How Can Organizations Display Surplus Military Equipment?
Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services has long served as the Defense Department’s clearinghouse for most used and excess equipment. When the armed services no longer need an item, they turn…
British and Canadian Frigates Depart Plymouth for CSG25
Plymouth-based frigate HMS Richmond left April 22, 2025, to join the UK’s flagship on the Royal Navy’s headline deployment of 2025. The submarine hunter, which left Devonport Naval Base this…
JEANNE D’ARC 25: Amphibious and Air-Maritime Maneuvers
After a visit to Côte d’Ivoire, Brazil and French Guiana, the Jeanne d’Arc group continued its mission in the Caribbean Sea. For a few days, it joined the surveillance frigate…
U.S. Transfers Two 34m Patrol Boats to Tunisia
The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), arrived in Tunis, Tunisia, for a scheduled port visit on April 17, to reinforce the enduring partnership between…
USCGC James Returns From Eastern Pacific Drug Patrol
Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned to their home port in North Charleston, Saturday, following a 112-day, multi-phase deployment, where crew members conducted counter-narcotic operations in the Eastern Pacific…
Kenyan Navy in AIKEYME 2025
On 16 April 2025 Commander Kenya Navy Fleet, Brigadier Mohammed Shemote, joined the crew of Kenya Navy Ship (KNS) JASIRI, KNS SHUPAVU and the Special Boats Unit at the Port…
Frigate Spartaco Schergat Delivered to Italian Navy
On April 15, Fincantieri’s Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), delivered the multi-role frigate ‘Spartaco Schergat’ to the…
USS Minnesota Returns Home to Naval Base Guam
Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returned to its homeport of Naval Base Guam following its first operational tasking while forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, April 14, 2025. “This…
BRP Tarlac Arrives PT PAL Surabaya for Modernization
PT PAL Indonesia has once again been trusted by the Philippine Navy in its warship fleet modernization program. Amid the construction of the 3rd and 4th Landing Dock type ships…
US/ROK Complete Combined Mine Warfare Exercise
The U.S. Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded Korean Spring Exercise, April 16, 2025. The exercise ran from April. 7-16 off the southeastern coast of the Republic…