This week Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has hoisted the recently endorsed Somerset county flag from its yardarm for the first time in an operational setting. The flag was flown during Exercise Joint Warrior. The red dragon on a yellow background is flown throughout Replenishment at Sea evolutions
She is just a mere speck on the horizon when compared to the grandeur of her surroundings. The 5,000 tonne HMS Richmond has paid a brief visit to South Georgia, in the South Atlantic, where her company looked on in awe at the two mile wide and four mile long, Nordenskjöld Glacier in East Cumberland
Guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG 46) and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) conducted a Safety-of-Life-at-Sea operation rescue Oct. 20-21 for a fishing vessel, 200 nautical miles off the coast of Ecuador in distress and stranded for 10 days. The crew of the 14 meter ve
Leading Seaman David Gouge played his part in the International Fleet Review (IFR) from October 3-10 in Sydney aboard HMAS Darwin. The 26-year-old from Tweed Heads said he gave up an apprenticeship in carpentry to join the Navy because it offered the camaraderie and career challenges he was looking
Students attending Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk visited Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) and one of the ships in the yard, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in Newport News, Oct. 18. The students, enrolled in the Mechanical Engineeri
Three generations of Sailors born between the late 1950s through the mid-1990s are serving aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier undergoes its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) in Newport News. As each Sailor is different so too are the generations they represe
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and her escort, guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), conducted a northbound transit of the Suez Canal, Oct. 20. USS Nimitz was most recently operating in the Red Sea to provide the U.S. options for responding to crisis situations. USS
Forty-two military officers from the People’s Republic of China who have been attending the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. made a stop in California to visit guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 16. During the visit, the group of foreig
The guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) arrived in Port Victoria, Seychelles for a port visit, Oct. 18. This port visit serves to continue Naval Forces Europe-Africa efforts to strengthen maritime partnerships with East African nations like Seychelles in order to enhance regional stabil
Sailors aboard the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepare for their future as leaders by attending the Petty Officer Selectee Leadership Course (POSLC). POSLC prepares Sailors to perform at their next higher pay-grade through instruction from senior lead
First Timor-Leste Navy Officer to Attend Training at RAN College The latest New Entry Officers’ Course (NEOC) at HMAS Creswell has a very special trainee, one paving the way for his nation and Navy. Jacinto Do Nascimento is the first Timor-Leste Navy officer to attend training at the Royal Australia
INS Sunayna, the second of the NOPV (Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel) class of ships, was commissioned at Kochi on 15 Oct 13 by Vice Admiral SatishSoni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Naval Command. INS Sunayna, to be based under Southern Naval Command, was built at Goa Shipyard Limited, and
The Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance(DDG 111) departed Naval Base San Diego Oct. 16 on its maiden deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean. Spruance is a multi-mission ship designed to operate independently or with an associated strike group. While deployed, Spruance will con
Just three weeks after the chefs produced a magnificent commissioning cake to celebrate their ship formally joining the Naval family, the galley of HMS Duncan was a hive of baking activity again. October 11 marked the 216th anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown – where the ship’s namesake Admiral
