A chief petty officer in HMCS Athabaskan has been awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for his “initiative and unrelenting efforts” in executing crucial repairs to the ship’s tow-line while at sea. Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel William Rowe received the honour from the Right Honourable David
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to their homeport in Boston on April 10, after completing a 53-day deployment which included two weeks of training at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va., and five weeks of fisheries patrols off the coasts of New Jersey, Virginia, and North
The Government of Canada has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Babcock Canada Inc. for critical refit work for Canadian Coast Guard ship CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent. The shipyard portion of the work will be carried out by Chantier Davie Canada Inc., a sub-contractor to Babcock Canada. The CCGS Louis
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a report of a vessel that caught fire and became disabled with two men and a dog aboard south of the McCormick Bridge in the Intracoastal Waterway in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Thursday. A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., joined the vessel on th
Cardiff based P2000 HMS Exploit has recently completed a transit of the Caledonian Canal from Fort William to Loch Ness as part of Operation Celtic Conquerer – Birmingham URNU’s annual Easter deployment. “Travelling up the spectacular scenic Caledonian Canal through Loch Lochy and Loch Oich with s
The U.S. senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited U.S. Coast Guard and Military Entrance Processing units on April 16th, 2014. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia engaged with dozens of Coast Guardsmen at the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron here
Royal Navy patrol vessel, HMS Dasher, will visit her twinned town of Padstow this weekend, as part of her Easter deployment. Arriving in the harbour at 2000 on Easter Sunday (April 20), HMS Dasher will remain in town until 09:00 on Tuesday (April 22). During this short visit, Dasher will be hostin
Sailors and civil service mariners aboard joint, high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) delivered 46 pallets of humanitarian items donated by private companies to nongovernmental organizations as part of Project Handclasp in Lagos, Nigeria, April 15. Project Handclasp is a U.S. Navy program tha
Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) participated in a community service (COMSERV) project at Holy Family Home April 14. The COMSERV was designed to allow Sailors to interact with members of the local community while providing assistance to the res
A Royal Navy reservist from Jesmond will sail into the Tyne on Tuesday (April 22) aboard his own warship. For Able Rate Edward Warrington, this five-day visit to Northumbrian Quay is a proud moment, as he returns to his home city a month into six-month deployment on HMS Tyne. The 79.5-metre offsho
Guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) and guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) returned to Naval Base San Diego April 17 following completion of separate deployments to the Western Pacific Ocean. Last November, Cowpens and embarked Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) completed its visit to Manila April 11-14 while on their Western Pacific deployment. During their port visit Howard crew members interacted with the Manila community through visits to the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Hospic
This past weekend, NATO’s counter-piracy flagship, ESPS CRISTOBAL COLON, engaged with the Royal Omani Navy and the European Union Naval Force’s (EUNAVFOR) counter-piracy task force commander (CTF-465) following a port visit to Salalah, Oman. COLON departed Salalah on Saturday 12 April 2014 and con
Royal Canadian navy ships HMCS Glace Bay and HMCS Kingston returned to the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia yesterday. The ships, which are both Kingston-class vessels, successfully completed their six-week deployment on Operation CARIBBE. During the operation they conducted joint operations and suppo
