U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines, together with Republic of Singapore Armed Forces kicked off the 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise at the Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on July 18. CARAT Singapore 2016 will consist of nearly two weeks of shore-based and at-sea training
Ships participating in the 2016 edition of RIMPAC sank the decommissioned USS Thach (FFG 43) in waters 15,000 feet (4572 m) deep, 55 nautical miles north of Kauai, Hawaii, using live fire. Units from Australia, the Republic of Korea and the U.S. participated in the sinking exercise (SINKEX), which p
U.S. Navy’s Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) worked with Royal Moroccan Naval Forces during the joint exercise African Sea Lion 2016. The exercise took place between July 10 – 14. Forty-two Royal Moroccan Navy and Royal Moroccan Naval Infantry p
Two U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers recently took part in a bilateral Maritime Security Operation (MSO) exercise with a French Navy destroyer. USS Mason (DDG 87) and USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) together with the French Marine Nationale’s Horizon-class air defence destroyer FS Forb
The Canadian government has signed a licence agreement with General Dynamics and Rheinmetall for the production of Omnitrap decoy ammunition for the Canadian Navy, German Rheinmetall disclosed. Signed at the recent CANSEC show in May 2016 in Canada, the contract is worth a mid-range eight-figure eur
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson is scheduled to visit his PLA Navy counterpart Adm. Wu Shengli for the first time during his tenure, in the wake of the international South China Sea court case ruling. Richardson will be visiting Beijing and Qingdao from July 17 to 20 “to im
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard assets are searching for a plane that went missing off Kona, Hawaii, on Thursday, July 14. The Coast Guard said a Navy MH-60R helicopter crew from the USS Chung Hoon (DDG-93) along with HC-130 Hercules airplane crews and MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews from Air Station Barbe
Military Sealift Command’s civilian crewed fleet replenishment oiler, USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) returned to Naval Station Norfolk on July 13 following an eight-month deployment. Steaming 45,575 nautical miles, Lenthall conducted 144 underway replenishments, delivered nearly 21 million gallons of
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Rota, Spain for a scheduled patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility July 14. This is Ross’s 4th patrol since being forward deployed to Rota, Spain. The patrol serves to strengthen ties between U.S. and Eu
The Canadian government has issued a call for bids to dispose of the Royal Canadian Navy Iroquois-class destroyer, HMCS Iroquois, one of only two remaining ships in the class. The ship was decommissioned along with HMCS Algonquin last May leaving only HMCS Athabaskan in active service. Algonquin has
The crew of the Virginia Beach – based Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous returned from a 55-day deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean after seizing more than 1,200 pounds (544 kg) of cocaine, the Coast Guard said. Within a few days of leaving Virginia Beach, Vigorous interdicted a sailing vessel in the
The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, together with Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 8 and some 6,000 sailors overall, returned home on July 13 following an eight-month deployment. Truman pulled into Naval Station Norfolk along with guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and
The U.S. Navy’s Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) arrived in Hakodate, Japan, July 14 for a port visit before the crew makes its way to the annual Mine Countermeasures Exercise (MCMEX) 2JA. The Patriot crew will share the Hakodate port visit with their Japan Maritime Self-D
U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) returned to Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 12 after finishing its fourth forward-deployed patrol in support of ballistic missile defense of Europe. Donald Cook began its fourth patrol March 14, and participated in sev
