U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) is scheduled to depart Naval Base San Diego June 22 on an independent deployment to the Western Pacific. Before the ship begins its actual deployment, it will participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC), a unique training opportunity th
The U.S. Navy’s first expeditionary mobile base, USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB 3) departed Naval Station Norfolk to carry out airborne countermine deployment training from June 13 to 16. The training battery during the four-day underway consisted of deploying and recovering two types of mine counterme
The Royal Navy has shared a video of its flagship HMS Ocean taking part in NATO’s annual Baltops exercise. The helicopter carrier participated in the exercise which took place between June 3 and June 20 in the Baltic Sea. As flagship of the exercise, Ocean found herself home to Italians, French, Ger
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyer USS Michel Murphy (DDG 112) dashed from the Pearl Harbor-Hickam base to conduct an emergency medical evacuation of a sailor aboard sister ship USS Shoup (DDG 86). Guided-missile destroyer Shoup notified the command on June 17 that a sailor on board
The Royal Netherlands Navy frigate De Zeven Provinciën returned to her home port of Den Helder today following a five-month deployment to the Caribbean Sea. The lead ship of the De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates intercepted a total of four ships and about 1570 kilos of drugs. Three interceptions re
Danish Department of Defence celebrated the delivery of its first three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters by having one of the aircraft land aboard the Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt in Copenhagen Harbor, Denmark, June 6. The helicopters were delivered by the U.S. Navy under a $686 million foreign military
Royal Australian Navy’s landing helicopter dock HMAS Adelaide embarked U.S. Marines and Australian and U.S. Army forces from the 2016 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) to transit from Brisbane to Adelaide to join Exercise Hamel. The transit on HMAS Adelaide from 15-23 June provides an opportu
The Boston-homeported U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca is scheduled to return home Saturday after seizing 4.6 tons of cocaine during a 68-day deployment to the Pacific Ocean. Seneca intercepted five smuggling vessels carrying cocaine from South America bound for the United States, including the first
A U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter crashed in the morning of June 14 in the James River in Virginia during a routine training mission. According to the navy, the three crew members aboard were rescued and transported to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. Their injuries are believed to be non-life threateni
As the over 50 years old C-2 Greyhound prepares for retirement, U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson started carrier-onboard-delivery (COD) operational tests for the V-22 Osprey aircraft June 12. A V-22 Osprey from Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 is being
German-based ACO Marine has landed a contract to equip the Canadian interim Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) vessel with two Maripur wastewater treatment plants. Following the inking of an agreement with UK-based system integrator Basetek, ACO Marine will supply a complete wastewater management p
Naval ships, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the United States started the annual exercise Malabar 2016, June 9 in Sasebo, Japan. The harbour phase will be taking place in Sasebo until June 13 and the sea phase will have participants conducting drills in the Philippine Sea from June 14
Germany’s Kiel Week is the largest sailing event in the world held annually in the last complete week in June. This year, the event will start June 18 and finish June 26. Apart from numerous boats taking part in races, the event is graced by a number of German and international navy vessels. German
Following drills with the Malaysian Armed Forces, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps will join the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the next stage in this year’s CARAT exercises. CARAT Philippines is taking place June 6-10 in multiple locations across the Philippines and in waters near Subic Bay and
