Royal Australian Navy is getting ready to decommission HMAS Sydney this week after her 32 years of service. The ceremony, to be held on Saturday, alongside at the vessel’s home port of Garden Island, Fleet Base East, Sydney, will mark the end of more than three decades of service for this vessel, wh
The U.S. 6th Fleet command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 1, for a scheduled port visit and embarkation of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO personnel. While in Portugal, Mount Whitney’s crew will take the opportunity to host distinguished g
INS Vikramaditya, Indian Navy’s new aircraft carrier, held a change of command ceremony today at Karwar. Captain Krishna Swaminathan has assumed charge as the second Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier. The ship was commissioned at Severodvinsk in Russia on 16 November 2013 and has since been
The amphibious dock landing ship, USS Germantown (LSD 42) returned to White Beach, Okinawa after completing III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) exercise Blue Chromite 16. The operations were a combined effort that included 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines attached to the 4th Marine Regiment embarked aboa
Command of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) was passed on October 30, as Cmdr. Timothy Poe was relieved by Cmdr. Jacob A. Foret during a ceremony at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. While in command, Poe led his submarine through the completion
UK and the Royal Navy started the construction of a permanent naval base at the Mina Salman Port, Bahrain, on October 31. The works on the new base will include upgrades to the existing facilities at the Port, providing the Royal Navy with a forward operating base and a place to plan, store equipmen
The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG) entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Oct. 31, after completing theater security operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet. The KSGARG is comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), the amphibious transport dock USS Arlington (LP
US Navy’s Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) arrived in Busan, South Korea, for a goodwill port visit, Oct. 30. The units included the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile
The “Juggernauts” of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Crew 104 are one step closer to commissioning the US Navy’s newest warship, the future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), after moving on board Oct. 18. The crew is currently preparing for the ship’s commissioning, scheduled Nov. 21 at Milwaukee Veterans Park. USS
The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO) Nov. 1. While on station in the U.S. 5th Fleet AOO, the ARG and MEU supported theater security cooperation efforts and provided a forward naval presence w
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) entered Aksaz, Turkey, Oct. 30, 2015 for a scheduled port visit during exercise Dogu Akdeniz 2015. Exercise Dogu Akdeniz, which commenced Oct. 27 is a biennial, multi-national maritime exercise led and hosted by Turkey. The ex
The amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and the Turkish navy completed Egemen 2015, Oct. 28. Egemen is a Turkish-led and hosted amphibious exercise designed to increase tactical proficiencies and interoperability among participants. Ca
Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, and embarked Carrier Air Wing 2 hosted several Chilean officers, October 13-24, as part of UNITAS Pacific (PAC). Working alongside U.S. Sailors while aboard Washington, guest officers participated in sever
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) wrapped up a series of strategic amphibious exercises with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as part of the Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX). Major Ben Reid, Commander of Special Forces Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the
