The US Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million and detained five suspected smugglers during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. While on patrol July 8, the Coast Guard Cutter Northland detec
The UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has praised the Royal Navy’s professionalism after witnessing the advanced sea training which prepares British, allied and partner warships for operations. Michael Fallon flew on Friday to the Royal Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan, from where he o
A tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey prepares to land aboard the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America is traveling through the U.S. Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility on her maiden transit. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned Oct. 11 in San Francisco. [mapp
Five months after departing from her home port of Las Palmas, in Spain, the EU Naval Force Spanish Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV), ESPS Relámpago, has completed her counter-piracy deployment with Operation Atalanta in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean. As she departed for home waters, the Spanish Navy
The crew of the Portsmouth-based Coast Guard Cutter Northland is scheduled to return to Base Portsmouth Thursday evening following a 63-day patrol deployment in the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Martillo and Caribe Venture. While on patrol, on July 8, the Northland detected the suspicious
USS Shoup (DDG 86) had the honor of burying 22 veterans and dependents on July 15 while sailing through the Puget Sound. The ceremony took place on the flight deck. A few prayers along with a funeral song were the opening portion of an age-old custom. The honor guard then ceremoniously picked up a
Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97) volunteered at Inarajan Elementary School in Inarajan, Guam July 18. Halsey made a port call to the island after departing their homeport in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet’s area of responsi
Nearly 4,000 Sailors and Marines from the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are scheduled to depart San Diego July 25, for a deployment in support of the Navy’s maritime strategy. The Makin Island ARG is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS
Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) visited The Fukuoka Institute of Technology, July 19, during a goodwill port call to Fukuoka. The Sailors played basketball with the students, after which the school held a reception for the Sailors in the cafeteria
On the morning of 22 July destroyer Andrea Doria departed Stazione Navale Mar Grande, Taranto to participate in Operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean. The unit is due to moor at Gibuti port next August 6, where the German Rear Admiral Jὓrgen ZUR Mȕhlen will pass on the torch of the operation to I
Italian Navy’s minehunter Rimini (engaged in the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2) identified a mine still with its releasing device in the Black Sea. The discovery was exceptionally uncommon, due to the absence of mud on the device and the still existing connection with the anchor, as w
On 21 July four Italian Navy units faced emergency and rescued many would-be migrants coming from North African coasts. Corvette Sfinge rescued 95 people (including two women) from a raft; amphibious vessel San Giorgio went to the aid of two boats, rescuing 276 people (including 33 women and 5 chi
Naval Counselors (NC) embarked on the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) keep the ship properly manned by providing career services for Sailors. NCs monitor and maintain the ship’s manning and retention rate, and provide career advice and assistance to Sai
Raytheon Company completed two critical program reviews for the new Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), the U.S. Navy’s next generation integrated air and ballistic missile defense radar. Successful completion of the hardware Preliminary Design Review and the Integrated Baseline Review are both
