U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrived at its new homeport, Naval Base San Diego, July 18, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the Indo-Pacific region operating from Japan, according to a news release put out by Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. While in San Diego, Stethem will undergo a planned […]

The U.S. Navy has approved the Duluth as the commissioning location for the future USS Minneapolis/Saint Paul (LCS 21) Freedom-class littoral combat ship. According to mass communication specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Evan Thompson, Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy Jodi Greene announced Duluth as the commissioning location for the future USS Minneapolis/Saint Paul (LCS 21) in […]

The U.S. Navy has announced that more than 4,500 Sailors and Marines with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) safely returned home July 18 upon completion of a successful seven months deployment to Europe, Africa, and the Middle East areas. “The Kearsarge ARG’s deployment provided the U.S. Department of Defense with a versatile amphibious force option with […]

The U.S. Marine Corps declared full operational capability of its new sniper rifle, called the Mk13 Mod 7. According to a statement released by the Marine Corps Systems Command, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Mk13 reached full operational capability. The Mk13 Mod 7 Long Range Sniper Rifle is a bolt-action, precision-firing […]

The U.S. Navy has approved the commissioning date for the future USS Indianapolis (LCS 17). The Navy will commission the littoral combat ship Oct. 26, 2019 in Burns Harbor, Indiana. The commissioning ceremony signifies the acceptance for service and the entrance of a ship into the active fleet of the U. S. Navy. Burns Harbor […]

The Royal Navy announced on 16 July that it had successfully tested its new missile to defeat terrorists and suicide bombers. HMS Sutherland fired four new Martlet missiles at a fast-moving speedboat off the Welsh coast to see whether the weapon could be launched from a ship as well as a helicopter. Martlet – also […]

U.S. Navy’s amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) has demonstrated its emergency response capabilities by conducting amphibious operations to load and unload mobile equipment to train how to properly respond to a natural disaster and to provide humanitarian assistance, July 11. According to  Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Williams, USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) Public Affairs, this exercise is […]

The American shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Inc. is being awarded a $40 million modification to previously awarded contract N00024-17-C-2105 for additional supplemental work for the refueling complex overhaul of USS George Washington (CVN 73). According to the U.S. Department of Defense, work includes accomplishment of the overhaul, modernization, repair, maintenance and refueling. This modification provides additional […]

The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the capability of the Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS) or commonly known as “sea train”. According to Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John Philip Wagner, Jr., CTF 75 Public Affairs, Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1, Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 and two reserve components […]

The U.S. Navy successfully completed structural testing of the Longbow Hellfire missile for the Littoral Combat Ship Surface-to-Surface Missile Module. Integration of the Longbow Hellfire missile system, designated the Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM), will increase the lethality of the Navy’s fleet of littoral combat ships. SSMM utilizes the Army Longbow Hellfire Missile in a vertical launch […]