Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) and Tanzanian People’s Defence Force (TPDF) navy exchanged best practices and exercised techniques of maritime interdiction, June 6. The military-to-military bilateral training event focused on the fundamentals of visit, board, search a
Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 is currently preparing and training for its upcoming 2013 patrol with the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). CVW 5, forward-deployed to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan, consists of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, flying th
Portsmouth based Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster has spent the weekend in Bermuda – her first stop on a six month deployment to the North Atlantic and Caribbean. Upon arrival she joined RFA Wave Knight as part of the Atlantic Patrol Taskforce (North) which provides Humanitarian aid and Disaster relief
The U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) welcomed members of the Department of Navy’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO), June 6. Dr. Paul Garst, SAPRO deputy director, Mr. Loren Linscott, SAPRO program analyst, and Chief Boatswain’s Mate De
Russian Navy to Recommission Three Submarines by 2014 Three nuclear submarines of the Russian Navy currently under maintenance will be recommissioned by 2014, a Navy spokesman told journalists. The K-410 Smolensk cruise missile submarine, which is undergoing repairs since 2011, will resume its servi
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted the first aircraft carrier-borne end-to-end at-sea test of the Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System, the Navy announced, June 6. The SSTD System combines the passive detection capability of the Torpedo Warning System that not only finds torpedoes, but a
Portsmouth based Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster has arrived in Bermuda – her first stop on a six month deployment to the North Atlantic and Caribbean. Upon arrival she joined RFA Wave Knight as part of the Atlantic Patrol Taskforce (North) which provides Humanitarian aid and Disaster relief support t
More than 100 Sailors from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) attended a special ribbon-cutting ceremony, May 15, to officially establish the crew of the first Ford class aircraft carrier and open the building where they will work while the ship is constructed. “The Shipyard and the crew decided to hav
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced yesterday the next three joint high speed vessels (JHSV) will be named USNS Yuma, USNS Bismarck and USNS Burlington, and two littoral combat ships (LCS) will be named USS Billings and USS Tulsa. “It is my privilege as Secretary of the Navy to name these ship
Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway in a ceremony, June 5. The historic and decisive battle, which took place June 4-7, 1942, is regarded by many as the turning point in the Pacific during World War II. During the sea battle, U.S. Navy carrier str
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) honored the memory of fallen service-members from the Battle of Midway with a ceremony, June 4. One of the most influential battles in American history, the Battle of Midway is known to be the turning point of World War II in t
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Toronto successfully disrupted her fifth – and by far the largest – narcotics shipment since March of this year as part of ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea. During the search and inspection of a vessel by the ship’s naval boarding team on May
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract valued at $2.8 billion for the construction of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, with an option for a fifth ship. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works is a business unit of General Dynamics. “This contract adds four ships to our wo
Vice Adm. Kenneth E. Floyd relieved Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman as commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet during a change of command and retirement ceremony held on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Naval Air Station North Island, June 3. During the ceremony, Beaman, retired from act
