FRCE Recognized by Italian Navy & AV-8B Program Office
The Italian Navy AV-8B Program Office and the U.S. Navy’s AV-8B Weapon Systems Program Office (PMA-257) recently recognized Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) for its outstanding support of the Italian…
HMNZS Matataua Receives Three Littoral Maneuver Craft
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has added new high-speed craft to its fleet which will allow it to deliver divers, troops and mine counter measures on military operations around…
Indonesian Navy Welcomes Russian Ships in Surabaya
Main Naval Base V (Lantamal V) welcomed the arrival of three Russian warships, two of which were anti-submarine destroyers belonging to the Russian Navy, namely Admiral Panteleyev-548 and Admiral Tributs-546.…
Chinese Defense Ministry Slams Pentagon’s China Report
Propaganda The recently released US report on China’s military development disregards facts, fabricates stories, uses vague rhetoric, misinterprets China’s defense policy and military strategy, and hypes the non-existent “Chinese military…
Minehunters Reinforce Submarine Cables Patrols
The NATO fleet association SNMCMG1 is stepping up patrols in the Baltic Sea. This is because 2 submarine cables between Estonia and Sweden have been damaged. Together with HNLMS Vlaardingen,…
JMSDF Shadows Russian Corvette Gromkiy
At around 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2020, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force arrived at Cape Soya (Hokkaido). In the sea approximately 100 km northeast of One Qi, corvette…
Russian Intelligence Gathering Aircraft Chased Away by Japan
From the morning to the afternoon of Tuesday, October 24, 2020, a Russian intelligence gathering aircraft (IL-20) x 1 aircraft flies from the continent and advances to the Pacific Ocean…
Exercise EXOCET in the Western Mediterranean
The air defence frigate Chevalier Paul, the Italian frigate Caio Dulio, the multi-mission frigate with enhanced air defence capability Lorraine, the multi-mission frigate Provence, the La Fayette type frigate La…
FS Marne Decommissioned at Toulon
On October 20, 2023, under the direction of Lieutenant Commander Laurent Rebec, commander of the decommissioning crew, the last ceremony of the colors took place aboard the command and supply…