Russian Maritime Activity Outside Norway
May and June are hectic months for the Norwegian Armed Forces and our allies, with several major military exercises. In other words, we are in a period of major allied…
BRP Antonio Luna Trains With AW-159 Wildcat in ASW Operations
The Philippine Navy’s (PN) missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) achieved another milestone as an AgustaWestland (now Leonardo) AW-159 “Wildcat” anti-submarine helicopter successfully landed on its flight deck while the…
NATO SNMG1 Takes Part in Exercise DYNAMIC MONGOOSE
The port visit in Reykjavik marks the end of annual NATO exercise Dynamic Mongoose 23, after two challenging intense weeks. About 1800 sailors on board of 12 ships covered an…
Formidable Shield 2023 Begins in the High North and North Atlantic Ocean
U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) will kick off exercise Formidable Shield 2023 from the High North and North Atlantic Ocean, May 8, 2023. Formidable…
First of its Kind Submarine Visit Forges Relationship
Senior leaders from the navies of Japan, South Korea and the United States visited Naval Base Guam to embark a U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine operating off Guam, April…
HEMEX ORION 2023 – Probation in the Mediterranean
In the multinational NATO association, the German Navy took part in a French landing operation with the frigate Saxon. Your mission in this exercise was to protect the helicopter carriers…
NRP Dom Carlos I on Busy Deployment
The hydrographic vessel NRP Dom Carlos I is on mission until May 18, during this period it will carry out the maintenance of a coastal buoy “ODAS” and all five…
FSAF-PAAMS ISS Contract Kick-Off Meeting
On the 18 April 2023, the kick-off meeting for the FSAF/PAAMS 16.ISS.01.04 contract, was held at the Navy Officers Club in Naples, Italy. The contract, signed with THALES Nederland (TNL)…
RNZN Officer Experiences Life on an Icebreaker
A sea ride that sounds like a constant earthquake is one way of describing a trip to McMurdo Sound in United States Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star. But for Midshipman…
Third Project 15B Destroyer Begins Sea Trials
Imphal, Indian Navy’s third indigenous stealth destroyer of the Project 15B class, planned to be commissioned later this year, undertook her maiden sea sortie today. The ship incorporates several niche…