Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) celebrated the Navy’s 236th birthday with Sailors stationed at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Oct. 14-15. “It’s a pleasure for me to be here with the Corpus Christi Sailors celebrating our Navy’s birthday,” said MCPON (SS/SW) Rick D. West. Nearly 300
The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, today announced that more than 150 personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), New Zealand Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force will begin Operation RENDER SAFE, an explosives ordnance disposal activity aimed at unexpl
Iran’s ‘Jamaran’ warship docked Port of Salalah in Oman for the first time, a senior navy commander announced on Monday. (irna) [mappress] Source: irna, October 18, 2011
Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov and Sevastopol mayor Vladimir Yatsuba on Oct 14 discussed living conditions of Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF), said defense minister’s press secretary Lt Col Irina Kovalchuk. According to her, Serdiukov held working meeting with the chairman of Sevastopol ci
Britain’s fastest destroyer HMS York got a patriotic send-off in Portsmouth yesterday as it sped to the Mediterranean to help… By Chris Hughes (mirror) [mappress] Source: mirror, October 18, 2011
Guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) pulled into HMNB Clyde Oct. 14, officially ending two weeks of multinational, multi-warfare training exercises known as Joint Warrior 11-2. During Joint Warrior, the crew of Burke worked alongside servicemembers from more than a dozen countries com
Pacific Fleet (PF) large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev escorts a convoy consisting of five foreign vessels through the piracy-hazardous Gulf of Aden. “On October 16 at 9.30 pm (Moscow time) PF large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev started to escort a 5-vessel convoy through the Gulf of Aden“, said officia
Sailors and Royal Marines from HMS St Albans helped to save the lives of three Bangladeshis who were thrown into the ocean by pirates. The frigate offered medical assistance to the men, who were plucked from the water by a passing dhow after spending three days clinging to flotsam. This is the momen
Ships from forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) worked with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to complete its certification exercise (CERTEX) Oct. 16. CERTEX is an evaluated event that determines if the 31st MEU is capable of doing certain missions such as humanitarian
Sevmash shipyard (Severodvinsk) has completed preparation of the first serial Project 955 Borei nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Alexander Nevsky for sea trials, reports Interfax referring to Navy Main HQ. In the next few days the sub will take the White Sea for the first time. The
Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems & Sensors, Mitchel Field, N.Y., is being awarded a $39,977,957 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013 U.S. and U.K. TRIDENT II (D5) Navigation Subsystem Engineering Support Services requirements. Spe
On Oct 14, 2011 Russian naval ensign was hoisted on corvette Soobrazitelny moored at the quay of JSC Severnaya Verf shipyard. Project 20380 first serial corvette has been commissioned into Russian Navy. The solemn flag-hoisting ceremony was held right after signing of the corvette acceptance certifi
The George Washington Carrier Strike Group departed early from a port visit in Singapore Oct. 15 to be better postured to provide humanitarian aid if needed in the wake of the worst flooding in many years in Thailand. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), the Arleigh Burke-cl
Five Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Minnesota (SSN 783) Sailors are visiting their namesake state to bring awareness about the Navy, and its newest Virginia-class submarine, Oct. 12 – 15. During their four-day visit to the land of 10,000 lakes, the Sailors will participate in myriad events around the
