Iranian Navy was conducting a naval exercise in the country’s southeastern waters when it warned a U.S. Navy vessel and a fighter jet to move away from the area in which the exercise was being conducted, media reports say. Iranian news site Press TV reported that the U.S. Navy confirmed that it left
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMCS) Moncton and Summerside departed Halifax, Canada, January 27 to participate in Operation Caribbe 2016. Their participation in the operation will mark the start of Canada’s 10th year of contributions to Op Martillo- the multinational campaign against transnational c
U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) is to depart her Hawaii homeport January 27 on a regularly scheduled Strike Group deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean with the John C. Stennis Strike Group. While deployed, Chung-Hoon and its crew of more than 300 Sailors will conduct
The U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force started their annually held Guam Exercise (GUAMEX) January 20. The exercise is taking place off the U.S. island territory Guam. Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 guided-missile destroyers, USS Mustin (DDG 89) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85), will prac
Brazilian corvette BNS Barroso sailed into Limassol, Cyprus with Rear Admiral Flavio Macedo Brasil, the Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), on board. The Rear Admiral stopped in the Cypriot port to visit German soldiers deployed to UNIFIL. Commanded by the 53-year-old
The United States Coast Guard has confirmed that search efforts for 12 Marine aviators who crashed off the North Shore of Oahu were still ongoing on Monday, January 18. Air, surface and shoreline assets are actively searching for the survivors and cataloging debris. Of the four life rafts confirmed
The US Coast Guard is responding to a report of downed military aircraft off Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu, Friday, 15th of January. Responders are searching for survivors in a debris field located about two and half miles north of Haleiwa. At 11:38 p.m. Thursday, watch standers at Coast Guard
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Mike Stevens visited facilities at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md. and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine Jan. 13. Following an all-hands call at Naval Air Systems Command
Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) left Yokosuka, Japan after nearly 10 years in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces, Jan. 6. She will conduct her last patrol in the western pacific before heading to her new homeport of Mayport, Florida. “Lassen’s performance in the 7th F
The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), hosted nine officials from the United Kingdom (U.K.), on January 8. Rear Adm. John Alexander, commander, Battle Force 7th Fleet, and Capt. Brett Crozier, Ronald Reagan’s executive officer, welcomed aboard the Right H
The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) left Yokosuka, Japan on January 6 after nearly 10 years in the Forward Deployed Naval Forces. The ship will conduct her last patrol in the western pacific before heading to her new homeport of Mayport, Florida. Lassen i
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command on December 21 awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics two contracts worth $1.255 billion. The first is a $1,171,206,489 advance acquisition contract for the advance procurement of long lead time materials, parts, components and effort to maintain the planned pr
The Royal Navy’s auxiliary ship RFA Lyme Bay has returned home after patrolling the Atlantic, visiting 16 nations, helping with two disaster relief operations, and making a $53million cocaine bust. RFA Lyme Bay sailed into Falmouth, England at the weekend having completed a six-month patrol of the N
The U.S. Navy’s new stealth destroyer, USS Zumwalt, interrupted its sea trials to assist the U.S Coast Guard and their MH-60 helicopter in evacuating a man 40 nautical miles southeast of Portland, USA, on December 12. At approximately 3 a.m Saturday, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstan
