The USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) completed a 23-day ARG/Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (ARG/MEU Ex) Sept. 24 and Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Amphibious Assault Direction System (AADS) engineers were there to support. The exercise was the first fully
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles 31 and 75, attached to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, conduct an equipment and personnel back-load with the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22). San Diego is a part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 11th Marine
Royal Danish Navy’s inspection vessel EJNAR MIKKELSEN recently rescued two teenage girls during the testing operations of its new Multibeam Echosounder (MBES) in Greenland waters. EJNAR MIKKELSEN was in the process of conducting hydrographic surveys west of the Kok Islands, close to Nuuk, when it wa
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Rear Adm. Akira Saito, commander, Escort Flotilla (CCF) One, along with his staff and other JMSDF sailors embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and other ships in the George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) as part
Two U.S. Naval supply ships collided in the Gulf of Aden Nov. 20 at 5:26 a.m. (GMT) with no injuries to crew members. USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) and USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) collided as they were beginning an underway replenishment operation. Initial reports indicate only minor damage to b
The Netherlands Navy’s Joint Logistics Support Ship Karel Doorman arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone and started unloading supplies yesterday, November 19, to help fight Ebola. The vessel delivered the much needed aid in the means of protective clothing, beds, medical equipment and other, totalling o
US and Japanese military leaders embarked Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Nov. 18 during Exercise Keen Sword 15. Vice Adm. Robert Thomas Jr., commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Vice Adm. Eiichi Funada, commander in chief, Maritime Self-D
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) received training on hose-handling procedures on November 17. Chief petty officers and first class petty officers from the In-port Emergency Team (IET) gathered around a live hose during a fire simulation. Chief Navy Couns
UK Minister for Portsmouth Matthew Hancock opened a new £4 million centre for research into unmanned autonomous boats, submarines and other vessels on November 17. This market is estimated to be worth £9 billion each year over the next 8 years. The Centre for Maritime Intelligence Systems (CMIS) was
Seven ships of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), under command of Lithuanian Navy Commander Giedrius Premeneckas, arrived in London for a routine port visit. SNMCMG1 is visiting London as part of the Group’s deployment to enhance maritime security and NATO’s readiness in the r
KD Perantau 151, a Malaysian Navy’s hydrography ship, sank partially at the Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd in Lumut, Perak. The vessel was docked at the shipyard for maintenance works when it started taking on water in the lower part. The incident occurred in the late hours of November 18, supposed
Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) Detachment Rota completed its first selected restricted availability (SRA) on Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) in Rota, Spain, Nov. 12. The ship completed combined contractor and type commander sea trials Nov.
As the sun slipped below the horizon, the Australian White Ensign was lowered for the final time on Navy’s three remaining Landing Craft Heavy (LCH). Past and present crew from HMA Ships Brunei, Labuan and Tarakan watched from the HMAS Cairns quarterdeck as the ships were decommissioned after almost
Australian Defence Force vessels and aircraft have completed monitoring a Russian Surface Task Group that was operating in the Coral Sea to Australia’s north. The Russian ships did not enter Australian territorial waters and have now departed the Coral Sea. The flotilla included Russian Federation S
