Monthly Archives: July 2024

The decommissioned amphibious assault ship, ex USS Tarawa (LHA 1), is towed out of Pearl Harbor to be used as a target during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. July 16, 2024

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Royal Australian Navy Fires NSM for the First Time (video) – To be installed on Hobart and Anzac Class ships

HMAS Sydney fires Royal Australian Navy’s first Naval Strike Missile during a SINKEX off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii as a part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. This is aligned to Government Direction announced in the 2022 Defence Strategic Review and in the 2024 National Defence Strategy. The Royal Australian Navy hasContinue reading “Royal Australian Navy Fires NSM for the First Time (video) – To be installed on Hobart and Anzac Class ships”

U.S. Navy Embarks Expeditionary Medical Unit aboard USNS Cody for Test and Evaluation

MOBILE, Alabama (May 2, 2024) USNS Cody (T-EPF 14) moored pier side in the harbor at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Cody is configured to embark the first Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU), which consists of health services and support personnel that provides advance trauma management and emergency medical treatment across the spectrum of warfare.Continue reading “U.S. Navy Embarks Expeditionary Medical Unit aboard USNS Cody for Test and Evaluation”

USS Boxer Back on Deployment After Repairs

Sam LaGrone – July 17, 2024 6:49 PM USS Boxer (LHD-4) leaving San Diego on July 16, 2024. San Diego Web Cam Photo Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) is underway and has resumed its deployment after an emergency rudder repair, USNI News has learned.Boxer left San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday, according to ship spotters. Boxer was there after a briefContinue reading “USS Boxer Back on Deployment After Repairs”

Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 2)

Australian Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct amphibious operations in Zodiac inflatable boats as a CH-47F Chinook helicopter takes-off from HMAS Canberra off the coast of Tonga in 2022. (Source: Defence) More than at any point in history, contemporary navies provide nations with a strategic game-changing capability. In a post-crisis era, Australia’sContinue reading “Post-crisis force: A larger, smarter and more lethal Navy (Part 2)”