More than 1500 sailors and marines lined the deck of the Portsmouth-based helicopter carrier as she entered the port of Valetta. As well as an onboard reception for the Earl and Countess of Wessex, the ship will be holding an affiliation event for representatives from Maltese cities – Senglea, Vitto
Capt. Ted Williams was relieved as commanding officer of the amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) by Capt. Craig A. Clapperton, Nov. 19. Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, directed the accelerated change of command due to an investigation into allegations of miscon
Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin paid a visit to ANADOLU Shipyard on November 17th 2012. Ukrainian Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Yurii Ivanovych Ilyin has been in an official visit to Turkey as the special guest of Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Murat Bilgel. Ukrain
The crew of the latest of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships, HMS Dragon, have been rehearsing how to help in a civilian emergency. The latest of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers is in the South West of England training to become fully operational and ready to be deployed. The ship, which ha
A major two-week exercise involving British and Albanian naval forces in the western Balkans ended with Albania’s President, His Excellency Mr Bujar Nishani, visiting HMS Illustrious. Albanian Lion, played out around the southern port city of Vlorë, featured amphibious assaults by sea and air, fast
Cmdr. Ray Hartman was relieved as commanding officer of the amphibious dock-landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) by Cmdr. Eric Kellum, Nov. 19. Vice Adm. Frank C. Pandolfe, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, directed the accelerated change of command, which was originally scheduled for Dec. 12, due to an
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The forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington’s embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, conducted their fly off to return to Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan, Nov. 17. “The 2012 patrol for the air wing went extremely well,” said Command Master Chief Jason Eckard, CVW 5’s command ma
Sailors aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) experienced the local culture and cuisine of Rota, Spain, during a regularly scheduled port visit Nov. 11-13. Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) offered tou
Vigor Marine L.L.C., Shipbuilding, Portland, Ore., is being awarded a $34,848,589 firm-fixed-price contract for the detail design, construction, installation and systems verification for the mobile landing platform core capabilities set enabling the transfer vehicles and equipment at-sea from a lega
DUNCAN, the sixth and final Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, set sail on November 16 from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard on the Clyde to embark on her second stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. During the next 19 days at sea, DUNCAN will undertake an extensive programme of tria
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) hosted a health promotion fair for Lincoln Sailors aboard the ship’s floating accommodation facility (FAF), Nov. 16. Lincoln’s Medical department held the fair to educate and promote women’s and men’s health, tobacco cessation, back heal
HMS Blyth led international minehunters through a major exercise in waters off the historic Turkish city of Izmir. The Faslane-based ship is coming to the end of her six-month deployment to the Mediterranean, where she’s been in charge of a NATO minehunting task group. HMS Blyth headed to the bay of
More than 200 active duty Sailors and families members attended a Heroes’ Welcome Event to honor past, present, and future Individual Augmentees (IA) from commands in the Pacific Northwest at the Jackson Park Community Center, Nov. 15. The Naval Base Kitsap Fleet and Family Support Center sponsored
