalika Perera, senior naval officers attached to the Naval Headquarters. On arrival, the Navy Commander was r
A Commando Helicopter Force Merlin Mk3 aircraft, flown by CHF Aircrew from 28 (AC) Sqn based in RAF Benson, supported 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery training from their Royal Citadel base in Plymouth. With the weather conditions on the day poor at Plymouth and Dartmoor, cloud bases down to aro
On January 20, the HM Coastguard rescued the crew of a fishing vessel which was taking on water. The Iuda Naofa, a 23m Irish fishing vessel, was located 48 miles north of the Butt of Lewis. The Coastguard Rescue helicopter was requested to attend the scene and drop a salvage pump onto the Iuda Naofa
The Netherlands Navy took over command of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) yesterday morning in Den Helder, the Netherlands. The Lithuanian Navy Commander Giedrius Premeneckas handed over command of SNMCMG1 to Dutch Navy Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen during a brief ce
The Type 23 Frigate HMS Kent has started 2015 by stepping up the fight against international terrorism. Having spent the end of 2014 working with the carrier task group of the USS Carl Vinson, in the Middle East, the Portsmouth-based warship’s focus for 2015 has shifted to the Indian Ocean and keepi
U.S. Navy’s two warships are on standby near Yemen due to the ongoing militia forces uprising, according to Pentagon. The uprising in Yemen continues with militia forces fighting to take control of the government, and the Pentagon is monitor the situation. The vessels, USS Iwo Jima and USS Fort McHe
Eleven people are safe after a 95-foot towing vessel sank approximately two and half miles west of Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Thursday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu command center received a call at 3:13 p.m., via VHF Channel 16 from the pilot aboard the towing vessel Nalani sta
U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) named Operations Specialist 1st Class Jamell Naylor, from Chicago, as the command’s Sailor in the Spotlight, Jan. 21, 2015. During a ceremony amongst his peers, Naylor was personally congratulated by NAVEUR-NAVAF Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. John Nowell, f
