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July 7, 2020 – The Coast Guard is naming the 11th Legend-Class National Security Cutter (NSC) in honor of Elizebeth Smith Friedman. Friedman was a pioneering code-breaker for the Coast Guard during the Prohibition Era and World War II, serving within the Coast Guard Cryptanalytic Unit-387. She has been dubbed “America’s first female cryptanalyst” and in many ways could be…
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July 7, 2020 – An important non-fiction military history and geopolitical book, W. Craig Reed’s SPIES OF THE DEEP (Permuted Press; July 14, 2020; Hardcover; $28.00) is a scalding indictment that shatters the lies told by Russian and U.S. officials in August 2000 a few months after Vladimir Putin came to power. It cuts through the suspicious circumstances surrounding the…
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July 7, 2020 (Google Translation) – The crews of aircraft and helicopters of the Naval Aviation and Air Defense of the Black Sea Fleet flew from Crimean airfields to St. Petersburg to participate in the Main Naval Parade, which will be held on July 26. The Black Sea Fleet aviation forces involved in the parade include 5 Su-30SM aircraft, 3…
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July 6, 2020 – The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of France of three (3) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of France requests…
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(Translation from source) The work on the tugboats built in the Remontowa Shipbuilding SA shipyard for the Navy is in full speed. At the beginning of June, the fifth of a series of six vessels – H-3 Leszko – was ceremonially launched in the shipyard, and H-2 Mieszko has successfully passed the sea trials. Now is the time for ship’s…
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(Google Translation) Reiwa 2nd year Mine warfare training (Mutsu Bay) and minesweeping special training (Japan-US joint training The Maritime Self-Defense Force will conduct the following mine warfare training (Mutsu Bay) and minesweeping special training (Japan-US joint training). I will carry it out. 1 Purpose (1) Maintain and improve the ability of the JMSDF to combat mines (2) Further strengthening cooperation…
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July 5, 2020 – Off the coast of Hawaii, the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) did its part to help the ships of the USS Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group on their trip home to San Diego following a deployment to the Indo Pacific region, by providing fuel and stores during replenishments at sea.…
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In a Twitter video last week, the Japan Joint Staff (JJS) of the Japan Self-Defense Forces said on June 26, its P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft with 19 crew members had returned to Japan safely after almost two months at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. “We sincerely appreciate your kindness to offer help when we were…
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July 8, 2020 – Two F/A-18E “Super Hornet” squadrons with a total of 20 aviators returned to their home base at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., July 7, following their six-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The two F/A-18E squadrons, Strike…
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July 8, 2020 (Google Translation) – Within the Submarine Service, the Central Defense Integrity Organization (COID) examines the culture that prevails there. This could have a negative impact on a socially safe working and living environment. For a number of young soldiers who wanted to work at the Submarine Service at the beginning of this year, it was probably also…
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