Leaders of the U.S. and British navies agreed on a shared vision for closer cooperation Dec. 11, the culmination of a yearlong effort that will build on a long-standing maritime partnership over the next 15 years. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and his counterpart in the United Kin
Italian Navy’s Andrea Doria class destroyer Caio Duilio has just returned to La Spezia following a period of training at sea with the French Navy. The vessel, under the command of Captain Giacinto Sciandra, spent the first two weeks of December in the Gulf of Lion where it took part in the French ex
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Mathew Vogel, left, from Bolton, Mo., and Operations Specialist Seaman Ryan Larson, from Bothell, Wash., fire a .50-caliber machine gun at simulated targets during a small-craft attack team exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67). Cole is conducting n
Riva Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard recently celebrated the launch of the frigate “Alpino”, the fifth of a series of 10 FREMM vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, ordered from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy within the framework of an Italo-French program of cooperation. The vessel, which is due for
US Marines and Coast Guardsmen from SPMAGTF (Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force) for Crisis Response-Africa worked alongside the Beninese Navy, 17-27 November. U.S. service members instructed Beninese Sailors on mechanical procedures, techniques, and maintenance skills while conducting sma
Rear Admiral Pakorn Wanich of the Royal Thai Navy, the Commander of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) counter-piracy task force, CTF-151, attended the Maritime Information Exchange Vessel Operators’ Meeting (MIEVOM) at the Movenpick LBN Battuta Gate Hotel in Dubai on 11 December 2014. MIEVOM provides
Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) welcomed a Kuwait Navy Delegation to Naval Station Norfolk for a tour, Dec. 11. MARMC personnel briefed the delegation on MARMC’s dive locker and recompression chamber capabilities during the visit. Derrick Mitchell, MARMC production manager, said: Th
On 5 December 2014, the French frigate Guépratte sailed out of the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, ready and willing to support Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-terrorism operations under Canadian-led Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150). For this mission, Guépratte’s crew have four goals: gathering
The Head of the Lebanese Navy, Rear Admiral Nazih J’baily, was welcomed to the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) headquarters in Bahrain by Commodore Keith Blount OBE Royal Navy on 11 December 2014. Rear Admiral J’baily took the opportunity presented by the visit to attend the CMF morning briefing, whe
The catapult was ready for launch. The F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot saluted and the aircraft propelled off the flight deck, into the sky. It was a process Capt. Stuart Baker had repeated countless times throughout his 25 years in the U.S. Navy, but today his landing would be different. Today, his land
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 successfully completed flight deck certification Dec. 12 in the Pacific Ocean, after a 16-month Docking Planned Incremental Availability period. Representatives from each CVW9 squadron embarked Stennis Dec. 5 to
U.S. 6th Fleet officially welcomed its new commander at Naval Support Activity Naples Capodichino in Naples, Italy, Dec. 14. Vice Adm. James G. Foggo III officially assumed command of U.S. 6th Fleet from Vice Adm. Phil Davidson. Davidson will take the reins of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk. D
U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), along with members of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, began exercise Red Reef 15 Dec. 7 in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Red Reef is a biennial, bilateral exercise between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Ar
The US Navy’s newest submarine squadron stood up Dec. 15 at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 21 replaces the Commander, Task Force (CTF) 54 detachment as the organization charged with supporting submarines forward-deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U
