The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducted a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), Oct. 5. George Washington received more than 200 pallets of supplies during the RAS, al
USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, was commissioned during a formal ceremony at pier 88 in Manhattan, Oct. 6. The newest destroyer honors Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, a New York native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions duri
Russia will resume non-nuclear explosion tests at the Matochkin Shar Range on the Novaya Zemlya islands… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 08, 2012; Image: Flot
Vice Adm. David H. Buss relieved Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers as Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) during a change of command ceremony today aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Myers assumed command of CNAF in July 2010. As the Navy’s “Air Boss,” he ensured that the U.S. Navy’s aviation fo
Eleventh session of the Russia-India Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation was held on Oct 4 under the… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 08, 2012; Image: Flot
The commanding officer of USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) and seven crew members are participating in a five-day visit to the “Steel City” Oct. 4 – 9. The submarine, which has the motto “Heart of Steel,” enjoys a strong relationship with the “Steel City.” During their visit, the crew will embark on a myria
NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support awarded a $218.4M Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract to Bell-Boeing for the V-22 Osprey Oct. 4. This Cost Plus Inventive Fee (CPIF) contract delivers supply support for 168 line items of repairable and consumable components common to the Air Force CV-22 and Mari
The Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries completed a record superlift Wednesday, when a 1,040-ton unit was lifted into the drydock at the Huntington Ingalls Newport News shipyard for integration with the future aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The carrier is being constructed using a modu
On Tuesday 2 October EU NAVFOR Force Commander met representatives from the Omani media when his flagship, ITS SAN GIUSTO, visited Muscat (Oman). Omani journalists were welcomed by the Force Commander, Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino, and he briefed them on the evolution of piracy in previous months,
The Navy Parachute Demonstration Team, the Leap Frogs, performed at the Kaneohe Bay Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) Sept. 28-30. The five-man jump team performed three high-altitude jumps from as high as 12,000 feet above show center, and had the honor of performing a tandem jump with MC
Royal Marines stormed ashore on a sleepy Cornish beach as training for the Navy’s key autumn deployment approaches its climax. Green berets from 45 Commando ‘invaded’ Barnpool in Plymouth Sound – one of the final exercises before the Response Force Task Group sails to the Mediterranean for two month
More than 1,800 Sailors and Marines from the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) serving aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) arrived in San Francisco, Oct. 3 to take part in the 31st Annual San Francisco Fleet Week (SSFW) celebration. SSFW 2012 is scheduled from, Oc
The fifth of the Navy’s six new Type 45 destroyers has begun the long road to front-line duties, sailing from Portsmouth for the first time under the White Ensign. HMS Defender is now undergoing trials and training off the South Coast ready to be declared operational early next year. This is the ver
Ozernaya Verf shipyard held demonstration trials of police boat Grozny on the Angara River in Irkutsk; the boat was built in Schlisselburg… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012; Image: Flot
