A team of Australian Defence Force personnel has headed to the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati to dispose of a suspected World War II sea mine. The object was discovered beneath a sunken vessel that is being salvaged by commercial operators in Betio Lagoon, South Tarawa. Six Royal Australian Nav
Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department 2nd Division (IM 2) aboard the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) helps keep Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 mission ready. IM 2 division disassembles, repairs, rebuilds and tests specialized jet engines used by CVW ai
Royal UK Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless will sail into the Mersey tomorrow in support of the International Mersey River Festival. In her first visit to the city, the 152-metre warship will go alongside at Liverpool’s Cruise Liner Terminal at 10.30am and will form one of the star attractions
Nineteen chief petty officers were advanced to the rank of senior chief petty officer aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 6. The 19 learned of their selections from a 1MC call made by Capt. Bob Roth, Truman’s commanding officer. He was not the only newly advanced senior chie
Deputy Chief of Mission Kristen Bauer, U.S. Embassy Jakarta, joined U.S. and Indonesian navy divers on board the USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) to lay a wreath at the site of the USS Houston (CA 30), June 11. The commemoration ceremony occurred mid-way through a 5-day bilateral diving exercise as part
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) departed the Black Sea after a series of engagements promoting peace and stability in the region, June 12. Vella Gulf’s mission, while in the Black Sea, was to work with NATO allies and European partners, demonstrating the United
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) completed the Engineered Overhaul (EOH) of the fast-attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750) May 29. Over the 29-month EOH, the project team and crew performed several system upgrades including installation of a new battery, the overhaul of the ship’s service motor
The Royal UK Navy has been praised for its efforts in tackling floods which hit the town of Romsey in February. Romsey Town Council held an official reception last week for some of the Portsmouth-based sailors at the town hall as a token of its appreciation. Fifty Navy personnel were deployed to R
On Wednesday 4 June, a flight operator of the Djiboutian based German Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft (MPRA) P-3C Orion crew reached an impressive 3,000 flight hours’ milestone. The German Navy flight operator reached his 3,000 hours during an operational flight with the EU Naval Force
Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, was awarded a task order under the Sea Enterprise II contract vehicle to support the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). The company will provide installation support on the USS Ronald Reagan with
Sailors and contractors work side by side to prepare naval vessels for future deployments and missions at Newport News Shipyard, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, a maze of moving cranes, sparking welds and the buzz of industrial construction. With thousands of Sailors and workers swarm
U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG), Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Guam, and Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-renovated Sumay Cove Marina on the base in Santa Rita, June 12. The $18 million modernized facility improves quality of lif
Divers have been given special permission to inspect a 100-year-old Royal UK Navy submarine so people can learn more about shipwrecks and – the pioneers of the Silent Service. Over the next six months, frogmen will inspect the hull of HMS A7 – one of the very first boats built for the fledgling Su
Four submariners from HMS Trenchant were among the hot shots at this year’s Plymouth and Scotland Skill At Arms shooting competition held at HMS Raleigh. The team, consisting of Leading Engineering Technician (LET) ‘Tanzy’ Lee and Engineering Technicians (ET) Kenny Trubshaw, Damien Harris and Lewi
