Forty high-ranking civilian and military officials from the South American nation of Uruguay visited the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Aug. 13 to participate in a key leadership engagement. Distinguished visitors included U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, Julissa Reynoso; Deputy Chi
Royal UK Navy warship HMS Northumberland has carried out a number of boardings of suspect vessels in the Middle East as part of her maritime security patrols in the region. Working under the command of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) on counter-narcotic operations with Combined Task Force 150, team
On 11 of August 2014 the Combat Support Ship FGS Berlin received a visit from the Force Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia Rear Admiral Guido Rando. It was the first visit aboard an Operation Atalanta unit other than the flagship since he assumed command on 6 August in Djibouti. T
Australian Navy’s HMAS Perth frigate has recently passed through King George’s Sound into the city of Albany, Western Australia. HMAS Perth spent five days in the Western Australian Exercise Area conducting Naval Gunfire on the Lancelin Naval range, navigation training, damage control exercises, a
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel HMNZS Otago has been conducting trials this week, according to social media. On Tuesday the ship successfully conducted acceptance trials for her 25mm gun. On Wednesday, as part of EX PEKAPEKA, Otago conducted deck and wet helicopter winching wit
The US Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and the Macomb County, Michigan, Sheriff’s Marine Division combined efforts to rescue a 31-year-old man aboard a 16-foot boat in Lake St. Clair Wednesday morning after he had been reported overdue Tuesday evening. Just after 6 a.m., watchstanders at Coast G
The Spanish Navy’s patrol vessel ‘Vigía‘ P-73 took part in a search and rescue operation involving numerous immigrants. A large number of vessels with immigrants was detected in the Strait of Gibraltar earlier on Tuesday. A total number of 94 boats carrying 920 immigrants was captured, and the imm
Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class Lewis Aaron, from Camden, Ohio, signals the take off of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embark
Babcock announces that INAER Spain (INAER), part of Avincis, has been awarded a further four-year £5 million contract to provide helicopter transport for search and rescue operations and other civil defence missions by the local government of Cantabria, Spain. INAER will operate a 24 hour service
More than 800 Scottish jobs have been protected thanks to a £348 million contract to build 3 new vessels for the Royal Navy. The offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), which will be used by the Royal Navy to undertake various tasks in support of UK interests both at home and abroad, will be built at BAE Sy
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $46,1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price-incentive firm modification to a previously awarded advance acquisition contract for production non-recurring technical assistance in support of F-35 Lightning
The future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 9 after a four-day port visit. This was the crew’s third stop on the ship’s maiden transit, “America Visits the Americas” as the ship continues to make its way from Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pasca
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 3rd Class Kyle Daggett, from Milford, Penn., assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, the Wildcards, observes aboard an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter as it transports cargo to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during a replenishment-at-sea.
An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter lifts off from the guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) for a torpedo training exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2014. In its 20th year, CARAT is a bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps
