Monthly Archives: March 2020

400+Navy Daily 3h   //  keep unread  //  hide The Royal Australian Navy’s most important strategic asset, the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney, has turned 75 today.  VISIT WEBSITE from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/39cU9z8 via IFTTT

100+American Military Newsby Katie Bo Williams – DefenseOne / 1h   //  keep unread  //  hide It is a remarkable series of images: U.S. service members throw debris onto a fire and roll up massive canvas tents, getting ready to hand over a base in al Qaim to Iraqi security forces. And al Qaim is just one of several Iraqi bases that the U.S. is leaving as part ofContinue reading “Why US troops are pulling back all over Iraq”

100+USNI Newsby Ben Werner / 1h   //  keep unread  //  hide Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) departs Naval Station Mayport to commence its homeport shift to Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 21, 2020. Roosevelt will replace USS Carney (DDG-64) as one of four forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF) in Spain. Navy photo Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) started aContinue reading “USS Roosevelt Leaves for Homeport Shift to Spain”

March 23, 2020 by Mike Schuler The USNS Mercy, a Navy hospital ship, departs the Naval Station San Diego and heads to the Port of Los Angeles to aid local medical facilities dealing with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, in San Diego, California, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy departed herContinue reading “Hospital Ship ‘Mercy’ Steaming to Los Angeles to Assist with COVID-19 Response”