HMS Dauntless’ sea boat rides the fairly choppy surf somewhere off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States as a two-week international exercise comes to a close. The Navy’s most advanced destroyer was Britain’s input to FRUKUS (pronounced froo-kus apparently, not fruck-us), an annual get-together
The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) recognized Military Sealift Command (MSC) submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) with an award for ship safety during a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., July 7. “These prestigious awards recognize Navy and Marine Corps units for unparalle
Royal Navy warship HMS Tyne will go alongside Northumbrian Quay in North Shields this Friday for the start of a four-day whistlestop visit to her affiliate region. She is visiting in support of the seventh annual Mouth of the Tyne Festival and is very much looking forward to representing the Royal N
A “maintenance issue” forced the USS Essex back into port Thursday, meaning the ship, its crew and members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary… By Matthew M. Burke (stripes) [mappress] Source: stripes, July 8, 2011;
Britain has had to deploy extra warplanes over Libya because France’s aircraft carrier becomes too unstable for jets to take off in rough se… (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 7, 2011;
General Dynamics C4 Systems announces that the U.S. Coast Guard completed the 25,000th Rescue 21 search and rescue mission in Sector San Francisco, a major milestone for the system that has helped to save hundreds of lives since it was activated in 2005. Currently comprising 26 command centers, 179
San Diego-based guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) arrived in Brunei, July 5, to take part in the Brunei International Defense Exhibition (BRIDEX), being conducted July 4-9 in Muara, Brunei. BRIDEX brings together the world’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of defense & security equipm
The Chinese PLA(Navy) warship MA’ANSHAN (FFG525) has today completed the first port-to-port escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) cargo shi… (reliefweb) [mappress] Source: reliefweb, July 7, 2011;
Portsmouth based warship HMS Westminster has been formally recognised by the American Armed Forces for her contribution to operations in Lib… (bfbs) [mappress] Source: bfbs, July 7, 2011;
Taiwan’s navy has successfully tested a new radar-absorbent coating, the country’s first “stealth” technology material, local media are repo… (paintsquare) [mappress] Source: paintsquare, July 7, 2011;
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers could be axed because of cash shortfalls, a damning report warns today… By Ian Druri (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 7, 2011;
LAET Greg Coulter ‘dances‘ on the surface of the Indian Ocean as HMS Sutherland practises winching drills in the middle of a major amphibious exercise off the shores of Saudi Arabia. The Devonport-based Type 23 frigate is the escort for the Cougar 11 task group – the Navy’s key deployment of the yea
The Navy is getting a new supervisor of shipbuilding in Bath, Maine… (therepublic) [mappress] Source: therepublic, July 7, 2011;
Enhancing their defence ties, Navies of India and Turkey will engage each other in two-day wargames off the coast of Mumbai starting Sunday… (msn) [mappress] Source: msn, July 7, 2011;