Seventeen years after being schoolmates, two Devonport natives have found themselves together again, this time as shipmates in the guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin. Leading Seaman Stores Naval (LSSN) Belinda Mathews and Deputy Supply Officer, Lieutenant Andrew Willett both attended Devonport’s St
21 Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer (CPO) during a CPO pinning ceremony held on board the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Sept. 14. The Sailors, 20 assigned to Makin Island and one from embarked Amphibious Squadron Five, received their CPO collar devices and
Delegation of young Norwegian officers on Sept 18 will arrive in Russia’s Northern Fleet (NF) main base Severomorsk… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) Sailors gathered together on the quarterdeck to celebrate the 2012 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Kick Off, Sept 14. “This year’s campaign theme is ‘Impacting Lives, 365’. This reminds us that what we give through CFC helps every day of the year,” said NHB CFC Chairpe
Dozens of countries are kicking off a large-scale naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz on Iran’s doorstep. The place was obviously selected… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit departed San Diego for deployment Monday, Sept. 17. The Peleliu ARG, composed of Peleliu, amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and amphibious dock landing
Northern Fleet (NF) nuclear-powered missile cruiser Petr Veliky on Sept 14 passed the Kara Strait between the Novaya Zemlya and the Vaigach islands… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012; Image: Flot
The U.S Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $94 million contract for advance planning and preliminary execution of fire-restoration efforts on USS Miami (SSN 755). Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. The USS Miami was damaged in a fire in May while it was in
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered the amphibious transport dock Anchorage (LPD 23) to the U.S. Navy. It is the seventh ship of the San Antonio (LPD 17) class built at Ingalls. “Today is a testament to the hard work and outstanding perf
Sea trials of aircraft-carrying cruiser INS Vikramaditya (former Admiral Gorshkov) were held with serious troubles, so the date of the… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, September 18, 2012
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group, led by the Navy’s full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), frocked their newest chief petty officers (CPO), Sept. 14. Sixty Sailors from George Washington; Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70; Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5; and Des
Five Southern California leaders in business and industry got underway with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Sept. 13 as part of the “Leaders to Sea” program. The “Leaders to Sea” program, sponsored by Commander, Naval Surface Forces, is designed to provide influential comm
The future USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) departed General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard Sept. 5 for New York City, where she will join the fleet in a commissioning ceremony, Oct. 6. This milestone marks the completion of the initial 62-ship procurement for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class des
The Navy Chief is an institution molded over decades by the deeds of great men and women and, on this day, another milestone was reached. The last 49 Chief Petty Officers ever to be forged on the deck plates of the world’s first and finest aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), were officially w
