Aviation
Australian Cadets Tour HMAS Newcastle
During a recent Port visit to Cairns, HMAS Newcastle gave 33 cadets from Cadet Training Ship Endeavour the opportunity to tour the Guided Missile Frigate. The cadet unit based at HMAS Cairns took the rare opportunity afforded them to tour a major Fleet unit, meet some of the sailors and officers o
USCG Cutter Waesche Back in Homeport
The Alameda-based U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to its homeport of Alameda Saturday completing a 14-week deployment that included counter-smuggling patrols, participation in the largest multi-national maritime exercise in the world, and fisheries enforcement operations. The crew of the
Carl Vinson CSG Arrives in US 7th Fleet AOR
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, consisting of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) with embarked Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1, guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), along with guided-missile destroyers USS Gridley (DDG
820 NAS Joins Exercise Cougar 14 aboard HMS Ocean
Two Merlin Mark 2 helicopters and 48 personnel from 820 Naval Air Squadron have flown on board HMS Ocean to join Exercise Cougar 14. The first of the ship’s air crews to arrive, 820 NAS will now join their shipmates for the annual workout of the Royal Navy’s Response Force task group (RFTG). This
Singapore, Chinese Navies Engage in Naval Exercise
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Formidable-class frigate RSS Intrepid and the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) Jiangkai II-class frigate Yulin conducted a bilateral naval exercise recently. The exercise comprised naval helicopter cross-deck landings, manoeuvring drills and gunnery fir
HMS Bulwark Stops By at Gibraltar
The Royal UK Navy’s Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark has paid a brief port visit to Gibraltar as she loaded stores and extra personnel for the annual exercise Cougar 14. The Devonport-based Landing Platform (Helicopter) is one of two Royal Navy warships taking part along the Lead Commando Group from 3 C
486 Kg Cocaine Shipment Intercepted
Sailors and Coastguardsmen disrupted a shipment of approximately 486 kilograms of cocaine in the international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in August. Members from USS Ingraham (FFG 61) and USS McClusky (FFG 41) with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 Detachment 2 and Helicop
Top News of the Week of Aug 30 – Sep 05, 2014
Marine Helicopter Crashes in the Gulf of Aden A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) crashed at 2:00 p.m. (GMT), yesterday, at sea in the Gulf of Aden as it attempted to land aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). HMS Queen Elizabeth Unde
CVW 5 Continues Patrol aboard USS George Washington
The United States Navy’s only forward-deployed air wing Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 flew aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Sept. 3 to continue their 2014 patrol of U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations (AOR). CVW-5 is composed of nine squadrons with approximately 1,9
Algerian Navy Expands Fleet with New LPD
Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard (in La Spezia) held a delivery ceremony for the Algerian Navy’s LPD “Kalaat Beni-Abbes” vessel yesterday, September 4. The vessel was commissioned in 2011 by the Ministry of Defence of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali. The BD
Image of the Day: Sailors Assists in MH-60R Landing
Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) participate in a recovery assist landing with an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Saberhawks of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77. Antietam is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsi
Australian Navy’s NUSQN 725 Conducts Missile Firing Exercise
The Royal Australian Navy helicopter squadron New Squadron 725 (NUSQN 725) has sent another nine Hellfire Missiles off the rails of the MH-60R Seahawk Romeo Maritime Combat Helicopter during a major missile firing exercise in Jacksonville, Florida. The Australians took part in Exercise Grey Fox, t
USCG, CBP Seize 2,800 Kilograms of Cocaine
The US Coast Guard Cutter Legare offloaded approximately 2,800 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of more than $93 million Thursday morning at Base Miami Beach, Florida. The offload is a result of two successful drug interdictions in the Caribbean since Aug. 23. While on routi
INS Sumitra Enters Indian Navy Fleet
The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC commissioned INS Sumitra (fourth indigenous Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel) into the Indian Navy today at a ceremony held at Chennai. On arrival at the Chennai Port Complex, Admiral Dhowan was presented a ceremonial ‘Guard of Hono