Naval drills between JS Shimokita Japanese tank landing ship and USS New Orleans

Naval News August 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry POSTED ON WEDNESDAY, 25 AUGUST 2021 16:18         According to a tweet published by the U.S. Navy on August 24, 2021, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans conducted an exercise with Osumi class tank landing ship JS Shimokita.Follow Navy Recognition on GoogleContinue reading “Naval drills between JS Shimokita Japanese tank landing ship and USS New Orleans”

Let the Coast Guard Show Its Stripes

  By Commander Jennifer Runion, U.S. Coast Guard August 2021   Proceedings   Vol. 147/8/1,422 NOBODY ASKED ME, BUT . . .   VIEW ISSUE FacebookTwitterRedditEmailShare COMMENTS In early 2021, China passed a new law allowing the its coast guard to board, inspect, and even fire on foreign vessels. This shift added to the growing regional concernContinue reading “Let the Coast Guard Show Its Stripes”

Ships from the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and the USS America Expeditionary Strike Group support Large Scale Global Exercise 21.

  PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 24, 2021) Ships from the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and the USS America Expeditionary Strike Group, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), begin multinational advanced aviation operations in support of Large Scale Global Exercise (LSGE) 21, Aug. 20, 2021. Together, the forward-deployed ships of the America Expeditionary StrikeContinue reading “Ships from the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group and the USS America Expeditionary Strike Group support Large Scale Global Exercise 21.”

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69 transits to Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 25, 2021) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69 transits to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Aug. 25, 2021, for a 13-month planned incremental availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Shelby West) 210825-N-YO710-008  Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69 transits to Norfolk Naval Shipyard. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3DwFT4C via IFTTT

The US Army’s ‘concrete battleship’ in the Philippines saw some of World War II’s fiercest fighting

Benjamin Brimelow Aug. 24, 2021, 12:53 PM FacebookLinkedInRedditTwitterEmail US Navy battleship USS New Jersey passing between Corregidor, background, and Fort Drum, July 3, 1983. US Navy/PH2 Paul Soutar Fort Drum was the last American bastion when the Japanese swept through in the months after Pearl Harbor. The heavily armed and armored fort in Manila BayContinue reading “The US Army’s ‘concrete battleship’ in the Philippines saw some of World War II’s fiercest fighting”