SOUTH CHINA SEA — The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the first time during its 2022 deployment, July 13, CTF 70/CSG 5 Public Affairs said in a release. The carrier strike group includes…
General Atomics EMALS, AAG Systems on CVN 78 Reach 10,000 ‘Cats and Traps’ Milestone
SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced July 12 that 10,000 catapult launches and arrested landings using the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear have been successfully and safely completed aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)….
Fairbanks Morse Defense Launches Training and Service Center Campus
BELOIT, Wis. — Fairbanks Morse Defense is launching a 45,000-square-foot training and service center campus in Chesapeake, Virginia. The defense contractor will move its existing service center from Norfolk, Virginia, to the Chesapeake campus to add a state-of-the-art training facility…
CNO, Netherlands Navy Commander Discuss Partnership and NATO Alliance
WASHINGTON — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with the commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Vice Adm. René Tas, at the Pentagon for an office call on July 12, the CNO’s public affairs office said in a…
Start of Construction Marked for T-ATS 11
WASHINGTON — Construction began on the Navy’s newest towing, salvage and rescue ship, T-ATS 11, at Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard on July 11, Team Ships Public Affairs said July 12. The Navajo-class (T-ATS) provides ocean-going tug, salvage, and rescue…
PEO Attack Submarines Holds Change of Command Ceremony
WASHINGTON — Rear Adm. Jonathan Rucker relieved Rear Adm. David Goggins as Program Executive Office Attack Submarines (PEO SSN) during a change of command ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, June 30, Team Public Affairs said in a release. Vice Adm….
Amphibious Transport Dock Fort Lauderdale Sails Away from Ingalls Shipbuilding
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) departed from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division July 11 enroute to its commissioning site in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, HII said in a release. “Ingalls Shipbuilders take great pride in…
Cutter Monroe Returns Home Following 128-Day Deployment
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned to their homeport in Alameda July 10 following a 128-day, 20,000-nautical-mile deployment, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. Munro departed Alameda in early…
Australian Defense Minister: AUKUS Subs a Huge Project to ‘Pull Off’
WASHINGTON — The new Australian government said it has no illusions of the immensity of the AUKUS plan to build nuclear-powered submarines and the effort required to make it come to pass. Last September, Australia, the United States and the…
Coast Guard Delivers Water to Drought-Stricken Kiribati at Critical Juncture
HONOLULU — The island nation of Kiribati is surrounded by water. Too much of it, actually, because climate change and rising sea levels are endangering the 33 scattered small, sparsely populated and low-lying islands in the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line chain…
