Soldiers from the Royal Navy’s Submarine Parachute Assistance Group recently practised providing immediate assistance to a stricken boat in Studland Bay, Dorset. A dozen members of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group, often shortened to SPAG, leapt from the back of a Hercules aircraft and into
Australian and Indonesian Navy patrol boats on March 24 completed the bilateral exercise Cassowary which took place off Darwin. The Australian Armidale class patrol boat, HMAS Wollongong, joined two Indonesian patrol boats, KRI Sampari and KRI Layang, maritime surveillance, security and interdiction
Two ships of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), JS Yuudachi and JS Yuugiri, arrived at the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka on a goodwill and replenishment visit on March 24, 2016. The two destroyers were welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions on arrival. The ships’
Two ships of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), JS Uraga and Takashima are on a visit to Kochi, India from March 22 – 24. During their stay in Kochi, the two minesweepers will have professional and informal interactions with the Indian Navy’s Southern Naval Command. On March 22, the c
The U.S. Navy has captured on video the moment the attack submarine USS Hartford breaks polar ice in order to surface at the Camp Sargo temporary base constructed for the five-week exercise ICEX 2016. Two U.S. Navy submarines on March 14 reached their temporary camp where the operational readiness o
U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) sailed out of Naval Station Norfolk to begin composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), March 16. San Jacinto will join the rest of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to conduct COMPTUEX, which tests the strike
Approximately 60 Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, submarines and shore facilities will be fitted with Kelvin Hughes’ SharpEye™ radars. The company said it would supply the radars in association with Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems UK who have signed a £44 million contract with the Mini
Ssang Yong 2016…a multilateral, amphibious exercise in South Korea that strengthens Marine Corps and Naval integration…view the highlights! See how MSC ships played a crucial role in this exercise. #SsangYong16 #PacificRebalance #MSCdelivers Posted by U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command on Sunday,
French patrol ship FS Commandant Bouan joined NATO’s Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in the Aegean Sea last week. Commandant Bouan is the second ship to reinforce the mission against human traffickers as the Dutch frigate HNLMS Van Amstel sailed for the Aegean on March 10. SNMG2 is conducting
Eight sailors aboard the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) were injured on March 18 when an arresting gear broke during a routine landing by an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, the U.S. Navy said. The injured sailors were working on the flight deck at the time of the mishap. Six
Led by the Turkish tender TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasa, ships from NATO’s mine counter measures group two (SNMCMG2) arrived in Bar, Montenegro, March 18. The ships are on a scheduled port visit during the group’s deployment to the Mediterranean to enhance maritime security and readiness. The visit
Ships assigned to the strike group of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower performed a multi-ship, live-fire exercise with the Standard Missile (SM-2) on March 15. Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) is a Raytheon-developed fleet-area air defense weapon which provides anti
Swedish Marine Brigadier General Ola Truedsson on March 10 visited the participants of NATO exercise Dynamic Move 16 (DME16) taking place in Oostende, Belgium. DME16 is an annual Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) tactical-level Mine Counter Measure Command Post Exercise and is designed to train parti
Royal Australian Navy’s naval aviation 725 Squadron based at naval air station HMAS Albatross, has been conducting anti-submarine warfare exercises with submarine HMAS Rankin, off Jervis Bay, during the past two weeks. Navy’s latest anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the MH-60R Seahawk ‘Romeo’ maritim
