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Day: March 2, 2020

ARC Gloria Embarks Marine Corps Students for First Time

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February 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – ARC “Gloria”, the flagship of the Colombian Navy, set sail from the main dock of the ARC Naval Base “Bolívar”, with the first contingent of future Marine Corps. Accompanied by civil and military authorities in the region, the departure ceremony that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the first cruise around the world, was chaired…

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Navy provides survey support in Antarctica

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February 21, 2020 – Nine members of the Maritime Geospatial Warfare Unit recently sailed to Australia’s Davis research station in Antarctica on RSV Aurora Australis to begin survey operations as part of the Davis Aerodrome project. The team will conduct survey operations to identify potential sites to land construction equipment and materials for a proposed all-seasons, paved runway near Davis…

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NUWC Keyport and CFMETR Ready Marine Mammal Monitoring System

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February 24, 2020 – Marine Mammal Monitoring (M3R) is an underwater acoustic sensor system being adopted by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport for use in a testing range in the northwest Salish Sea operated jointly by the U.S. Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental & Test Ranges (CFMETR). M3R utilizes a system of hydrophones and computer algorithms…

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Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Cooperstown

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February 28, 2020 – The Navy will christen its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23), during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony Saturday, Feb. 29, in Marinette, Wisconsin. Mrs. Alba Tull will serve as the ship’s sponsor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Mrs. Tull will christen the ship by breaking a bottle of sparkling wine…

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