The US is sending 40 more boats to join Ukraine’s growing ‘river navy’

Peter Suciu,  19fortyfive  Nov 14, 2022, 6:23 AM A sailor mans the M240B machine gun on the bow of a Metal Shark security boat during a drill at Naval Base San Diego on March 14, 2022. US Navy/MCS1 Austin Haist The US is sending Ukraine more riverine patrol boats in an aid package announced this month.Continue reading “The US is sending 40 more boats to join Ukraine’s growing ‘river navy’”

Video – US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford anchors in the Solent – 14th November 2022 at 5:07pm

Play Video USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) steams the Atlantic Ocean The US Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier has anchored in the Solent off the Hampshire coast. USS Gerald R Ford, on her maiden deployment, left Norfolk, Virginia, in October to lead a carrier strike group in the Atlantic. Named after America’s 38th president, Gerald R Ford,Continue reading “Video – US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford anchors in the Solent – 14th November 2022 at 5:07pm”

Defence updates Torres Strait navigational charts

HMAS Shepparton A03 MARITIME ANDUNDERSEA WARFARE | 14 NOVEMBER 2022 By: Reporter Following a single continuous survey of the Under Keel Clearance Management (UKCM) area of the Torres Strait, Defence’s Australian Hydrographic Office has updated three navigational charts to improve the precision and safety of vessels travelling through the Torres Strait. Under keel clearance refers toContinue reading “Defence updates Torres Strait navigational charts”

Tributes paid to the fallen By Oscar Francis – Otago Southland District Returned and Services Association (RSA) president Jenepher Glover-Shepherd remembered Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, of Rangiora, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2012.

Tributes paid to the fallen By Oscar Francis  101 0  News   Dunedin Dunedin residents gathered yesterday to remember the fallen — and the anniversary of peace. About 100 members of the public, service members and their families attended a service in Queens Gardens yesterday to commemorate the end of hostilities in World War 1 in 1918.Continue reading “Tributes paid to the fallen By Oscar Francis – Otago Southland District Returned and Services Association (RSA) president Jenepher Glover-Shepherd remembered Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, of Rangiora, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2012.”

USS Higgins Returns To Yokosuka after a Successful Deployment 10 November 2022 From Seaman Lillian Olen, Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15 The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 10 concluding a routine deployment. Higgins’ return marks the end of a six-month patrol that began in May and took the ship and crew from the northern Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea and back.

221110-N-HP061-0029 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 10, 2022) The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) returns to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Nov. 10 after completing a successful six-month deployment. Higgins is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S.Continue reading “USS Higgins Returns To Yokosuka after a Successful Deployment 10 November 2022 From Seaman Lillian Olen, Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron 15 The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, Nov. 10 concluding a routine deployment. Higgins’ return marks the end of a six-month patrol that began in May and took the ship and crew from the northern Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea and back.”