SAGRE: ASW Training in the Bay of Biscay
Three multi-mission frigates (FREMM) based in Brest: Normandie, Bretagne and Aquitaine, as well as two high-seas patrol boats (PHM) from Brest, Commandant Blaison and Premier-Maitre L’Her have regrouped from November…
Orion Secured Inside USS Portland Ahead of Return to Shore
The Orion spacecraft has been secured in the well deck of the USS Portland. The ship will soon begin its trip back to U.S. Naval Base San Diego, where engineers…
Royal Navy Unsung Hero Heading Back to the Front Line
The ship in charge of keeping the Royal Navy’s powerful aircraft carrier task groups fuelled and ready for action is returning to full operations after an extensive refit. RFA Fort…
HMAS Wollongong Decommissioned in Cairns
The Royal Australian Navy has decommissioned Armidale Class Patrol Boat HMAS Wollongong at a ceremony in HMAS Cairns after 15 years of service. Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Jonathan Earley,…
USNS Comfort Arrives in Haiti
Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived off the coast of Jeremie, Haiti, in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2022 (CP22) mission, Dec. 11.…
Tonnerre Seizes 4.6 tons of Cocaine in the Gulf of Guinea
On 30 November, under the direction of the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic and the Prosecutor of the Republic of Brest, the amphibious helicopter carrier (PHA) Tonnerre seized more than…
KRI Sidat Conducts MSI 30 mm Cannon Function Test
Together with 36 personnel commanded by Marine Major (P) Henky Irawan Yudistira, KRI Sidat-851 was able to carry out MSI’s 30 mm Cannon Function Test in Tarakan Waters, North Kalimantan,…
CTF 70/71 Conduct Training in ASW and Logistics Support with JMSDF
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70 and CTF 71 conducted bi-lateral anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Dec.…
NSWC Dahlgren Engineers Build Constellation Class Architecture
If we desire to secure peace,” President George Washington once observed, “it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” During the late 1790s, the U.S.…
Russia Intercepts Norwegian Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The Russian military reported that it lifted a MiG-31 fighter-interceptor into the air near the Barents Sea to escort the Orion maritime patrol aircraft of the Norwegian Air Force. “After…