19th March 2025 at 12:49pm Chinooks from 27 Squadron have swapped their usual land base for sea, operating from the Royal Navy’s flagship, HMS Prince of Wales. The helicopters from RAF Odiham have been taking part in Exercise Hathi Pol, an interoperability exercise between the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. The aim of theContinue reading “RAF Chinooks swap land for the sea as they operate from Royal Navy’s flagship”
Monthly Archives: March 2025
USS Gravely Deploys to U.S. Northern Command with Coast Guard Detachment
Heather Mongilio – March 17, 2025 6:23 PM Guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) left Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va., Saturday for a deployment to U.S. Northern Command. The warship embarked with a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment will patrol U.S. and international waters, Navy officials confirmed to USNI News. Gravely is heading to the waters off the GulfContinue reading “USS Gravely Deploys to U.S. Northern Command with Coast Guard Detachment”
US Navy Deploys First Operational LCS Mine Countermeasures Packages
Sam LaGrone – March 18, 2025 7:33 PM The Littoral Combat Ships carrying the first two operational mine countermeasure packages deployed earlier this month after more than a decade of fits, starts and failed systems, USNI News has learned. USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) and USS Canberra (LCS-30) quietly left San Diego, Calif., on March 10th with the long-awaited missionContinue reading “US Navy Deploys First Operational LCS Mine Countermeasures Packages”
HMS Prince of Wales receives a warm welcome on her return Home to Portsmouth – video
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USS Randolph March 1945
80 years ago, the “long hulled” Essex-class fleet carrier USS Randolph (CV-15) is seen with damage to her aft flight deck as the result of a Japanese Yokosuka P1Y Ginga “Frances” kamikaze attack crashing into her at Ulithi Atoll, 11 March 1945, as photographed from a USS Miami (CL-89) floatplane. The vessel alongside is the “heavy-hulled” Vulcan class repair ship USS Jason (ARH-1),Continue reading “USS Randolph March 1945”
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