Maritime security operations by Australian and New Zealand frigates operating in the Middle East region during the past six weeks have seized almost a tonne of narcotics worth an estimated street value of $811 million. Royal Australian Navy Guided Missile Frigate, HMAS Newcastle netted 724kg of narc
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) held a change of command ceremony aboard the vessel in Salalah, Oman, June 13. Cmdr. Todd Zenner relieved Cmdr. John Krisciunas to become the ship’s seventh commanding officer since the ship’s commissioning in 2006. Krisci
The U.S. Navy is deploying joint high speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) to Central and South America and the Caribbean to conduct subject-matter expert exchanges and orientations in support of a regional exercise, June 15 to Oct. 10. The exercise, Southern Partnership Station – JHSV 2015 (SPS-JHS
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is hosting five midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy during the humanitarian-civil assistance mission Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) to Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The midshipmen are serving aboard Comfort to
Cmdr. Jason Pittman relieved Cmdr. Jeffrey Lamphear as commanding officer of Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Helena (SSN 725) during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, June 15. Guest speaker was Capt. Blake Converse, chief of staff, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic. Und
Sailors from the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG) and Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) kicked off the KSGARG/MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) in the waters east of of the United States June 13. The KSGARG comprises Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4, 26th MEU, amphibious ass
Canadian Navy’s HMCS Whitehorse responded to a request for assistance from Amora Mia, a 75-foot pleasure vessel, which had reported an engine room fire at approximately 1 p.m. on June 10, 2015. When HMCS Whitehorse arrived, the fire had been extinguished but the vessel was adrift with no propulsion.
In late May, a crew of Australian Navy’s aircrew and maintainers conducted navigation training and support to Reserve Clearance Diving Team Ten activities in the ‘Apple Isle’. The MRH 90 helicopters from 808 Squadron in Nowra, New South Wales, engaged in a self-sufficient deployment to Tasmania rece
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth has sailed for the first time after an 18-month refit in Plymouth having been upgraded with the latest cutting edge technology. The ship, known as the ‘Black Duke’ after James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth, sailed from HM Naval Base, Devonport, for sea trials. HMS M
The Royal Australian Navy’s helicopter frigate HMAS Anzac has arrived in Ferrol, as part of her NORTHERN TRIDENT 2015 deployment. Anzac departed Sydney in March and has transited the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and most recently the North Atlantic en
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant offloaded 328 kilograms of cocaine and 3,100 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated wholesale value of $13.7 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, Friday. On May 22, crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear and Coast Guard Cutter Vigi
The officers and crew of US Navy’s Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 3 held a change of command ceremony on board Naval Base San Diego, June 11. During the ceremony, Capt. Keith A. Knutsen relieved Capt. Edmund B. Hernandez as MCMRON 3 commander. The guest speaker for the event was Vice Adm. Th
The officers and crew of the guided missile destroyer USS Russell (DDG 59) held a change of command ceremony on board Naval Base San Diego, June 11. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Gill McCarthy relieved Cmdr. James Harney as commanding officer. The guest speaker for the event was Capt. Paul H. Hogue, Co
The Sailors and Marines of Commander, Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4 and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) returned to Norfolk, Virginia, May 15, following a 12-day at-sea PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) off the coast of North Carolina. During the nearly two-week underway period
