Split 15th MEU Deployment Continues as USS Somerset Joins Indian Amphibious Exercise https://ift.tt/Y8VzkaH

DZIRHAN MAHADZIR MARCH 26, 2024 2:06 PM Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Garrett Legan, assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares for fast-rope training aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD-25) during Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH in Visakhapatnam, India, March 20, 2024. US Marine Corps Photo Elements of theContinue reading “Split 15th MEU Deployment Continues as USS Somerset Joins Indian Amphibious Exercise https://ift.tt/Y8VzkaH”

HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite and matched by two others.

Orion was built by Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, U.K), Vickers-Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK). Flashes from the 6-inch guns of Orion can be seen against the darkness during a nighttime bombardment of enemy positions on the Garigliano River. Orion was commissioned on 18 January 1934, for service with the Home Fleet but she was transferred to the America and West Indies Station, based at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island, in the ImperialContinue reading “HMS Orion was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with distinction in the Royal Navy during World War II. She received 13 battle honours, a record only exceeded by HMS Warspite and matched by two others.”

Russian Warships Enter the Red Sea

(Bloomberg) — Russian warships from the Pacific Fleet have crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea, the state-run Tass news agency said, venturing into a maritime region plagued by Houthi attacks and crowded with naval vessels. The detachment included the missile cruiser Varyag and frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, Tass reported Thursday, citing the Russian Pacific Fleet’s pressContinue reading “Russian Warships Enter the Red Sea”

HMS Richmond returning to Devonport this afternoon following action in the Red Sea. Proudly flying battle ensign and Duke of Richmond’s flag.

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Amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Joint Base Pearl Harbor, February 2023

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