U.S. Marine Corps have teamed up with other multinational forces to take part in the French Navy’s Jeanne D’Arc exercises that are set to take place from April 29 to May 18 on land and in the surrounding waters of Guam and Tinian. Approximately 100 Marines from 3rd Marine Division joined forces from
The U.S. Military Sealift Command’s civilian-crewed fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201), returned to Naval Station Norfolk, on May 4, completing a six-month deployment to Middle East. While on deployment, Patuxent supported military efforts in the U.S. Naval Forces Central and U.S. N
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned home on May 4, after a two-month patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. During this patrol, the crew seized over 8,000 pounds (3,628 kg) of cocaine with an estimated value of $122 million which will be used as evidence to prosecute 19 suspect
U.S. Navy amphibious ships assembled around the aviation-centric USS America amphibious assault ship started the composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in preparation for their upcoming deployment. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), consisting of the amphibious assault ship USS America (
The U.S. Navy’s submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) has entered a dry dock in Portland, Oregon for a scheduled dry-dock phase maintenance availability. Frank Cable departed its homeport of Guam in March this year and headed for Vigor Marine’s shipyard in Portland to have its systems and equipme
The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday offloaded 1,735 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $56 million and handed over eight suspected drug smugglers to authorities. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon transferred the cocaine and suspected drug smugglers at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fl
The U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta stopped at Naval Station Newport during the ship’s first port visit en route to its future homeport at Naval Base San Diego. USS Rafael Peralta was delivered to the U.S. Navy on February 3, 2017 from General Dynam
Two Royal Canadian Navy Kingston-class coastal defence vessels, HMCS Summerside and Moncton, returned to Halifax on May 2, following a two-month deployment to West Africa. The deployment was part of a mission called Neptune Trident 17-01 and saw the ships work with allies and partners to build relat
The U.S. Navy’s “newest” nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773) arrived at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, on May 2, for a visit as part of its Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment. A week before Cheyenne’s Japan visit, U.S. Navy Ohio-class submarine USS Michigan visited B
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed a battery that is safer than fire-prone lithium-ion batteries, allowing for some recently banned applications to return to navy ships and other platforms. Researchers from NRL’s Advanced Electrochemical Materials group are leading an effort to c
The U.S. Navy has installed a submarine rescue diving and recompression system (SRDRS) aboard the submarine support vessel HOS Dominator at Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI) in Coronado, California. Members of Undersea Rescue Command (URC), based at NASNI, and contractors from Phoenix Holdings
U.S. Navy ships from the Makin Island amphibious ready group arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for the final port call of their deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. During the seven-month deployment to U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Central Command areas
Royal Canadian Navy’s Kingston-class patrol vessel HMCS Saskatoon wrapped up a two-month deployment returning to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on April 28. The ship spent the two months deployed to operation Caribbe, Canada’s contribution to the multinational campaign against transnational criminal
U.S. Navy destroyers USS Sterett and USS Dewey arrived in Hong Kong on April 29 for their first foreign port visit on their Western Pacific deployment. The command staff of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 31 and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), along with an embark
