ANOTHER asylum-seeker boat has been intercepted off Australia’s north-west as the government’s proposed Malaysian refugee swap deal remains… By Lanai Vasek and Paige Taylor (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, June 24, 2011;
United States officials are proposing a drastic reduction in the number of U.S. Navy ships allowed to dock in Costa Rican ports… By Will Ferguson (ticotimes) [mappress] Source: ticotimes, June 24, 2011;
The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona entered into a partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, June 21, to provide performance assessment capability to the Coast Guard’s advanced National Security Cutter (NSC)class through combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT). “This agreement estab
Ships of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) got underway June 23 for a patrol of the Western Pacific region and to participate in the bilateral exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11). Essex ARG includes amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and amphibious dock landing ship USS
Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific region, June 22. “This was a great and extremely successful deployment for Pasadena,” said Cmdr. Andrew St. John, USS Pasad
Britain’s newest operational warship – HMS Dauntless – has arrived in the world’s largest naval base ready to show international navies what she can do. Fresh from working with the Americans’ newest carrier, the USS George H W Bush in the Western Approaches, the Portsmouth-based Type 45 has made her
Ships from Russia, France and the United Kingdom arrived at Naval Station Norfolk to participate in FRUKUS 2011 with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Virginia, June 20. FRUKUS stands for the participating countries – France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – and is a two-week interope
A retired master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON) visited 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) to celebrate the 113th birthday of the hospital corpsman rating June 17. Retired MCPON (SW/FMF) Joe R. Campa Jr., visited on the invitation of Blue Ridge Command Master Chief (SW/SS) David
Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko paid a formal visit to US naval base Norfolk on June 20. It took the Russian warship 20 days to get from the permanent basing site to the US east coast. The visit’s program includes meetings of the cruise command with senior naval officer and may
American Aegis-carrying USS Monterey called at Georgian port Batumi in the morning of June 20, reports Trend news agency referring to sources in Georgian frontier police. Chairman of the Government of Adjara (Georgia) Levan Varshalomidze attended the welcome ceremony, reports Trend. Monterrey‘s comm
Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 Sailors conducted category IV live-fire training on the Salt River aboard Fort Knox, Ky., June 6-11. Category IV live-fire consists of taking riverine boat crews through one to four-boat formations, reacting to land and waterborne events, contacts and various possible an
Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko and Black Sea Fleet (BSF) rescue tug Shakhter will take part in the FRUKUS 2011 quadruple naval exercise in June 23-30, 2011. Reportedly, FRUKUS is one of the key events of Russia’s naval cooperation. Except for Russia, warships of British, US, a
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) completed sea trials June 15, marking another milestone in the warship’s long and storied career. During the sea trials, the aircraft carrier engaged in high-speed turns and various other tests. Along with testing the ship and its equipment, Sailors participat
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) departed Naples, Italy, June 14 after a three-day port visit. The ship is deployed in support of maritime support operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. This is the ship’s maiden deployment. Throughout the visit
