Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) arrived in Jebel Ali and Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 18. The ship’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation department, offered a variety of entertainment and sight seeing opportunities such as golfing, sand boarding, a
Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 spent three days performing community services for the Banjo Learning Center during a port visit to Phuket, Thailand, May 29-31. During the three separate days, Sailors were able to assist in painting the wa
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Gold Rover, a Small Fleet Tanker, has returned to Plymouth today after nearly two years on deployment keeping warships on station at sea. The ship has travelled 91,860 nautical miles since leaving Portland in Dorset in August 2011 and racked up 7,789 man-hours on watch while re
Australian Naval Ship “HMAS Toowoomba” arrived at the Port of Colombo on 31st May 2013 on a goodwill visit. The ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval traditions on her arrival. Ship’s Commanding Officer, Commander Brendon Zilko accompanied by Australian Defence Adviser to
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) visited Quality Schools International (QSI) for a community service project (COMSERV) in Phuket, Thailand, May 31. The eight Sailors were members of Nimitz’ female basketball team and came to the school to play a basketball game against QS
Sailors aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) had the unique opportunity of interacting with the nation’s highest ranking military advisor when Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the ship, June 2. Hagel, who was in Singapore for the 2013 Shangri-La Dialogue, made a special detour to
BRP Ramon Alcaraz Starts Sea Trials The Philippine Navy’s new warship, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, began sea trials on Monday, according to GMA News. The ship set sail from North Charleston, South Carolina at 8:30 a.m. Monday (US time). BRP Ramon Alcaraz was subjected to refurbishment and refitting which
Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) provided local mariners with food, water and fuel during an approach and assist visit to a dhow (a sailing vessels usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts) in the Arabian Gulf, May 22. The dhow encountered bad weather, which pushed it further out to se
Being deployed thousands of nautical miles from home brings a completely different perspective of life, especially when it comes to basic necessities. Instead of going to the grocery store, sailors have a different way of resupplying especially when at the high seas. As life onboard is tough, so is
Tens of thousands of people gathered along the River Mersey in Liverpool as part of a weekend of events commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Atlantic, including a spectacular flypast of Fleet Air Arm aircraft from RNAS Culdrose and Yeovilton. A Service of remembrance attended by Her R
A Type 42 destroyer sailed into harbour for the last time under its own steam today as HMS Edinburgh entered Portsmouth for the final time. The veteran warship was treated to a 21-gun salute, fly past and cheering crowds as she completed her UK tour and came home ready for decommissioning next week.
The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after completing a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific region, May 30. “Bremerton completed a very successful deployment to the Western Pacific fully accomplishing all assigned tasking for a
Trials have started on a new facility at HMS Raleigh which will be used to prove equipment for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers and future Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessels. The Heavy Replenishment-at-Sea (HRAS) demonstrator is being used to simulate the transfers of bulk stores and mun
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) launched the third Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV), being built for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), on May 28. The vessel bearing yard Hull No. BY 503 was launched by Smt. Nina Paul Antony, in the presence of DIG Satish Chandran, TM, COM DIS 4 and DIG TP Sadanandan, CGRPS (K) of
