Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast is sending 15 military and civilians to Naval Station Gulfport and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans Aug. 30 as part of a Contingency Engineering Response Team (CERT). The team departed from Naval Air Station Jacksonvil
The amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24), the eighth built at Huntington Ingalls Industries , recently returned from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Dock trials started last week, and the ship left HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Aug. 21 for three days of at-sea
Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Wednesday that the government was expecting to procure a dozen submarines to augment Indonesia’s existing fleet by 2024. Purnomo said that a deal to purchase three of these submarines was signed in December 2011. The submarines are being built in cooperat
First-in-class Joint High Speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), the high-speed catamaran transport ship under construction at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, successfully completed Acceptance Trials (AT) on August 17, 2012, in the Gulf of Mexico. To achieve this milestone, the Navy conducted comprehe
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) celebrates 170 years of naval history, Aug. 31. The 13th Secretary of the Navy, Abel P. Upshur, officially established NAVFAC’s predecessor, the Bureau of Naval Yards and Docks in 1842, to execute the design, construction and maintenance of Navy yard
They are not just assisting the effort at the Olympic Park, North Greenwich Dome, Greenwich Park and other events in the capital, but also the security shield around Weymouth Bay, where HMS Bulwark is acting as a floating command centre for a joint military-police effort. Among the President team su
ANADOLU Shipyard has successfully delivered to Turkish Naval Forces Command TCG Ç-158, the Eight vessel of three years long 8 strong vessel Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project. On August 28th 2012 Tuesday, TCG Ç-158 is delivered to Turkish Navy with a ceremony who was attended by Captain Bülent Akgöl o
A dedicated team of U.S. Army service members, who set sail aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) May 4, played a vital role to Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12) mission success. During PP12, 48 Soldiers worked alongside multiple branches of the U.S. military, host nations
Northern Fleet (NF) seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko joined the fleet’s anti-mine task unit. The ship has arrived in the Kara Sea and set upon… [mappress] Source: rusnavy, August 30, 2012; Image: nashflot
The workforce in the Hunter for the Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Project has now hit almost 700 across Forgacs’ two Newcastle facilities in Tomago and Carrington. Three AWDs are being built for the Australian Navy. Construction of the AWDs involves the fabrication of 90 separate steel blocks, 30 for
Ukraine and the Russian Federation have been negotiating to upgrade ships of the Naval Forces of Russia at the Ukrainian enterprises. That was declared by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at a briefing in Mykolayiv. “The negotiations are under way, Russians are well aware that most ships of their fleet
The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned to homeport San Diego, after completing certification exercise (CERTEX) off the coast of Southern California Aug. 28. CERTEX was the final two-week training evolution that graded 15th MEU’s capabilities to
Rear Adm. William K. Lescher relieved Rear Adm. Peter J. Fanta as commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Aug. 26. Fanta took command of ESG 5, Aug. 24, 2011. As commander of ESG 5, he commanded U.S. Task Forces 51 and 59,
Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), visited national capital region naval activities to strengthen maritime partnerships and international relationships Aug. 27-29. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert comments following a successful v
