Commander, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Rear Adm. Michael T. Franken, visited USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) July 19 during Roberts’ engagement with Africa Partnership Station (APS) East Kenya “Hub”. During his visit Rear Adm. Michael T. Franken presented certificates of achievement to two embar
Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has been sent at full pelt to support NATO on Operation Unified Protector, protecting the people of Libya. Temporarily split off from the Cougar deployment and the Response Force Task Group (RFTG), HMS Sutherland has dashed her way through the Mediterranean to support
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and several other ships arrived in Los Angeles, Jul. 25, bringing several thousand Sailors to visit the city and surrounding areas as part of L.A. Navy Week 2011. Navy Week is an opportunity for the officers and crew of the visiting ships to help the Navy showcase the qu
Mikros Systems Corporation (OTCBB: MKRS) announced today a new order from the U.S. Navy to build 36 additional Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Testset (ADEPT) units. Under the terms of the order, Mikros will deliver the 36 ADEPT units to U.S. Aegis Cruisers and Destroyers over the next 6-8 m
On the 19th of July, EU NAVFOR French Frigate Courbet completed another safe and successful escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) vessel from Kenya to Somalia, enabling much needed food-aid to reach the country where a famine has been declared. Since December 2008, the European Union’s first navy o
Two multi-specialty ‘Medical and Healthy Life Style Awareness Camps’ were successfully conducted on 21 and 22 Jul 11 for the population of Kamorta Is. The medical camps were organized by INHS Dhanvantari under the aegis of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC). On 21 Jul the medical team conducted the
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $760,783,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0044) for the manufacture and delivery of five low rate initial production (LRIP), lot three, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) aircraft, including as
U.S. Naval Recruit Officer Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen boarded the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) July 20 for Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen, or CORTRAMID. CORTRAMID is a four-week familiarization of four naval warfare communities for third c
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) passed a first-of-its-kind afloat Department of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) command cyber readiness inspection (CCRI), July 14, while the ship was conducting training at sea. A CCRI is an in-depth inspection and analysis of a ship or shore command’s network
Eleven years after 118 submariners met a grisly death at the bottom of the ocean in the Kursk, a British team has developed the most advance… by Andrew Preston (dailymail) [mappress] Source: dailymail, July 25, 2011;
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) wrapped up his eight-day European trip July 19, by having a luncheon with senior enlisted leaders and an all hands call with Sailors in Stuttgart, Germany. MCPON(SS/SW) Rick D. West visited various remote commands and spoke to Sailors in London, Brussel
USS Constitution changed commanding officers in a ceremony on board the ship in Charlestown, Mass., July 22. Cmdr. Matt Bonner relieved Constitution’s 71st commanding officer, Cmdr. Tim Cooper in a turnover that drew more than 300 guests. “It is a distinct honor and very humbling to take command of
The guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) return to its San Diego homeport July 22, after a six-month maiden deployment to the Western Pacific and U.S. Central Command area of Responsibility (AOR). Throughout the deployment, Stockdale operated within three carrier strike groups to include
Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) New York City announced Sailors of the Quarter winners for the second quarter 2011, for Selective Reservists (SELRES) and Full Time Support (FTS) staff, July 19. Engineman 1st Class Grant Thornhill, attached to Naval Reserve Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Seaframe
