Thales UK has been awarded a £30m+ contract to supply the Sonar 2076 fully integrated search and attack submarine sonar system for the UK Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class submarine, HMS Anson. Thales will supply the sonar system to BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, the prime contractor for the Astute-
Sailors and Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) returned to the United States following a 10 1/2-month deployment when the ship pulled into Morehead City, N.C., Feb. 4. After offloading the embarked 22nd MEU Marines, W
Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 6 is currently underway with the medical team aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) in support of Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. USS Wasp, like other large deck ships, often take on an extra medical component when getting underway for various operational and training events. FST-6, based
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) received the 2012 Edward F. Ney Memorial Award for outstanding food service for the category of aircraft carriers Feb. 3. Last October, Ney officials visited various Food Services locations aboard Lincoln in order to evaluate the divisio
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) assigned to the 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Delta Company, 1st and 2nd platoons, embarked the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Feb. 2. The 11 vehicles will play a pivotal role in exercise Bold Alligator, the first large-scale amphibious operation unde
Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt visited the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Feb. 4 to talk with Sailors, Marines and coalition forces during Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. Hunt arrived via CH-46 as part of a tour of units participating in Bold Alligator, the l
Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) held a change of command ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard Feb. 3. Vice Adm. William D. French relieved Vice Adm. Michael C. Vitale. Vitale has served as the chief officer leading the Navy’s entire shore infrastructure for nearly three years and was th
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departed Bahrain, Feb. 5, following a four-day port visit. While in Bahrain, Abraham Lincoln hosted a reception and Sailors participated in Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR)-sponsored tours and volunteered for several community relations events (C
The first 13 days of January were busy ones for NATO’s counter piracy task force; they successfully stopped and disrupted three separate pirate groups from launching attacks on legitimate maritime traffic. In the first incident on Friday 6th January the USS CARNEY acting on intelligence from other c
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles began ensuring amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) is fit to fight for Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, Feb. 2. The air-cushion hovercraft, which can carry more than a 60-ton payload, are heading from a beachhead in Little Creek, Va., to the open well dec
U.S. Seventh Fleet command ship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), arrived in Tomakomai, Feb. 3 for a goodwill port visit. During the visit, Sailors from Blue Ridge, embarked 7th Fleet staff and Marines from Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team-Pacific (FAST-PAC) plan to interact with local children at the Toma
The forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) pulled into Okinawa, Japan Feb. 2 to onload nearly 500 Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and their equipment in preparation for exercise Cobra Gold. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint and coalition multi
The Arleigh-Burke Guided Missile Destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) held a job fair for the first time for junior officers (JO) to provide them information about different division officer jobs available on board, Jan. 31. Chief petty officers and senior officers identified billets where there were oppo
Pacific Fleet (PF) task unit headed by Capt 1 rank Andrei Saprykin and consisting of large ASW ship Admiral Panteleyev, tanker Boris Butoma, and salvage tug Fotiy Krylov deployed in the Pacific has finished formal call at Philippines on Feb 3. Through the 4-day visit to Philippines’ capital city Man
