Approximately 40 Marines and Sailors aboard the USS Somerset (LPD 25) interacted with members of Bay Area urban search and rescue teams on Treasure Island as a part of the disaster preparedness, disaster response training series featured throughout San Francisco Fleet Week. The hands-on urban search
Rear Admiral Alfonso Gòmez Fernandez de Cordoba, (Spanish Navy), handed over the Force Command of the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) Somalia – Operation Atalanta, to Rear Admiral Stefano Barbieri (Italian Navy) at sea in the Gulf of Aden earlier today, October 8. During Rear Admiral de Cordoba’s time as
iRobot Corp. has been awarded two indefinite delivery/indefinitely quantity (IDIQ) contracts from the US Navy for the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division. The first multi-year IDIQ contract, with a total ceiling of $46.7 million, is for support
Two Royal Navy vessels, Type 23 Frigate HMS Lancaster and fuel tanker RFA Gold Rover, will visit the island of St Helena from Tuesday 13 to Friday 16 October 2015 – to take part in the bicentennial anniversary of Napoleon’s arrival to the Island. Events planned include a call on the Governor by the
Swedish Navy’s Visby class corvette HMS Karlstad departed for an official visit to Klaipeda, Lithuania yesterday, Oct 7. The visit has the aim of supporting Swedish interests and promoting good ties between nations. The ship will be the site of a bilateral meeting between Swedish Defense Minister Pe
Over the weekend, the ships of Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO (SNMG2) entered the port of Barcelona, Spain, for a routine port visit, following a period of support to the counter-terrorism Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (OAE). SNMG2 currently consists of the flagship German frigate FGS HAMBURG, the Tu
Royal Navy Fleet flagship HMS Ocean has arrived in Toulon, France, for final preparations ahead of Exercise Corsican Lion. The exercise, part of the Royal Navy’s Cougar 15 deployment, provides an ideal opportunity to showcase the ship’s role as an amphibious assault ship. HMS Ocean carries the UK’s
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Nitze (DDG 94), held a change of command ceremony on October 2. Cmdr. Paul Kaylor relieved Cmdr. Michelle Nakamura as commanding officer. Nakamura, who became commanding officer in May 2014, will now be reporting to Surface Nuclear Propulsi
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) arrived in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) on September 21. Commanded by Cmdr. Shea Thompson, the ship and crew of more than 300 Sailors are currently assigned to Destroyer Squadron 23 and will be conducting Maritime Theater Security C
Cmdr. Micah Maxwell relieved Cmdr. Brian Tothero as Commander of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715) during a ceremony at the submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oct. 6. While in command, Tothero led his submarine through the completion of a 17-month ship
The Royal Navy frigate has been working out with the Indian Navy while operating in the Indian Ocean. Deployed to the Middle East for six months, HMS Richmond has been training with Indian Navy Ship (INS) Betwa. The Portsmouth based frigate visited the port of Goa, India, for a routine stop and then
Indian Navy’s Rear Admiral AB Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet has handed over the command of Eastern Fleet to Rear Admiral SV Bhokare. The change of command took place at a ceremony held in the Visakhapatnam Naval Base on October 6, 2015. Rear Admiral SV Bhokare is a specialist in
Inhabitants of a remote community on tiny Crooked Island – 250 miles from the Bahamian capital Nassau – were flown to safety as part of a hurricane relief effort led by amphibious ship RFA Lyme Bay. Sailors, soldiers, Royal Marines and airmen all weighed into the relief effort on the Island after ho
Australia’s New Defense Minister, Senator Marise Payne, made her first official visit to a Defense unit on September 25, embarking in HMAS Canberra in Far North Queensland. Along with Chief of Defense, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, Defense Secretary Dennis Richardson and Service Chiefs, Senator Pa
