Royal Navy minehunter HMS Quorn has led two of the largest ships in the fleet through a simulated mine threat area as part of the launch of Exercise Sea Khanjar in the Gulf. The scenario for the five-day exercise was for the Fleet Flagship HMS Bulwark and Helicopter and Commando Carrier HMS Illustri
USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) Drug and Alcohol Program (DAPA) coordinators continue to educate and bring awareness to the Navy’s zero policy and the dangers of using Spice and other synthetic drugs, Oct. 9. “We continue to learn more every day about the potential harm and side-effects associated wi
A Royal Navy ship used her expert minehunting skills to ensure a French warship could safely sail through a narrow and potentially hostile waterway in confined waters off Bahrain as part of a training exercise. Minehunter HMS Shoreham led the way for the French Lafayette class frigate FNS Aconit to
Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 helped rescue four people whose plane went missing on a flight from Tinian to Saipan of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Oct. 6. HSC-25’s five-person helicopter crew Rescue 10 successfully found the crashed Piper single-engi
Sharp-eyed sailors aboard a Royal Navy minehunter have found an unknown shipwreck on one of the world’s busiest tanker routes. The crew of HMS Shoreham were practising using the ship’s hi-tech sonar suite off the coast of Abu Dhabi when Able Seaman Tash Kennedy picked up an unexpected contact on the
Launched in early June, Operational Stress Control (OSC) training offers deployed Sailors effective tools to help them cope with stress aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). “The training focuses on individual traits, but more importantly on the unit dynamics [of stress],” said Lt. Cmdr.
The Royal Navy will be in Orkney to support two significant events this weekend: the 50th anniversary of TS Thorfin, the local Sea Cadet unit and the annual commemoration service for HMS Royal Oak. A contingent from the Rosyth-based Royal Marines Band will attend and River-Class Offshore Patrol Vess
Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens (CG 63) responded to a distress call and rescued two injured civilian mariners off the southwest coast of the Republic of Korea, Oct. 8. At approximately 5:20 p.m. (local), Cowpens received a distress call from a Cypriot-flagged civilian container
The Supreme Court of the Seychelles sentenced 11 Somali pirates to prison terms ranging from 18 months to 16 years. The hijackers were apprehended in May last year during an operation undertaken by the frigate HNLMS Van Amstel. Crew members of the HNLMS Van Amstel travelled to the Seychelles to act
Royal Navy frigates and Mine-Hunters are ready to take part in the major multi-national military exercise Joint Warrior. Exercise Joint Warrior is a tri-service exercise held in the spring and autumn of each year. Providing high quality tactical training for the three UK armed forces, as well as vis
As HMS Dragon patrols the Eastern Mediterranean her Lynx helicopter breathes fire into the sunset sky with a stunning array of decoy flares. One of the Navy’s newest Type 45 destroyers, HMS Dragon has arrived back from the Gulf and is now in the Eastern Med, patrolling UK sovereign base areas and ta
The frigate ‘Álvaro de Bazán’ (F-101) departed Ferrol yesterday morning towards Barcelona to relieve the frigate ‘Blas de Lezo’ (F-103) as command ship of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2). The SNMG-2 is made up of escorts and logistic ships from different NATO nations. Spanish Navy Rear-a
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) will begin the flooding of Dry Dock 12 on Friday morning, October 11, where the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has been under construction since November 2009, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced. The flooding will herald preparations for the ship’s chri
The South African Ship Spioenkop is expected to head for a patrol mission today, according to the SABC. The ship is being sent on a month-long patrol aimed at strengthening South African Navy’s relations with its African counterparts. SAS Spioenkop is the third of four Valour class frigates of the S
