Ross Completes Homeport Shift to Norfolk
USS Ross (DDG 71) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, marking the end of a nearly 10 year tour of her time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) Destroyer, September…
HNLMS Tromp Replaces Karel Doorman as SNMG1 Flagship
HNLMS Tromp replaced Karel Doorman as flagship of NATO’s SNMG1 the weekend of September 17th in Lisbon. This squadron of seven international ships will be under the command of Dutch…
Concarneau Delivers OPV Contre-Amiral Fadika
Today took place in Concarneau (France) the flag transfer ceremony of Contre-Amiral Fadika. This patrol boat owes its name to Rear-Admiral Lamine FADIKA who was the first Ivorian officer in…
JMSDF on RCN Surveillance of Ship-to-Ship Transfers
Canada’s surveillance activities against illegal maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers of North Korean vessels In response to illegal maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers of North Korean-flagged vessels, which are prohibited…
Britain’s Flagship Heads for the USA
Britain’s flagship arrived in Norfolk, Virginia September 20th ahead of an autumn on operations and exercises in European waters. In the coming months, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be at the…
Future USNS Apalachicola Achieves Milestones
The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13), the Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport successfully completed Acceptance Trials and Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials. Acceptance Trials consists of a series of in-port…
Naval Aviation Virtual Race to Celebrate TOPGUN Pilots
The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (NAMF) will host its 3rd annual Onward & Upward Virtual Race throughout October to celebrate the U.S. Navy’s TOPGUN pilots and program. Open to participants…
China Decries Taiwan Strait Transit
The US navy destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) and Canadian navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH-331) sailed through the Taiwan Strait on September 20 and hyped it up publicly. Army Senior…
“Great Escaper” and Naval Pilot Dies Aged 102
One of the last living links with the legendary Great Escape has been cut with the death of naval aviator Captain Vyvyan Howard aged 102. In the spring of 1944…
Japan & India Exercise JIMEX2022
From September 11 to 17, the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2022 (IPD22) unit, JS IZUMO and JS TAKANAMI conducted a bilateral exercise “JIMEX2022” with INS RANVIJAY, INS SAHYADRI, INS KADMATT, INS KAVARATTI,…