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Multinational Sailors Embark Guided-Missile Frigate USS Carr
An Estonian lieutenant, a Polish midshipman and four Finnish midshipmen embarked guided-missile frigate USS Carr (FFG 52) during the ship’s deployment to the Baltic Sea, July 18. The multinational group will use this opportunity to learn how the U.S. Navy conducts underway operations. “Anytime we ca
Survey Ship HMS Echo Heads Britain’s Flagship Albion on Gulf Exercise
Survey ship HMS Echo stepped up to the mark when she was charged with leading the nation’s flagship in for a beach assault at the climax of the Royal Navy’s week-long exercises with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Devonport-based hydrographic vessel HMS Echo is six months into a two-year deployment
Los Angeles-Class Fast-Attack Submarine USS La Jolla Returns to Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS La Jolla (SSN 701) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam July 15, completing a six-month deployment in which they split their time between the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and the western Pacific. USS La Jolla’s commanding officer, Cmdr
RAN to Set Sail for Subantarctic Wilderness
Thirty-one trainees from various categories of employment within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) have been kitted-up with extreme weather protection gear for their upcoming Antarctic trip-of-a-lifetime. The group, which includes Marine Technicians, Medics, and Communications Information Systems sail
USNS Comfort Arrives in Ajacutla, El Salvador
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in Acajutla, El Salvador, for its seventh mission stop of Continuing Promise 2011 (CP ’11), July 14. More than two thirds of the way through its five-month mission, Comfort and the CP ’11 mission team have visited Colombia, Ecuado
Honduran Naval Authorities Seize Nearly Three Tons of Cocaine Packed Inside a Submarine
Honduran naval authorities have seized nearly three tons of cocaine packed inside a submarine off the country’s Caribbean coast… By Ayinde O. Chase (allheadlinenews) [mappress] Source: allheadlinenews, July 18, 2011;
USA: Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers Sail Together in Atlantic Ocean
The nuclear-powered aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) crossed paths in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast July 14. Enterprise, on its way home from a regularly-scheduled seven-month deployment to the 6th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility, had just
Commander of U.S. Central Command Visits USS George H. W. Bush
The Commander of U.S. Central Command, accompanied the Sailors of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as it transited the Strait of Hormuz, July 15. Marine Gen. James N. Mattis embarked the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, visited with crewmembers and expressed his appr
USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group Arrives in Norfolk
More than 5,500 Sailors and Marines serving in the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group (CSG) arrived in Norfolk July 15, returning from a six-month deployment supporting operations in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Sea. USS Enterprise (CVN 65), along with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, Carrier St
Somali Pirates Demand Release of Prisoners, Compensation from S. Korean Navy
Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages demanded on Friday that the South Korean government release pirate prisoners and pay compensati… By Abdi Guled (google) [mappress] Source: google, July 15, 2011;
NSWC Port Hueneme Designs, Integrates Fire Control System for Royal Australian Navy
Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division announced July 14 that they have successfully designed and integrated a fire control system upgrade aboard the Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney, culminating a four-year effort for the RAN to launch standard missiles (SM-2) fr
UK: HMS Echo Leads HMS Albion on Gulf Exercise
Survey ship HMS Echo stepped up to the mark when she was charged with leading the nation’s flagship in for a beach assault as week-long exercises with the United Arab Emirates reached their climax. The Devonport-bases hydrographic vessel – six months into a two-year deployment east of Suez, where sh
RNZN Builds Key Relationships as Part of CTF Mission to Disrupt Piracy
The new Commander of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151, Captain Jim Gilmour RNZN, is building key relationships as part of the CTF mission to disrupt piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Somali basin region. CAPT Gilmour met with Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia, Commander of the European Union Naval Forc
USNS Comfort, Continuing Promise 2011 Leave Guatemala
Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) and Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11) departed Guatemala, July 11, after 10 days of medical, dental and veterinary care, engineering support and subject matter expert exchanges. Comfort’s crew manned three medical and two engineering sites s