Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, commander, Military Sealift Command, honored 89 members of USS Ponce’s (AFSB(I) 15) crew during an Oct. 7 ceremony highlighting accomplishments associated with bringing Ponce into service and on station. Navy Capt. Jon P. Rodgers, Ponce’s commanding officer, also presided ov
Retired U.S. Army colonel, Vietnam War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient, Jack Howard Jacobs, and a group of distinguished guests who are in Hawaii for the National Medal of Honor Convention, visited the Virginia-class submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) for a tour Oct. 5 at Joint Base Pearl H
Having covered over 500 nautical miles in two days, Black Sea Fleet (BSF) landing ship Novocherkassk on Oct 5 arrived in… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, October 09, 2012; Image: flot
Plymouth-based HMS Echo has just completed a 19-month deployment in the Far East. David Daniel A&P Falmouth Commercial Director: “We are very familiar with HMS Echo, having carried out her previous refit five years ago and it’s great to have her back. We will carry out survey and maintenance works a
The guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conducted a personnel exchange with the amphibious dock-landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Oct. 5. Jason Dunham traded four ensigns and three enlisted crewmembers for three ensigns and six enlisted crewmembers from Gunston Hall for a day i
Sixteen Sailors and Marines from USS Makin Island (LHD 8), along with a few Coast Guardsmen from the high endurance cutter Sherman (WHEC 720), visited the children’s ward at San Francisco General Hospital, Oct. 5, as part of the 31st annual San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) celebration. The group, sha
Former Sydney Smith High School pupil, Andrew Hendin is on his first deployment with the Royal Navy. Sailing onboard HMS Diamond, he is helping to protect our nation’s interests in the Middle East. Andrew, 21, a resident of Hull, is a member of the logistics department onboard and is responsible for
Sailors and Royal Marines aboard new destroyer HMS Dauntless recreated a historic ship’s company photograph from nearly a century ago. One hundred and 74 of the 200 men and women aboard lined up on the forecastle of the Type 45 – just as their forebears did 91 years ago under solemn circumstances in
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) received and refueled an MV-22 Osprey, a potential replacement for the C-2 Greyhound, for the first time Oct. 6. The Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, was the first from (VMM) 165 to make a carrier-based landing and was part of a
Royal Navy air and sea power combined on the sands of Cornwall at the weekend as a large scale beach landing was played out in Carlyon Bay. The ‘wader exercise’ – a landing in slow time – tested the ability of the forces involved in the key Cougar deployment to work together on complex manoeuvres [&
Hidden away in a dark room with nothing more than an ominous blue light upon their faces, the men and women of Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 11 work vigorously to control the coordination and direction of USS Peleliu’s (LHA 5) aircraft, both fixed and rotary winged. TACRON detachments provi
HMS Dauntless lit up the Caribbean night as she took part in an impressive gunnery shoot in the dark with numerous other warships as an international exercise reached its fiery climax. The 11-day-long UNITAS exercise saw 13 ships from seven nations train together and let rip with their firepower aga
A group of 150 Sailors and Marines from the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit serving aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) attended a luncheon Oct. 4 sponsored by American Legion Cathay Post 384 as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SSFW) 2012 activities. Asian cuisine was se
Vice Adm. David H. Buss relieved Vice Adm. Allen G. Myers as Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) during a change of command ceremony today aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Myers assumed command of CNAF in July 2010. As the Navy’s “Air Boss,” he ensured that the U.S. Navy’s aviation fo
