The Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations May 31 in support of Pacific Partnership 2015 (PP15). Millinocket and embarked Task Force Forager, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy’s 30th Naval Constr
The fifth of eleven mission stops in support of Continuing Promise 2015 (CP-15) officially began in Colon, Panama, on May 30. The CP-15 team embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) began medical, engineering and veterinary events, and expertise exchanges tha
The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) returned from a 212-day independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean June 1. The ship and crew of more than 300 Sailors, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 23, conducted various presence operations and goodwill activities with
A T-45A/C Goshawk training aircraft prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The operation was conducted in the Pacific Ocean on May 24. Ronald Reagan is underway off the coast of Southern California. [mappress mapid=”16122″] Image: US Navy
Austal USA and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works have executed a sub-contract for Littoral Combat Ship Planning Yard Design Services. This was previously announced as a teaming arrangement in August 2014. The work, scheduled to begin in June 2015, includes requirements for hull, mechanical, and elect
The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) performed last rights for eight Sailors while sailing off the coast of Virginia in May. Since the earliest days of sail to today’s Navy, Sailors have interred their fallen shipmates to the seas. What began as a necessity for a seafaring way
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) frocked 192 first, second and third class petty officers during a frocking ceremony on the ship’s flight deck, May 27. As Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier prepare the ship for its next deployment, these Sailors will carry greater responsibility. Sailors were advanced
UK Ministry of Defence Orders NATO Submarine Rescue System The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £12.1m contract to JFD for the provision of the NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS). HMS Ocean to Replace HMS Bulwark as Fleet Flagship Royal Navy’s very high readiness helicopter carrier, HMS Ocean,
The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) arrived at its new homeport of U.S. Naval Base Guam May 29. Topeka is the fourth submarine assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron (CSS) 15 as part of the Navy’s long range plan to put the most advanced and capable units forward. Prior to arrivi
A group of Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel are currently at sea onboard USS WASP, joining American colleagues in the latest F-35B Lightning II fast jet trials. Lightning II is a STOVL aircraft: Short Take Off Vertical Landing. It will place the UK at the forefront of fighter technology, giv
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) returned to Norfolk Naval Station after completing five days of sea trials, making the final milestone after a six-month condensed incremental availability (CIA) period, May 27. Sea trials, which take place following a maintenance
The Sailors of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 27 for the final port call of the CSG’s deployment to U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. During the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group’s nine
More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) May 25, after departing San Diego May 11. The ARG and MEU arrived following an amphibious sustainment train
The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) completed a magnetic treatment, known as deperming, at Naval Base Point Loma Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) May 21. Deperming reduces the ship’s magnetic signature by flashing the ship’s hull with electricity in order to help avoid detection and to
