Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) were selected to participate in a four-month evaluation of the new design for flight deck working uniform shirts, or “jerseys,” in an effort to meet the long term needs of personnel who work on and around the flight deck.
More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines from the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed an eight-and-a-half-month deployment when the ships arrived at Norfolk Naval Station and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va., Dec 18-20. While d
December has arrived, and so too has the festive spirit onboard HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s 5,000 tonne Ice Patrol Ship. After breaking ice for the first time this Austral Summer, 20 members of HMS Protector’s Ship’s Company took to the ice dressed as Santa Claus in support of the Ship’s affilia
USS San Francisco (SSN 711) deployed from Naval Base Point Loma for a scheduled six-month Western Pacific deployment Dec. 18. The Los Angeles-class, fast-attack submarine’s deployment is in support of the nation’s maritime strategy. San Francisco’s missions will focus on maritime security operations
A team from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose has arrived home from their six-month deployment to the Indian Ocean having supported the ongoing fight against piracy and people/drug trafficking. The sailors will now enjoy some well-earned shore leave, being home with their families just in time for Ch
More than 4,300 Sailors serving in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) returned to their homeports in Norfolk and Mayport, Fla., Dec. 19, following six months of operations in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and embarked squadr
HMS Monmouth led Britain’s input to a five-day exercise in the Middle East demonstrating how the region’s naval forces can safeguard merchant shipping. The Devonport-based frigate was charged with protecting two supertankers from mock terrorist attack during Exercise Lucky Mariner 13, working alongs
HMS Penzance has arrived in Rosyth – the latest of the Sandown-class flotilla of minehunters to receive a multi-million-pound overhaul. The ship follows her recently-revamped sister Grimsby into the ship shed on the Forth, where she’ll spend five months receiving upgrades, improvements and a general
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland arrived at its base-port of Plymouth following a £27 million-pound refit. The refit, in Rosyth, Scotland, took 50 weeks and was carried out by Babcock at the Fife dockyard. With more than 260,000 man-hours invested in the almost year-long project, the 133-metre HM
Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond returns home to Portsmouth on Friday (December 21) from a successful maiden deployment to the Middle East. The new Type 45 destroyer sailed more than 31,000 miles on security and counter-piracy patrols in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman and the Gulf. HMS Diamond left Po
Baltic Fleet (BF) landing ship Kaliningrad started preparations for a long-rage deployment to East Mediterranean few days ago, a source in… [mappress] Russian Navy, December 19, 2012
The Danish MV Torm Kristina was sailing to Muscat (Oman) in order to perform a quick logistical port visit, when she was approached by 2 suspected pirate skiffs. The crew quickly assembled in the citadel and sent a mayday message out. Meanwhile the mayday message was passed to the Commander of the N
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(AW/NAC) Mike D. Stevens visited Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) Dec. 14. This marked Stevens’ first visit to NASNI since assuming the role of MCPON earlier this year. “It is always good to be back at North Island,” Stevens said. “In 2000 I got he
HMS Diamond called on Greece and Gibraltar in the final days of her maiden deployment. The Portsmouth-based destroyer will be the final RN vessel to return home in 2012, sailing into the Solent on Friday after a six-month stint in the Gulf. The harbour of Athens was the penultimate port of call for
