USS Gettysburg (CG 64) Sailors participated in visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) team training as part of Exercise Joint Warrior off the coast of Scotland, Oct. 2. As part of the training, a small vessel approached the area where Gettysburg was patrolling and acted as a suspected pirate vesse
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , was competitively awarded a task order by the General Services Administration Federal Systems Integration and Management Center to be the single-service provider for consolidated information technology (IT) enterprise ser
Sri Lanka Navy rescued an injured fisherman in the eastern deep seas in the early hours of 01st October 2012. He was brought to the Trincomalee Naval Hospital for medical treatment. The fisherman had been among the 8-member crew of a multi-day fishing trawler named “Lakshitha”, which had left for fi
India will strongly take up with Russia the delay in delivery of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the refurbished Admiral Gorshkov… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012
Effective Oct. 1, 2012, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet established NECC Pacific (NECC PAC) to provide administrative control for Navy expeditionary forces assigned to the Pacific theater. The establishment of NECC PAC is a significant milestone. The standup formalizes a direct administrative relation
In 2013, Russian defense ministry will form new marine battalions to be based on Mistral-class assault landing ships. American experience… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 05 2012
More than 90 crew and family members of USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer, commemorated the ship’s namesake with a day of events dedicated to Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy Oct. 2. The crew and families were joined by Murphy’s family, including his mother and shi
The Navy will commission the newest guided-missile destroyer, Michael Murphy (DDG 112), Oct. 6, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Pier 88 in Manhattan, N.Y. The newest destroyer honors Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic act
In a unique mock-up of the lower decks of a warship, 17 sailors have played victims and rescuers as a week-long first aid training course reaches its climax at HMS Raleigh. Each week, at least a dozen sailors – from able seamen fresh from training to experienced chiefs – pass through the First Aid T
Recognising the growing significance of Asia Pacific to United States and Australian defence forces, Austal has entered into agreements to substantially expand its capability in Darwin, Australia through the acquisition of Hydraulink NT and its associated business KM Engineering (HKME). HKME is a le
Communications and Power L.L.C has been awarded a $45,500,539 contract for the evaluation, repair and new production of the simplified driver traveling wave tube that will be used by the Navy and Missile Defense Agency. The simplified driver traveling wave tube will support navy shipbuiliding progra
HMS Sutherland met up with the giant American support ship USNS Supply to take on fuel and other supplies – and support her ongoing fight against illegal activity on sea lanes in the Indian Ocean. This a very bendy HMS Sutherland – as seen from close to the top of her 996 radar mast, […]
Naval Medical Logistics Command celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, Oct. 2, in Frederick, Md., on Fort Detrick, with a special guest speaker from the local community. Jeanie R. Cronin of Middletown, Md., co-founder and president of Centro Hispano de Frederick, Inc., was on hand to share personal acc
New destroyer HMS Diamond tested her mettle against two of the fastest jet fighters in the world when she played cat and mouse with US Air Force F15 Strike Eagles. The Type 45 warship came under mock attack from the American jets during a mine warfare exercise in the Gulf, when Diamond was called up
