A group of Sailors and Marines from USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) joined local volunteers to help deliver bags of food to residents of the Kwai-Chung Elderly Center in Hong Kong during a community service project May 26. A group of 35 Sailors and Mari
Dutch Defence Minister Hans Hillen had a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Dr. Ismet Yilmaz in Istanbul last week. The Defence ministers signed a statement aimed at enhancing the military cooperation between the two NATO allies. Mr Hillen subsequently paid a visit to the frigate HNLMS Evertsen, w
The Surgeon General of the Navy, Chief of Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery visited Navy, Air Force and Army commands on Guam during a two-day visit May 21-22. Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan toured the U.S. naval hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19), U.S. Naval Hospital Guam, U.S. Naval Base Guam (NB
Royal Netherlands Navy divers cleared a Second World War mine off the coast of Estonia. The German-made mine weighed in at 1,000 kilograms. This so-called GN influence mine is one of the most infamous explosives of the Second World War. Not only was the monster equipped with acoustic and magnetic fu
Solemn launching ceremony of corvette Stoiky was held at JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 31, 2012
Crowley Maritime Corporation’s 7,200-HP tugboat Warrior, towing the historic USS Iowa, safely arrived at a Los Angeles offshore anchorage yesterday morning following a four-day tow from San Francisco. The vessel arrived in Los Angeles after crossing the San Francisco Bay and passing under the histor
Sailors from submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40)participated in the Memorial Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park in Beaverton, Ore. as part of the event coordination and setup team, May 28. The service included a flyover by the Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing, performances by th
Seven F-16 fighter aircraft from Volkel Air Base took off on May 27 to take part in a two-week multinational exercise in Norway. During this so-called NATO Tiger Meet, pilots from 313 Squadron carry out complex missions at the higher end of the spectrum of force. These large-scale exercises, which a
On May 30 Zelenodolsk Shipyard laid down a keel for a first-rank patrol ship Ocean; it is the first ocean-going ship designed for… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 31, 2012; Image: Zelenodolsk Shipyard .
Slipping silently into the waters of the Firth of Clyde, Royal Navy mine hunter, HMS Shoreham on May 28 left her home port of HM Naval Base Clyde for a three-year deployment. The high-tech Sandown class ship is off to join the UK task-force based in the Gulf. En route she will operate in the [&helli
Sailors from U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked 7th Fleet staff, and Marines from the Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific departed from Laem Chaebang, Thailand after a five-day port visit. The port visit represented an opportunity for Sailors and Marines to serve as goo
The closing ceremony for the multi-national exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and South and Central American navies, UNITAS Pacific (PAC), was held in Callao, Peru, May 25. The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (USS 36) represented the U.S. N
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are proving they are made of “the white stuff” following the embarkation of the Australian contingent to Pacific Partnership 2012 aboard the massive white-painted US hospital ship USNS Mercy during its stopover in Guam. The 29 Australian soldiers, airmen, air
Bae Systems has recently completed a scheduled programme of engineering for HMS Diamond in time for her to take top billing and launch Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations on 1 June 2012. The engineering work was completed to a very demanding schedule, by the Type 45 Class Output Man
