USS Theodore Roosevelt on Its Way to Portsmouth More than 5,000 American sailors are heading for Portsmouth on board the giant aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. USS Curtis Wilbur Ends Sea Trials After EDSRA The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) completed
More than 5,000 American sailors are heading for Portsmouth on board the giant aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The 100,000-tonne ship and her escort – the destroyer Winston S Churchill – will arrive on Sunday for a five-day visit. Portsmouth is the first port of call on the ships’ round-the
Russian Navy’s frigate Dagestan concluded its training in the Caspian Sea and returned to the port of Makhachkala, Dagestan. The vessel’s crew carried out a series of naval activities ranging from mine protection to countering imaginary enemy attacks. The crew also conducted more than ten combat exe
Representatives from Naval Station Rota, Spain, spoke with Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) and their families March 17 and 18 to prepare them for their homeport shift to Rota this fall. Carney will be the fourth Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be
Lying in wait since the Second World War, Royal Navy’s HMS Pembroke has dealt with a 500lb bomb in the North Sea. As part of her NATO tasking the Faslane based minehunter has located and dealt with a number of unexploded mines, bombs and torpedoes in the North and Baltic Sea during her current taski
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 17, to begin its second forward-deployed patrol in support of ballistic missile defense of Europe and Operation Atlantic Resolve. Ross’ forward presence and the ship’s participation in combin
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon departed Gaeta, Italy. The vessel, which left the port on March 12, took a short break from its busy schedule. Laboon, homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) participated in a bilateral underway engagement, passing exercise (PASSEX), with Albanian and Montenegrin maritime forces in the Adriatic Sea, March 16, 2015. The exercise aimed to improve maritime capabilities and reassure
The Royal Navy’s new Second Sea Lord has visited HMS Raleigh bringing to the end his first week in his new post. Vice Admiral Jonathan Woodcock, a former Commanding Officer of the training base in Torpoint, spent the day at HMS Raleigh where he met some of the Royal Navy’s latest recruits. The Secon
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) departed Bar, Montenegro, after a three-day scheduled port visit March 16. Jason Dunham’s presence in Montenegro reaffirmed that the U.S. Navy shares a commitment to strengthen ties with allies while working toward mutual go
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered 6th Fleet in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe, March 16. The TRCSG consists of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2 staff, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore
HMAS Anzac and the ship’s company of 192 departed Sydney yesterday for a once in a life-time deployment, supporting the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli. Family and friends were on the wharf to farewell the frigate, which will spend five months visiting ports around the globe. Co
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrived in Bar, Montenegro, for a scheduled port visit March 13. This port visit serves to continue U.S. 6th Fleet efforts to build U.S.-Montenegrin interoperability as part of the Global Network of Navies which will improve
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced greater collaboration with NATO on its military training exercises to tackle new threats faced by the Alliance. The agreement comes as the Prime Minister met with the new NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, at Downing Street ahead of the Afghanista
