More than 1,000 Sailors from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) participated in a ceremonial event to honor the 17 fallen SEALs who were shot down in Wardak Province, Afghanistan Aug. 25 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. TR Sailors lined up in waves to volunteer for the opportunities to particip
Two Sattahip-based naval vessels on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia rescued a Thai cargo ship from being hijacked in the Gulf of Aden… By Patcharapol Panrak (pattayamail) [mappress] Source: pattayamail, September 2, 2011;
On Wednesday 31 August, the second of four Holland Class Oceangoing Patrol Vessels, “Zeeland” built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for the Royal Netherlands Navy, left Vlissingen, The Netherlands, for her sea acceptance trials (SAT). During the SAT, primarily the platform as well as parts of th
A group of Sailors from the fast attack submarine USS Virginia (SSN 774) helped stitch the National 9/11 Memorial Flag while it visited Portsmouth prior to its arrival in New York, Sept. 11. Virginia crewmembers also assisted Portsmouth firefighters fold the large flag for the next stop in its journ
The Navy’s top officer gave a thumbs up to its shipbuilding program Wednesday afternoon. The comments came during the Chief of Naval Operati… (fox11online) [mappress] Source: fox11online, September 2, 2011;
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) departed Mozambique after a four-day goodwill port visit in support of theater security cooperation efforts in the region, Aug. 29. During the visit, Roberts´ crew actively participated in cultural awareness and relationship-building activities with Mozambican sailors
Summer activation of Black Sea joint task group BLACKSEAFOR headed by Russian Navy’s representative Capt 1 rank Yury Zemsky finished on Aug 29 in Bulgarian port Varna. During the exercise warships of Black Sea states carried out a number of humanitarian drills. Besides, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian,
Looking more like one of Her Majesty’s Ships by the day – and less like an oil rig support vessel – is new Antarctic survey vessel HMS Protector, which has spent the summer being readied for her inaugural deployment. The Portsmouth-based ship now boasts miniguns (Gatling guns) and General Purpose Ma
Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma visited Myanmar from 24 to 26 Aug 11. The visit was aimed at enhancing the existing Navy-to-Navy cooperation as also to impress upon top-level Myanmar government including defence authorities the need for closer interaction between the two navies to add
The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Spruance (DDG 111), sailed away from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine Sept. 1 on its maiden voyage to her commissioning site in Key West, Fla. before heading to her eventual homeport of San Diego, Calif. This mileston
The Saudi government is eyeing a major overhaul of its seaborne military, and multiple reports suggest the deep-pocketed Arabian monarchy is… Read more [mappress] Source: bangordailynews, September 2, 2011;
A platoon of troops from the Norwegian army toured the guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) Aug. 30. Carr was pierside in Tromso for a three-day port visit to the northern Norwegian town. During their visit, Carr Sailors invited the Norwegian army aboard the Norfolk-based frigate to strengthen t
Throughout this period, PF antisubmariners have participated in numerous important events. Only in the Indian Ocean ships of the brigade were on mission over 30 times. For instance, during Iran-Iraqi war of 1987-1990 in the Persian Gulf PF antisubmarine ships safely escorted 150 merchant ships throu
A navy logistic support ship that is the largest military vessel ever built in Mexico was launched at the Pacific port of Salina Cruz. The… (laht) [mappress] Source: laht, September 2, 2011;
