USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) arrived in Victoria, Seychelles, to begin their involvement with Africa Partnership Station (APS) East’s hub Aug. 12. The Seychelles hub will feature students from East African partner nations participating in courses including fisheries, senior enlisted leadership and
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed Costa Rica Aug. 12 after providing medical, dental and veterinary care, engineering support and participating in subject matter expert exchanges with the country. Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11) is a collaborative effort among the
Trident-class ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) completed a major step in its 27-month, engineered refueling overhaul (ERO) when it departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PNS & IMF) Aug. 5. Pennsylvania, based at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, ent
The guided-missile frigate USS Thach (FFG 43) arrived in Panama City, Panama, for the start of PANAMAX 2011, a multinational exercise focusing on the defense of the Panama Canal, Aug. 13. Thach will participate with forces from 17 nations in live and simulated scenarios conducted in the region surro
This is the moment Royal Marine Commandos board a merchant ship which had been attacked in the Red Sea. In the fading light of an August afternoon, the specialist boarding team from HMS Monmouth search the MV Caravos Horizon after it flashed an SOS: Under attack from pirates. The Devonport-based fri
HMS Dauntless, the second of Britain’s six cutting-edge Type 45 destroyers, has completed hot weather trials with a visit to Miami. This is the Miami skyline and the last port of call for the Portsmouth-based warship before she concluded her mini-deployment to the USA. The £1bn destroyer headed acro
Stratton (WMSL 752) Huntington Ingalls’ third U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter, returned from sea after successfully completing acceptance sea trials. The ship spent two days in the Gulf of Mexico effectively testing all of its systems for the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). “Strat
Oldest ship of Italian Navy – training sailer Amerigo Vespucci – will visit Sevastopol in Aug 23-27, reports Italian Navy’s press release. During the visit, Italian mariners will meet with local authorities, Black Sea Fleet command, and take part in cultural exchange activities. On Aug 9 Amerigo Ves
August started with the beginning of the Shakedown phase of getting the mighty ‘E’ up to the standard required to re-deploy in November. The training began in earnest with the visit of the DEVFLOT Operational Assurance Visit team led by Cdr HM. Over the two day period that the team were embarked the
In accordance with combat training plan, Black Sea Fleet (BSF) ships undergo inspection over so-called Course Task 2 (execution of appropriate tasks at sea by a single ship). Within the framework of inspection, large ASW ship Kerch under the flag of ASW Ship Brigade Commander Capt 1 rank Oleg Krivor
HMS St Albans has played a key role in a major exercise in the Gulf testing the abilities of naval forces to defend the region’s scores of gas and oil platforms – vital to the UK and global economy. The Portsmouth-based frigate was Britain’s input to the week-long ‘Stakenet’ exercise, alongside the
HMS Middleton’s gun crew let rip with the minehunter’s 30mm main gun in the middle of the Gulf – probably the highlight of a demonstration day. The Hunt-class ship is one of a four-strong Royal Navy mine warfare force based at Mina Salman port in Bahrain, helping to keep the sea lanes open and promo
The Taliban insurgents who shot down a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan, leaving 30 American troops dead, have been hunted down and killed in an air strike, a U.S. commander said Aug. 10. Gen. John Allen, the new chief of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, told reporters at the Pentagon that “at approxim
ORBIT Communication Systems, Ltd., a subsidiary of Orbit Technologies Ltd. (TASE: ORBI), a provider of mission-critical connectivity solutions in a variety of markets including satellite communications, tracking and telemetry, and communications management systems, today announced a contract with an
