CNO Visits USS Rushmore
Navy News Service Story Number: NNS121121-18 11/21/2012 By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawnte Bryan, USS Rushmore Public Affairs USS RUSHMORE, At Sea (NNS) — Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert and his wife Darleen visited Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), Nov. 20, while underway [...]
Berths at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to Receive Repairs
Navy News Service Story Number: NNS121121-16 11/21/2012 By Tom Kreidel, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs KITTERY, Maine (NNS) — Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic awarded a $13.2 million contract to Reed and Reed Inc. for structural stabilization and repairs to berths 1, 2A and 2B at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine Nov. 15. [...]
Anchorage Arrives at Homeport in San Diego
Navy News Service Story Number: NNS121121-26 11/21/2012 By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Aramis Ramirez, Expeditionary Strike Group 3 Public Affairs SAN DIEGO (NNS) — Pre-Commissioning Unit Anchorage (LPD 23) moored pierside for the first time at her homeport in San Diego during a homecoming ceremony Nov. 21. The Navy’s newest amphibious transport dock completed [...]
IKE To Return Home Early, Redeploy in 2013
Navy News Service Story Number: NNS121121-27 11/21/2012 From Navy Office of Information WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Navy has directed the temporary return of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower(CVN 69) from her current overseas deployment, allowing the ship to return home for two months before sending it back to the Middle East region. The [...]
Warfighters surface new technology with Agile Bloodhound ’12
US Marine Corps News By Cpl. Isis M. Ramirez | November 21, 2012 The U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Experimentation Center hosted their second technological integration and demonstration event, Agile Bloodhound 2012, at the Officers’ Club here Nov. 16 in order to highlight research and development efforts and associated technologies that support expeditionary war fighters. [...]
Readout of Secretary Panetta’s Conversation with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak
U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: “Secretary Panetta spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak today and reiterated the strong U.S. commitment to Israel’s security and the strong U.S.-Israel defense relationship. “The secretary commended Israel [...]
New Russian Corvette Passes Systems Trials
RIA Novosti 11:30 22/11/2012 MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s newest corvette, the Project 20380 Boiky class, has successfully completed main systems tests in its initial sea trials, fleet spokesman Captain Second Rank Vladimir Matveyev said on Thursday. “Our newest corvette, the Project 20380 Boiky class, built by Severny Verf for the Baltic Fleet, [...]
Kremlin Denies Draft Period Extension Plan
RIA Novosti 15:05 22/11/2012 MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) – The Kremlin on Thursday denied Russian media reports suggesting the period of mandatory military service for young men would be extended from a year to 18 months. “No, that issue is not on the agenda today,” said President Putin’s press spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “There is [...]
Irkut Delivers First Su-30SM Fighters to Russian Air Force
RIA Novosti 16:30 22/11/2012 MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti) – Aircraft maker Irkut delivered the first two Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter aircraft to the Russian Air Force on Thursday, the company said. Flight testing of the multirole fighter jet began around two months ago, following the first flight of the Su-30SM on September 21, Irkut said. [...]
