Anzac Day is a day of national pride when we stop to remember those who forged our military history, and acknowledge those who continue the legacy. This year in true ANZAC spirit the Ships Company of HMAS Success welcomed eleven sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy Replenishment Ship HMNZS Endeavour to march alongside them [...]
High performance racing met high technology when American Formula One driver Alexander Rossi visited patrol coastal (PC) ship USS Typhoon (PC 5) and Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 2 at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, April 17. The 21-year-old Rossi was born in Auburn, Calif., and will race in the upcoming Gulf Air Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix [...]
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus was recently recognized by an online jobs and career community as one of the top 50 highest rated CEOs. Glassdoor released its annual report announcing the top CEOs earlier this month; Mabus was included on this list as the CEO for the Department of the Navy. Two hundred ninety-nine [...]
On Thursday, January 17th, the Polish Navy assumed command over Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One. ORP ‘Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki’ became the flagship of the Group and Cdr Piotr Sikora (Polish Navy) was appointed as the Commander of the SNMCMG1. The official Change of Command Ceremony took place at Naval Port in Gdynia, alongside the [...]
The worldwide networking of economic relations continues to grow with enormous dynamism. The security of shipping routes and ports is essential for this global development, which has made shipbuilding and shipping key industries in global logistics. SMM, the world’s leading maritime industry fair, is focusing increasingly on these areas and working in close cooperation with [...]
Prior to the Submariners’ Day, active bloggers of Russia’s Far East for the first time visited one of Pacific Fleet (PF) diesel electric submarines. The guests had a detailed onboard tour. Activists of the Far East blogosphere went down into the sub’s strength hull and walked fr om bows to stern. They were shown [...]
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) marked one year since it officially began its docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) in Bremerton, Wash., Jan. 11. Nimitz entered dry dock DPIA Jan. 11, 2011. During the past year, Nimitz has been busy working alongside PSNS & [...]
Divers from Australian Clearance Diving Team One boarded and secured merchant vessels in Sydney Harbour recently, as part of specialist training in the lead up to deploying on Operation SLIPPER. Using rigid hulled inflatable boats, the Divers honed their skills in advanced level boardings. Pre consulted commercial merchant vessels were used as targets, with the [...]
Sarah West is first and foremost a Royal Navy Officer. She is emphatically not a woman in a man’s world. That she is the first woman to be given Command of one of the Navy’s major warships might be historically significant. But to Lieutenant Commander West it is simply career progression. In April of next [...]
Turkmenian president Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov visited one of national naval bases on Oct 9 to see two new missile boats recently arrived from Russia. The boats were built by Sredne-Nevsky shipyard under Russian-Turkmenian military cooperation program. The presidential visit was shown on national TV. “Turkmenistan as a state having access to sea needs patrol ships [...]