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
After meeting in Busan, South Korea, Australian Navy’s vessels Stuart and Arunta took part in bilateral Exercise Haedoli Wallaby with four warships of the Republic of Korea Navy. The ships were joined by a AP-3C Orion aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force’s 92 Wing in Edinburgh, South Austral
Indian Navy’s first of six Scorpene diesel-electric attack submarines, INS Kalvari, was set afloat today. Held at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, this event marks the start of the vessel’s sea trials. It is estimated that INS Kalvari will spend some 10 months conducting its trials after which it will join
Nimitz-Class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) departed Singapore after a four-day port visit to the island nation, Oct. 28, and continues on its routine journey to its new homeport of San Diego. Concurrently, the Ronal
Capt. Drew St. John, commanding officer, USS Frank Cable (AS 40), welcomed aboard Rear Adm. John B. Nowell Jr., commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet, Task Force 76, Oct. 27. Nowell traveled to Guam to visit with leaders and crew members of the many Navy commands on the
Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) completed a fueling evolution at-sea with the U.S. flagged tanker Maersk Peary in international waters off the coast of Sasebo, Japan, Oct. 22. The four-day training event was just the second time in the last 15 year
Indian and Sri Lankan Navies started the 4th edition of Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka today, October 27. SLINEX, scheduled to wrap up on November 1, is a series of bilateral maritime exercises which were first launched in 2005. Indian Naval ships Kora, Kirpan and Savit
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is scheduled to conduct a series of exercises with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Oct. 26-29 to strengthen maritime interoperability and tactics, techniques and procedures. The U.S. routinely conducts CSG operations in the waters around the Republic of
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), with embarked elements of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, conducted a five day quality-of-life port visit to Hong Kong, China. After completing an arduous operational patrol of multinational exercises with regional partners over the summer an
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for a port visit Oct. 19, after conducting a routine South China Sea patrol. Lassen spent the last four weeks on a routine patrol in international waters in the South China Sea, in support of securit
The tri-lateral exercise Malabar came to a close as Indian, Japanese and U.S. naval forces completed training, Oct. 19. The annual high-end war fighting exercise, which began in 1992, featured maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare, air defense exercises (A
A formal ceremony welcomed HMAS Stuart alongside in Yokosuka, Japan, on 10 October when the ship arrived to participate in the country’s International Fleet Review. A Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force contingent, led by Captain Kazijoto greeted the ship on arrival. Marking the formal commencement
An electrical fire was reported inside an E-2C Hawkeye from the “Liberty Bells” of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 in hangar bay one of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), 1:27 p.m. (local), October 18. The ship’s damage control flying squad responded and extinguished
HMS Queen Elizabeth Tests 13-Tonne Anchors The mighty anchors on Britain’s biggest warship have been tested for the first time. Royal Navy’s Diamond Gets New Gadgets The new-look, souped-up HMS Diamond makes her way to sea for the first time since the summer of 2014. Infographic: Operation Sophia in
