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Australia: HMAS Stirling Team Raises Money for Navy’s Local Charity
An eight-man team from HMAS Stirling (CAPT Brett Wolski) successfully completed the 2012 Gibb River Road Mountain Bike Challenge and raised much needed funds for the Ryan Marron Foundation as well as the Navy’s local charity, the Malibu School. The team of six riders and two support personnel chose
HMS Ledbury Completes Its Minehunting Mission in the Mediterranean
Portsmouth based warship HMS Ledbury will return home today after spending six months working alongside NATO counterparts in the Mediterranean Sea. The Hunt Class minehunter and her 42 crew sailed in early January. Since then Ledbury has clocked up 12,000 nautical miles and spent her time operating
USS New York Adds Another Milestone to Her Maiden Deployment
Amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) added another milestone to her maiden deployment with the landing of a U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter on its flight deck, June 22. The Army aviators of 3-159 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) landed during a joint training exercise
UK: HMS Diamond Sailors Commemorate Their Predecessors
Sailors from a Portsmouth warship have made a sea pilgrimage to the spot where their predecessors died. And they were joined by emotional descendants of the people their predecessors tried to save. The crew of HMS Diamond stood in silence at dawn to mark the sinking of the old HMS Diamond 60 miles n
Swift Officers Discuss Combating Piracy with Tanzanian Counterparts
High Speed Vessel Swift’s (HSV 2) civilian master and military detachment officer in charge discussed combating piracy and continued cooperation efforts during an office call with Tanzanian naval leadership June 26. The office call was part of Swift’s planned 12-day port visit to Tanzania for Africa
USA: Raytheon’s SM-3 Block Marks 21st Successful Intercept
A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IB fired on June 27 from the USS Lake Erie has destroyed another ballistic missile target. The test marks the 21st successful intercept for the SM-3 program, a critical piece of the United States’ Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense. “Today’s flig
USS Pittsburgh Welcomed Back After Successful Deployment
The families of Sailors assigned to Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) welcomed their loved ones as they returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, June 27, following a regularly scheduled six-month deployment. Pittsburgh departed for deployment in December 2011 and conduc
HMS Protector Returns Home to Portsmouth, UK
Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector returns home to Portsmouth on Wednesday (June 27) from her maiden deployment to the frozen continent of Antarctica. The 5,000-tonne ice-breaker spent most of her seven months away surveying and patrolling the Antarctic Peninsula. In her first deployment since
USS Annapolis Returns Home After Six-Month Deployment
The families of Sailors assigned to Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) welcomed their loved ones as they returned to Naval Submarine Base New London, June 27, following a regularly scheduled six-month deployment. Annapolis departed for deployment Jan. 3 and conducted maritime
The Netherlands Extends Its Protection of WFP Transports to Somalia
The deployment of a Dutch military security team for the protection of World Food Programme transports to Somalia will be extended by a maximum of 3 months. That was the upshot of a letter sent to the House of Representatives on behalf of the Government by Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosenthal and M
Destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov Escorts Fifth Convoy Through Gulf of Aden
Being on the anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden, Northern Fleet (NF) destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov taken supplies from the Black Sea Fleet (BSF)… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, June 27, 2012; Image: Mil
HMS Vigilant Returns to Scotland Following Refit
Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigilant has recently returned to her home in Scotland following a multi-million pound, three-year overhaul. The vessel, one of the UK’s four Vanguard Class nuclear submarines, was officially handed back to the Navy for operational use on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Known as a
HNLMS Van Amstel Returns to Home Base of Den Helder
Multipurpose frigate HNLMS Van Amstel last week returned to its home base of Den Helder. For the past three months, the ship was deployed to counter piracy in the waters of Somalia. The Van Amstel also escorted UN World Food Programme ships sailing in the area. The navy frigate left for the Somali B
HSV 2 Arrives in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) arrived in Dar Es Salaam June 23 for a port visit supporting Africa Partnership Station (APS) East 2012. During the visit, embarked Sailors and Marines will facilitate port security training, martial arts and riot control, training and will participate in community se