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USA: SAPR-L Training Sessions Continue through August
A Master Mobile Training Team (MMTT) from the Navy’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Task Force is continuing to offer SAPR-Leadership (SAPR-L) training via Defense Connect Online (DCO) through the end of August. The DCO training is an option for commands that were unable to attend fac
PP 12 Arrives in Guam
Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12), embarked aboard Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), arrived in Apra Harbor on Aug. 20, as it nears the completion of its nearly five-month deployment on the largest annual humanitarian civic assistance HCA mission in the Asia Pacific. The s
Sri Lanka Navy Arrests 83 Australia Bound Persons
Sri Lanka Navy arrested 83 persons bound for Australia in 02 multi-day trawlers on 20th August 2012. The trawlers, one named “Kavindi” with 39 persons comprising 31 Tamils and 8 Sinhalese and the other named “Prasansani” with 44 persons comprising 35 Tamils, 6 Sinhalese and 3 Muslims on board were i
USS Constitution Sails for First Time Since 1997
USS Constitution departed her berth from Charlestown, Mass. Aug. 19, to set sail for the first time since 1997, during an underway demonstration commemorating Guerriere Day. The underway honored the 200th anniversary of Constitution’s decisive victory over the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812, m
United States Military Sealift Command Exercises Charter Option on Austal WestPac Express
The United States Military Sealift Command (MSC) has exercised the first of three six months options for the ongoing charter of the Austal high speed vessel “WestPac Express”. The option forms part of a 24 month contract that Austal was awarded in December 2011. Austal Chief Executive Officer, Andre
BAE Systems Inks USS John Paul Jones Repair Contract
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., was recently awarded a $36,825,375 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract to definitize the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) fiscal 2012 Extended Selected Restricted Availability. The contract includes the planning an
USA: New MA Apprenticeships on the Horizon
The Center for Security Forces (CENSECFOR) announced Aug. 17 that two new apprenticeship trade opportunities are in the works for Navy Security Force (NSF) personnel. The apprenticeship will be open to all E-4 and above in select rates or those with select Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) codes. I
USA: NBSD Hosts ‘Hiring Our Heroes’
More than 500 people seeking jobs and nearly 60 employers came to Naval Base San Diego’s (NBSD) Anchors Catering and Conference Center to participate in the “Hiring Our Heroes” employment fair, Aug. 16. Hiring our Heroes began in March 2011 as a nationwide initiative by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Sri Lanka: Navy Intercepts Fishing Trawler Illegally Headed for Australia
Sri Lanka Navy intercepted a multi-day fishing trawler bearing the registered no: IMUL-A-0077-CHW 3 nautical miles off Vettilaikerni on 14th August 2012 with 4 Tamil persons who were attempting to head for Australia illegally. The midnight interception was made by a Coastguard craft on patrol from t
Pacific Partnership 2012 Surgeons Provide Unique Service Aboard USNS Mercy
Surgeons aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) provided a unique and relevant service to Pacific Partnership 2012 (PP12) participants in the form of minor surgeries, Aug. 14. During the transit from the mission’s final port in Cambodia to Guam, service members were able
Hull of First of RAN’s New Amphibious Ships Departs Spain
Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the departure of the hull of the first of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) new amphibious ships from Ferrol in northern Spain. Mr Clare said the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) 01 hull will be transported to Melbourne, Australia, by the Heav
USS Carr Assists United States-Flagged Sailing Vessel
Guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) assisted a United States-flagged sailing vessel in the Western Caribbean Sea Aug. 14. Carr discovered the U.S. flagged sailing vessel “Bob” which failed to answer calls on the bridge-to-bridge radio. Sailors from Carr manned the rigid hull inflatable boat to
USA: PANAMAX Exercise Concludes
The commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command, U.S. 4th Fleet (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) officially concluded the annual 2012 PANAMAX exercise Aug. 16 at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris along with Brazilian Rear Adm. Wilson Pereira de Lima Filho concluded the exercise in which more
Sri Lanka Navy Arrests 57 Australia Bound Persons
Sri Lanka Navy arrested 57 persons illegally bound for Australia in a multi-day trawler on 16th August 2012. The trawler named “Pushpa Rejini” was intercepted 40 nautical miles off Pigeon Island in Trincomalee. Thirty-nine (39) men, eight (8) women and 10 children (6 boys and 4 girls) were among the