Training & Education
USA: Navy Personnel Leaders Train with Scenario-Based Exercise
Navy leaders responsible for the recruiting, training and placement of Sailors participated in an exercise at Navy Personnel Command (NPC) July 19 – 20 aimed at improving their ability to get Sailors into the Fleet with minimal delay or lost time. The first-ever scenario-based planning and decision
US Navy to Get Laser Machine Guns
US Navy warships will soon be equipped with fearful combination weapons mounts boasting both heavy machine-guns and high powered laser rayguns, it has been announced. Manufacturer Boeing says it has inked a teaming agreement with the US operations of arms globo-mammoth BAE Systems to build the Mk 38
Italian Navy Hands Over Responsibility of Deputy Operation Commander of NAVFOR
On 22 July 2011, Rear Admiral Guido Rando, Italian Navy, handed over the responsibility of the Deputy Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia, Op ATALANTA, to Rear Admiral Christian Canova, French Navy. The handover was conducted in the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwo
Warship USS Anzio Disrupts Pirate Activity
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS Anzio (CG 68), assigned as the CMF’s counter-piracy mission Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 flagship, intercepted a skiff July 22, successfully disrupting the activities of a group suspected of attempting acts of piracy. USS Anzio first heard of the suspected
NYK, Japan Coast Guard Conduct Accident-Response Drill
NYK conducted an accident-response drill together with the Japan Coast Guard on July 26 based on a mock scenario having NYK LNG carrier Al Khor spill oil in Tokyo Bay followed by NYK’s cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard to address the accident. NYK conducts accident-response drills about 10 time
Type 23 Frigate Conducts NATO Embargo Operations Off Libya
The Type 23 has been called away from the Response Force Task Group to become the primary surface combatant in support of the NATO Operation Unified Protector. Sutherland has already carried out her first boarding operation, under the auspices of UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973, and se
UK: Royal Navy Sends HMS Sutherland to Libya
Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has been sent at full pelt to support NATO on Operation Unified Protector, protecting the people of Libya. Temporarily split off from the Cougar deployment and the Response Force Task Group (RFTG), HMS Sutherland has dashed her way through the Mediterranean to support
EU NAVFOR French Frigate Courbet Escorts WFP Vessel to Somalia
On the 19th of July, EU NAVFOR French Frigate Courbet completed another safe and successful escort of a World Food Programme (WFP) vessel from Kenya to Somalia, enabling much needed food-aid to reach the country where a famine has been declared. Since December 2008, the European Union’s first navy o
USA: Midshipmen Visit Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine at Sea
U.S. Naval Recruit Officer Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen boarded the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) July 20 for Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen, or CORTRAMID. CORTRAMID is a four-week familiarization of four naval warfare communities for third c
USA: President Nominates Top Navy Leaders
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta announced July 21, the President has made the following nominations: Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert for reappointment to the rank of admiral and for assignment as chief of naval operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. Greenert is currently serving as vice chief of Nava
Libya: RAF, Royal Navy Continue to Strike at Gaddafi Regime
The RAF and Royal Navy have been involved in a number of precision attacks to protect Libyan civilians over the last few days as part of NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR. In the early hours of Monday morning, RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft returned for a second night of precision strikes against
USA: Kollmorgen Signs USD 23.5 Million MK 20 Electro-Optical Sensor System Contract
Kollmorgen Corp, Northampton, Mass., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $23,501,954 undefinitized contract action under previously awarded firm-fixed price, cost-plus-fixed fee, cost-only contract (N00024-11-C-5447) for the fiscal 2011 MK 20 MOD 0 Electro-Optical Sensor System units, including associa
Ceremony Welcomes US Sailors to Townsville, Australia
The city of Townsville welcomed the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) Sailors and embarked Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the city during an official ceremony held at the Army Museum North Queensland July 8. Germantown is in Townsville, A
USA: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest Recognizes Safety Excellence
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest raised a Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) safety flag celebrating their “dedication to safety” during a ceremony in San Diego, July 12. The Safety Flag is beig flown in recognition of NAVFAC Southwest receiving the 2011 SECNAV Safety Excellence A