HMS Vidal Annexes Rockall for UK
By Ricky D Phillips Military Historian HMS Vidal a Royal Navy survey ship formally annexed the remote Atlantic islet of Rockall for the United Kingdom September 18,1955. The British government…
USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Frank E Petersen Jr Arrive in Guam
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121), and the embarked staffs…
DDG 132 Namesake Honored on POW/MIA Recognition Day
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works ship on “Land Level” is the future USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132). Its namesake, Coast Guard Capt. Quentin R. Walsh, earned the Navy Cross in…
Austal USA Receives Contract for Newly Certified Drydock
Austal USA received a contract, valued at $10.8 million, awarded by the Navy for emergent maintenance drydocking availability of USS Oakland (LCS 24). To perform the contract, Austal USA will…
USS Jason Dunham Arrives in Cyprus
USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) arrived in Limassol, Cyprus, for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 15, 2026. Cyprus is an important regional partner. Strengthening partnerships during the port visit builds…
NATO Chiefs of Defense Military Committee Conference
NATO’s highest Military Authority, the NATO Military Committee, met for the annual Military Committee Conference in Copenhagen. The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC), Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the…
The Russian Campaign Against Europe: Defining the Threat
NEW | SPECIAL REPORT: The Kremlin is conducting a coordinated series of kinetic campaigns targeting Europe, and NATO states must understand and forthrightly discuss both these ongoing Russian campaigns against…
US Navy Orders Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile
The US Navy took a major step forward September 15 to extend the operational reach of Carrier Strike Groups and existing aviation platforms with cost-effective, scalable systems through a Small…
HMAS AE1
HMAS AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914. She was the first…