The US will dispatch another carrier strike group led by USS Enterprise to the Persian Gulf in March 2012, reported US Navy on Jan 25. The carrier group based in Norfolk, VA will also include a guided missile cruiser and three guided missile destroyers, reports Interfax. USS Abraham Lincoln had alre
Veterinarians attached to High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift visited a snake and spider anti-venom clinic in Chorrillos, Peru as part of HSV-Southern Partnership Station 2012 (HSV-SPS 12), Jan. 25. The seven-person HSV-SPS 12 medical and veterinary team visited the National Center of Biology anti-venom
Sailors and embarked Marines aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) visited Lisbon, Portugal from Jan. 20 to Jan. 25, as the last port visit prior to their return home from a deployment which started Mar. 23, 2011. The crew explored the country’s capitol city of Lisbon, a
The Operations department aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69) took on some additional crew members while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 19. Sailors from other platforms including aircraft carriers and shore commands, are underway with Vicksburg during its comp
Two hundred fifty Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) will return to Naval Station Norfolk today Jan. 27 from an eight-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. Ramage departed May 20, and is one of six Atlantic-based ships equipped with the Ballistic Missile Defense sys
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) participated in a practice strait transit, Jan. 23. In the scenario, the Nitze, along with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Porter (DDG 78) and USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), transited the fictional
Sailors assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 held a memorial foreign object damage (FOD) walk-down Jan. 25, for a fellow shipmate who was killed two days prior. Lt. Cmdr. Regina Mills, formerly Rogers, was assigned to USS Nimitz (C
Submarine tender USS Frank Cable(AS 40) arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a port visit, Jan. 23. Frank Cable is currently in the Pacific Ocean headed to Portland, Ore., for a regular overhaul and dry-docking (ROH). “I’m kind of excited,” said Yeoman 2nd Class Christopher Brown, a Sailor assigned
Deployed Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) spent five days in Naples, Italy, during a scheduled port visit Jan. 17-22. Thanks to the ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation committee, the crew of more than 700 Sailors and embarked Marines had the rare
USS Halsey (DDG 97) responded to a call of distress from M/V Albrouj, a Yemeni dhow that was en route to Somalia from Yemen, while the U.S. ship was conducting helicopter operations in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 19. The guided-missile destroyer Halsey, which was two hours away from the position of the d
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta arrived aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) to visit the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier while the ship was underway in the Atlantic Ocean. The visit marks Panetta’s first time aboard an aircraft carrier as Secretary of Defense. During his time onbo
The chief of naval personnel (CNP) got a detailed look at the broad spectrum of courses taught through the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT), when he visited Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 18. From the intricacies of troubleshooting sophisticated electronics and engines o
HMS Argyll joined an American carrier battle group passing through the Strait of Hormuz to assert the right of freedom of the seas. She sailed with a French warship and four US vessels, led by the 100,000-ton carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as a demonstration of Britain’s ‘enduring contribution to Gulf
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) participated in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training exercise, Jan. 18. The scenario tested the ability of the VBSS team to conduct a boarding after pirates attacked a vessel. “They hit us hard,” said Op
