Monthly Archives: March 2024

USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.

USS SHILOH 2014With her guided missiles and rapid-fire cannons, she is capable of facing and defeating threats in the air, on the sea, or the ashore, and underneath the sea. She also carries two Seahawk LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters, mainly for anti-submarine warfare, (ASW).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shiloh_(CG-67) Update – In the US Navy’s 2024 proposed budget, presented in 2023, Shiloh wasContinue reading “USS Shiloh (CG-67) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, named in remembrance of the Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War. She was built at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.”

HMS Vengeance: Vanguard-class submarine’s secret monster deployment beneath the waves

21st March 2024 at 5:05pm A British nuclear-armed submarine has returned home after what is believed to be the second-longest deployment beneath the waves in Royal Navy history. HMS Vengeance arrived back at her home base of Faslane on Sunday after a reported huge 201-day deployment. As the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the movements of HMSContinue reading “HMS Vengeance: Vanguard-class submarine’s secret monster deployment beneath the waves”

Beale AFB picked to host new battle management squadron

By Courtney Mabeus-Brown U.S. Air Force U-2 Dragon Ladies and chase cars from the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, T-38 Talons from the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, and KC-135R Stratotankers from the 940th Air Refueling Wing conduct an elephant walk at Beale Air Force Base, California, Jan. 4, 2023. (Senior Airman Juliana Londono/Air Force) Beale Air Force Base, California, willContinue reading “Beale AFB picked to host new battle management squadron”

Oslyabya (Russian: Ослябя) was the second of the three Peresvet-class second-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century, although construction delays meant that she was the last to be completed.

The ship was part of the Second Pacific Squadron sent to the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, and served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Baron Dmitry von Fölkersam. Oslyabya was sunk on 27 May 1905 at the Battle of Tsushima, and was the first all-steel battleship to be sunk by navalContinue reading “Oslyabya (Russian: Ослябя) was the second of the three Peresvet-class second-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century, although construction delays meant that she was the last to be completed.”

USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) comes alongside the Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS John Lenthall (T-AO 189) for an underway replenishment (UNREP) while U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas (WEHC-716) performs duties as plane guard.

Truman and Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer誷 Mate 3rd Class Christopher B. Stoltz. (RELEASED)