Royal New Zealand Navy’s Protector class offshore patrol vessel, HMNZS Otago, on August 28th, 2015, hosted a change of command ceremony. LT CDR Andrew Sorensen assumed command of HMNZS OTAGO from LT CDR Tim Garvan in a ceremony alongside at Devonport Naval Base. The ceremony was presided over by the
The guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) departed Naval Station Norfolk, September 2nd, to participate in a scheduled composite training unit exercise as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. While at sea, the ship and crew, assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 28, will cond
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Lyme Bay arrived in Dominica on September 2nd to begin immediate relief efforts following the devastation left behind by Tropical Storm Erika. The British support ship has been tasked by the Department for International Development to offer assistance to the communities o
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus hosted a ship-naming ceremony today in Billings, Montana to announce SSN 794, a Virginia-class attack submarine, will bear the name USS Montana. The submarine will be named to honor the history its namesake state has with the Navy. The future USS Montana will be the s
A combined rescue operation between the Coastguard, RNLI and Royal Navy has helped recover a missing diver off the Cornish coast. The diver became separated from his buddy after diving a wreck several miles off the Lizard Peninsula. A mayday call was sent by their dive boat at around 2:30pm on Tuesd
After a two-day delay due to tropical storm conditions, the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite launched on September 2nd at 6:18 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 41. MUOS-4, whose signal was acquired approximately three hours after launch, completes the initial operat
Each year since the Great East Japan earthquake of 2011, the government of Japan and the U.S. military have participated in disaster preparedness and emergency response drills to ensure a swifter and stronger response to future natural disasters. During the Big Kanagawa Rescue exercise, hosted by th
Royal Navy minehunter HMS Pembroke sails to Ayr at approximately 3pm on Thursday, September 3 in support of the Scottish Airshow. The Sandown Class Mine Counter Measures Vessel will be berthed at Compass Pier and will be open to visitors on Saturday, September 5. A capability demonstration will take
After years of talking about improving defense ties, Australia and India finally organized their first joint naval exercise. According to the Australian Defense Minister Kevin Andrews, this first bilateral naval exercise, called Exercise AUSINDEX, will be held off India later this month. Andrews add
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a $109,4 million modification to previously awarded submarine support contract. The deal includes engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated logistics support, database management, research and development, m
The crew of US Coast Guard Cutter Adelie interdicted an estimated 2,900 pounds of marijuana and detained two people off the coast of Point Loma, California, Saturday. The bust is the second interdiction of illegal drugs by Washington-based patrol boats within the last week. The crew of Coast Guard C
Australian Navy’s retired Bathurst class corvette HMAS Castlemaine recently received a new paint job in Williamstown, Australia. BAE Systems’ Williamstown shipyard conducted hull cleaning and painting works on the vessel which is the last Australian-built Bathurst class corvettes to serve in the sec
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) arrived in Odesa, Ukraine, for a scheduled port visit Aug. 31, 2015, in support of exercise Sea Breeze 2015. Sea Breeze is an annual multinational maritime exercise, with a land and air component, co-hosted by the United State
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth carried out the duties of the Guard Ship at the Dartmouth Regatta. Monmouth, known informally as the ‘Black Duke’ after James Scott, the Duke of Monmouth, sailed for Dartmouth in the midst of her sea trials in order to carry out this regional engagement opportunit
