The Brazilian Navy has taken delivery of Amazonas, the first of three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) from BAE Systems at Portsmouth Naval Base, US, on Friday morning, June 29, as part of the £133 million deal it struck earlier this year. Originally the three ships were to be built for Trinidad and T
Sailors and Marines aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) are finding new ways to express themselves while on deployment thanks to the Iwo Coffeehouse, June 19. The ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department sponsors the biweekly coffeehouse which offers Sailors and
The Maintenance department of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 completed its 18th phase inspection, June 26, allowing the squadron to maintain a 100 percent sortie completion rate while deployed with the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). A phase is an hours-based inspection of va
Among the three Sailors amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) who received their Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist (ESWS) pins June 25, one in particular stood out from the crowd. Gas Turbine System Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Roxanne Rosalesurena, of Assault Craft Unit (ACU)
Sailors from guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) took part in a four-day training exercise with the royal navy destroyer HMS Daring (D32) that concluded June 7. The first event between the ships was a weapons exercise. Cape St. George delivered a firepower demonstration firing on seve
Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) are attending the first command indoctrination workshop of the ship’s maiden deployment. The command indoctrination workshop seeks to provide n newly reporting Sailors with a base-level of knowledge on the ship to allow for a suc
Amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) added another milestone to her maiden deployment with the landing of a U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter on its flight deck, June 22. The Army aviators of 3-159 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) landed during a joint training exercise
Vice Admiral Matthieu Borsboom paid a visit to South America for, among other things, a three-day meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Admiral Julio Soares Moura Neto. This ‘navy-to-navy’ visit, now completed, was characterised by the friendly relations and mutual cooperation between the 2 navies
High Speed Vessel Swift’s (HSV 2) civilian master and military detachment officer in charge discussed combating piracy and continued cooperation efforts during an office call with Tanzanian naval leadership June 26. The office call was part of Swift’s planned 12-day port visit to Tanzania for Africa
The families of Sailors assigned to Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) welcomed their loved ones as they returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, June 27, following a regularly scheduled six-month deployment. Annapolis departed for deployment Jan. 3 and conducted maritime
Guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) arrived in Victoria, Seychelles, for a port visit, June 24. The visit serves as an opportunity for the crew to relax after being at sea for more than a month. “The crew has been working hard, providing maritime security in a difficult area of the world to
Quotas from the Fiscal Year (FY) 13 Active Duty E7 Board show Navy’s force management initiatives are having some positive results, resulting in advancement opportunity increasing 5.73 points from 18.23 percent in FY12 to 23.96 percent for the FY13 board. With approximately 4,400 quotas for this boa
Amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) assisted in a search and rescue mission for a Kuwaiti jet skier stranded 15 miles off the coast of Kuwait, June 24. At approximately 8:17 a.m., New York received a call from U.S. 5th Fleet, stating that the Kuwaiti Coast Guard had requested assist
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced yesterday the completion of another successful sea trial as the amphibious transport dock Anchorage (LPD 23) returned from a three-day testing voyage in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s seventh ship in the LPD 17 class returned Friday following rigorous testi
