The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) entered her new berth at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Sept. 10, to begin a scheduled docking planned incremental availability (DPIA). Ike departed Naval Station Norfolk in the morning, transited the Elizabeth River and reached NNSY a few
The San Diego-based frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) conducted live-fire training Sept 10, the second day of the UNITAS 2013 multinational maritime exercise, while assigned to U.S. 4th Fleet. The crew of Rentz fired its 76mm MK 75 main cannon battery and .50-caliber machine guns against a remote-controlle
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Pacific Command, in conjunction with U.S. Army soldiers from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S. Navy
As part of a broader advancement in cooperation between the United States and China, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) and the People’s Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] participated in training scenarios off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, Sept. 9. The three participating PLA(N) ships, a Fuqi
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) provided medical assistance to a Canadian sailor assigned to HMCS Toronto, Aug. 27. Truman and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 were conducting flight operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) when they received the request for medic
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed Darwin, Australia Sept. 10. Bonhomme Richard is concluding Exercise Koolendong 2013 (KD13), a bilateral exercise that took place at the Bradshaw Field Training Area (B
Adm. Wu Shengli, commander in chief of the People’s Liberation Army – Navy [PLA(N)], visited the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) accompanied by U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert on Sept. 9, 2013. In his first visit to the United States since 2007, Shengli,
The commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 visited guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110), Sept. 4. Rear Adm. Michael S. White met with officers and chiefs, and toured some of the ship’s spaces. While touring the ship, White also met with Sailors in their workspaces and prese
The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (BOXARG) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) Sept. 5. BOXARG consists of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) and
Chief selectees aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9) held a wreath laying memorial in honor of sunken destroyer USS Peary (DD 226) as they departed Darwin, Australia, Sept. 8. Peary was sunk just outside of Darwin Feb. 19, 1942 after she came under attack by Japanese dive bombers
Three People’s Liberation Army-Navy [PLA(N)] ships pulled into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Sept. 6, for a routine port visit. The crewmembers of the Luhu-class destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113), Jiangkai-class frigate Linyi (FFG-547) and Fuqing-class fleet oiler Hongzehu (AOR 881) are scheduled to par
Russian Warships Need to Be Built under Unified Terms to Avoid Delays Construction of warships must be carried out under unified contracts including the cost of their weapons systems to ensure their prompt delivery on budget to the Russian Navy, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. Greater P
Roughly 20 Seabee steelworkers from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 met the “Steelworkers” of USS Stethem (DDG 63) during a tour aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Sept. 4. According to tour guide Fire Controlman 1st Class Travis Boatwright the visit provided an op
Even without the uncertainty caused by budget negotiations, it will take years for the Navy to recover from the effects of sequestration, the chief of naval operations told an audience at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington Sept 5. Sequestration and the effects of the continuing budget r
