US Navy’s Harpers Ferry-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) arrived in Victoria, British Columbia on April 12, for a scheduled port visit. “This visit helps to demonstrate the continuing commitment the US has to our long-standing and important relationship with Canada,” said
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) anchored off Manila, Republic of the Philippines, for a visit on April 11. The aircraft carrier, along with guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52), arrived in Manila following maneuvers with the Indian Navy and a port call in Singapore
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and its associated carrier strike group are getting underway from Norfolk on Wednesday to start a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East. Ships accompanying the aircraft carrier include guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), guided-miss
US Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700) officially retired in a decommissioning ceremony in the controlled industrial area (CIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) Bremerton, on April 4. The decommissioning ceremony, a time-honored naval tradition, retires a ship from service th
US Navy ships from the Wasp expeditionary strike group met up with Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock JS Shimokita (LST 4002) in the East China Sea on April 9 for bilateral maneuvers. The US Navy has shared photos of the navigational maneuvers which were held to “dem
US Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton completed her final deployment as an active US Navy ship, returning to her homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on April 6. The completion of her Western Pacific deployment marks the end of the ship’s active service in the Pacific. According
The US Military Sealift Command ship USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) arrived in Guatemala with a team of 250 navy and army service members for the second mission stop of the civil-military operation Continuing Promise 2018. The ship entered Puerto Barrios on April 5 while an opening ceremony was held at Co
US Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane has seized approximately 7.8 tons of cocaine during its three-month stint in the Eastern Pacific. The ship wrapped up its patrols and returned to homeport on April 8. The drugs were seized from nine suspected drug smuggling vessels and are valued at more than $260
US Navy and Marine Corps have cancelled the Alligator Dagger amphibious drill taking place off Djibouti after two back-to-back aircraft crashes. In addition to halting Alligator Dagger maneuvers, the US Naval Forces Central Command also cancelled all air operations in Djibouti after two separate avi
MBDA and Lockheed Martin announced they have completed a series of trials aimed at qualifying the integration of MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) with Lockheed Martin’s Extensible Launching System (ExLS) 3-Cell stand alone launcher. ExLS is Lockheed Martin’s low-cost alternative for int
US Navy ships from the Essex amphibious ready group (ARG) have completed the first series of integration exercises with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during amphibious squadron (PHIBRON)-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) off the coast of Southern California. Participating units honed their abil
A squadron of 12 French Navy Rafale M fighter jets, accompanied by three KC-135 refueling tankers, took off from the Landivisiau Naval Aviation Base in northwest France on April 4 to head to the United States for a two-month deployment. The aircraft usually fly from the French Navy aircraft carrier
Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade has begun a two-week amphibious training event in international waters off the African coast of Djibouti, the US Department of Defense said. As explained, Alligator Dagger is the largest regional amphibious combat rehearsal to in
A US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier crashed during takeoff from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport on April 3, the US Navy said in a statement. The pilot is receiving medical care after ejecting and doctors said the pilot was in stable condition while being evaluated at Camp Lemonnier’s expeditionar
