Guided-missile frigates USS Boone (FFG 28) and USS Thach (FFG 43) participated in a series of exercises with the Chilean navy submarine CNS Carrera (SS 22), and Chilean navy ships CNS Condell (FF 06) and CNS Blanco (FF 15), June 22. During the three-day passing exercise (PASSEX), ships from both nav
Los Angeles-class submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for a scheduled six-month deployment to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC) region, June 21. “The ship is in excellent material condition and the crew is excited and ready to go,” said Columbia’s Commanding Officer,
The Afloat Training Group (ATG), Commander Task Force (CTF) 70, and Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) began drills aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73) for the ship’s annual Command Assessment Readiness and Training (CART) II, June 21. The ATG group, flown in from San Diego and Norfolk, evaluates
HMS York will pay a short visit to Bermuda on her way back to the UK having completed her current deployment… (royalgazette) [mappress] Source: royalgazette, June 23, 2011;
Family members and friends welcomed Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 Det. 6 Sailors home from a six-month deployment during a homecoming ceremony aboard the Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, June 17. “They deployed just before Christmas so unfortunately they missed the holidays,” said Cmdr. Kyle
Military Sealift Command oceanographic survey ship USNS Bowditch marked the conclusion of a month-long, bilateral survey mission conducted by the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, or JPAC, and the Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons today by hosting Vietnamese military and government
Ships from Russia, France and the United Kingdom arrived at Naval Station Norfolk to participate in FRUKUS 2011 with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Virginia, June 20. FRUKUS stands for the participating countries – France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States – and is a two-week interope
Northern Fleet (NF) large ASW ship Admiral Chabanenko paid a formal visit to US naval base Norfolk on June 20. It took the Russian warship 20 days to get from the permanent basing site to the US east coast. The visit’s program includes meetings of the cruise command with senior naval officer and may
Families and friends greeted guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James (FFG 57) with as the ship returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, after an independent deployment to the western Pacific, June 20. Commanded by Cmdr. David E. Miller, the crew of approximately 25 officers and 200 enlist
American Aegis-carrying USS Monterey called at Georgian port Batumi in the morning of June 20, reports Trend news agency referring to sources in Georgian frontier police. Chairman of the Government of Adjara (Georgia) Levan Varshalomidze attended the welcome ceremony, reports Trend. Monterrey‘s comm
Four Sailors aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) completed repairs to the mechanical seal on a main feed pump June 16, keeping the ship on station in the Mediterranean Sea conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The mechanical seal
A change of command ceremony was held aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) while in port Gaeta, Italy, June 14. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Kevin Byrne relieved Cmdr. Adolfo Ibarra as Barry’s commanding officer (CO). “This has been an amazing experience,” said Ibarra
A Fleet Air Arm Lynx has flown across the Atlantic to support the war on drugs in the Caribbean. Admittedly, it was in the back of a C17 transporter. Had it tried to make it on its own, the little helicopter would have run out of fuel about 120 miles off Land’s End… The […]
Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 Sailors conducted category IV live-fire training on the Salt River aboard Fort Knox, Ky., June 6-11. Category IV live-fire consists of taking riverine boat crews through one to four-boat formations, reacting to land and waterborne events, contacts and various possible an
