Training & Education
ADF Command, Medical Specialist Personnel Deploy for Humanitarian Exercise
Australian Defence Force Command and Medical Specialist personnel have left Australia to participate in Pacific Partnership 2012, an exercise to improve responses to natural and humanitarian emergencies in the region. The exercise is an annual US-sponsored humanitarian assistance exercise also aims
Australia’s Aznac Class Frigates to Get New Radar Technology
Australia’s Anzac Class frigates will be further protected from supersonic cruise missile attacks thanks to new radar technology acquired and fitted onto the ships by the Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO). The CEAFAR Radar and CEAMOUNT Missile Control Illuminator are part of a multi-phased array r
USA: Fleet Week New York 2012 Hosts Pearl Harbor Survivor
The last known Staten Island resident survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack visited Fleet Week New York 2012 at the The Sullivans Pier, May 27. Former Chief Boatswain’s Mate Alf Kongslie and three generations of his family visited Fleet Week and were treated to a tour of the pier and USS San Jacinto (
USS TAYLOR Provides Assistance to Drifting Dhow NAHDA
Last Saturday, 19 May, USS TAYLOR detected a drifting dhow with no propulsion while patrolling off the Horn of Africa in support of NATO’s counter piracy Operation Ocean Shield. The dhow named NAHDA was found by USS TAYLOR right at the entrance of the Gulf of Aden. After sending a team onboard NAHDA
HNLMS Van Amstel Delivers Supplies to WFP Protection Team
On Sunday 27 May EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Dutch frigate Van Amstel rendezvoused at sea with World Food Programme (WFP) chartered ship MV Caroline Scan to re-supply the Dutch protection team onboard – known as an Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment or AVPD . The Dutch AVPD, which consists of ar
U.S. Coast Guard Ends Search for 42-Year-Old Man
The Coast Guard ended its search at 10:25 a.m. Monday for a 42-year-old man after the 21-foot boat he was aboard allided with a jetty in Kent Narrows, Md., Sunday. A crew from the Maryland Natural Resources Police recovered the man 10 yards away from the scene of the allision. A member of the Queen
HMS Daring Reunites with USS Enterprise
Britain’s most advanced warship, HMS Daring, reunited with the world’s most famous aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, as they spent five days on patrol east of Suez. It’s the second time the two vessels have linked up – but the first on operations. Enterprise is on her final deployment after 51 years
Russia: CF Holds Anti-Terror Exercise
Caspian Flotilla (CF) marine units and crews of warships carried out anti-terror exercise in Astrakhan… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 29, 2012
Damage Assessment of USS Miami Fire Underway
Assessment of the extent of damages onboard the USS Miami nuclear submarine (SSN 755) which caught on fire on Wednesday night, while docked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine, is underway. Preliminary results indicate that the fire did not damage the submarine’s nuclear propulsion system, how
HMAS Ballarat to Hold Inaugural Maritime Exercise with Korean Navy
The Anzac Class Guided Missile Frigate, HMAS Ballarat, continues its North East Asian deployment after completing a successful exercise with the Chinese Navy it will conduct a port visit and exercise with the Republic of Korea. After a short port visit to the city of Busan, HMAS Ballarat will partic
Russia: Participants Agree on Terms of Northern Eagle 2012 Joint Naval Exercise
Final planning conference of the Northern Eagle 2012 joint naval exercise finished in Murmansk. Representatives of… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 28, 2012; Image: Russian MoD
HMAS Ballarat, Chinese Navy Frigate Anqing Conclude PASSEX
The Royal Australian Navy has completed a maritime exercise with the Chinese Navy as part of a highly successful visit to the People’s Republic of China. Australia is committed to further developing strong and positive defence relations with China through dialogue and practical activities. The Passa
Russia,Ukraine Launch Practical Activities at Sea within Fairway of Peace 2012
Participants of the Fairway of Peace 2012 Russian-Ukrainian joint naval exercise on May 24 started practical activities at sea… (rusnavy) [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, May 28, 2012; Image: Southern Military District Press Service
USS Underwood Completes UNITAS
The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) completed the Exercise Scenario Phase (ESP) of UNITAS Pacific (PAC), May 23. Underwood operated closely with ships from Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru during the two-day event. “Basically, it entails multi-national coopera