In support of the Reserve Forces Day March on Sunday 7th of July 2013, HMAS Cerberus provided a Tri-Service Colour Party and Unarmed Contingent. MAJGEN The Hon. Justice Greg Garde AO, RFD was the reviewing officer for the Reserve Forces Day, the only annual event conducted in Victoria to commemorate
As part of a multi-agency operation involving Dutch and US vessels, naval support ship RFA Wave Knight helped to successfully detect and stop a craft which had attracted suspicion. The boat evaded the US Coast Guard and was spotted dropping suspect packages over the side before a raiding craft from
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Brisbane Australia July 9, for a scheduled port visit. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is in Australia to participate in the biennial combined-join
The team lead and primary author of the U.S. Navy’s 2007 Maritime Strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower” (CS21) will speak at the Navy Warfare Development Command’s (NWDC) Speaker Series July 18, from 09:30 to 10:30 a.m. EDT, at NWDC’s headquarters on Naval Station Norfolk and o
A unique Naval Support Ship sailed from Portsmouth today on one of the navy’s lengthiest deployments. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Diligence, a 10,595 tonne Forward Repair Ship, spends most of her time in the Gulf Region supporting deployed units. Because of the nature of the work she carries out she
On Wednesday, 10th of July, Ambassador of Japan H.E. Makoto Yamanaka will pay a visit in the Polish Navy, Gdynia. During the visit he will meet with Commander in Chief of the Polish Navy – Vice Admiral Tomasz Mathea. One of the most important topic of the Polish-Japanese talks will be the visit in P
United States Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich visited dock-landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) in Darwin, Australia July 5, during a scheduled port visit. Germantown is in port with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to conduct a bio-security inspection as a precursor to a com
The commemorative items, placed under the island of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during the island landing event in January, will be permanently welded into the ship in honor of President Gerald R. Ford’s 100th birthday, at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2013. The ceremony will take plac
Tetra Tech, Inc. announced yesterday that its Tetra Tech EC operating unit was awarded the $100 million U.S. Navy Unrestricted Remedial Action Contract (RAC) VI for environmental remediation services at various Department of Defense (DoD) installations in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevad
Amphibious support ship RFA Mounts Bay became one of the busiest airfields in the UK as she conducted flying training with four squadrons and four different types of helicopters. Her flight deck witnessed more than 350 deck landings – including 100 by the new Wildcat – during three weeks of intensiv
Work will begin on the UK Navy’s next-generation tankers in a year’s time after design teams in the UK completed their plans for the four vessels. RFA Tidespring, Tiderace, Tidesurge and Tideforce will provide the Fleet – including the giant future carriers – with fuel, water, spare parts and other
Members of Pacific Partnership 2013 worked with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to deliver a reverse osmosis water system donated by the U.S. Agency for International Development to Ebeye, an island in the Kwajalein Atoll of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, July 7. The revers
Guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) held a change of command ceremony aboard the ship midway through its maiden deployment, July 7. Cmdr. Kevin Kennedy relieved Cmdr. David Dry. Dry asked the crew to continue their excellence under the new leadership. “I ask that you continue to support e
Thales UK has signed a contract with the Estonian Defence Forces to provide an additional four years of technical support and maintenance to two former Royal Navy (RN) mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) now serving with the Estonian fleet. The contract provides a framework to achieve cost savings
