By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ***** ARLINGTON, Va. — A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft ran off a runway at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii on Nov. 20, likely resulting in the first loss of…
Coast Guard completes two-week operation in Pacific region
U.S. Coast Guard District 14 Release from U.C. Coast Guard 14th District ***** Nov. 20, 2023 HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded Operation Kuru Kuru, an annually held comprehensive two-week operation in the Pacific region, highlighting the Coast…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia, after interdicting $102 million worth of illegal narcotics
Release from Coast Guard Atlantic Area ***** Nov. 20, 2023 PORTSMOUTH, Va.– The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returned home to Portsmouth, Monday, following a 51-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Patrolling in support of Joint…
National Security Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) Sails Away from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding
Release from HII ***** PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, Calhoun (WMSL 759), departed from HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division on Sunday, Nov. 19. “We congratulate the NSC team of shipbuilders…
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) returns to Yokosuka
Release from USS Ronald Reagan ***** YOKOSUKA, Japan – The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), returned to its forward-deployed port in Yokosuka, Japan, following a six-month deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, Nov. 19. During the ship’s final…
Combined Maritime Forces, U.S. Coast Guard Make $21 Million Drug Seizure in the Gulf of Oman
Release from By U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ***** MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter crew seized about $21 million worth of illegal drugs from a stateless vessel while operating in the international waters of the…
HII is Awarded Contract for DDG 51-Class Follow Yard Support
Release from HII ***** PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division received a cost-plus-award fee contract from the U.S. Navy for follow yard support of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class…
CMF’s French-led Combined Task Force 150 Seizes $34 Million in Illegal Narcotics at Sea
Release from Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs ***** MANAMA, Bahrain — A French navy ship working with Combined Maritime Forces seized about $34 million worth of illegal drugs from a stateless vessel while operating in the international waters of the…
U.S. 4th Fleet Conducts Inaugural Maritime Planning Symposium
Release from USNAVSOUTH/4TH FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS ***** CALLAO, Peru – 25 naval officers from eight partner nations recently completed the first-ever U.S. 4th Fleet Maritime Planning Symposium at the Peruvian Naval War College (Escuela Superior de Guerra Naval) in Callao, Peru. Supported by…
SECNAV Del Toro Leads Inaugural Meeting of the Government Shipbuilders Council
***** 17 November 2023 As part of his commitment to strengthen the Nation’s shipbuilding and maintenance, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro kicked off the inaugural meeting of the Government Shipbuilders Council (GSC) at the Coast Guard Yard in…
