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In July the world saw the debut of two powerful new classes of aircraft carriers, the US Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford and the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth. Both carriers push the boundaries of modern engineering and represent the first new carrier designs in decades. But they join oceans already teeming with aircraft […]
The USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 aircraft carrier and other ships from the strike group arrived back to San Diego after an almost six month deployment to the Western Pacific (WESTPAC). Commander Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Rear Adm. James W. Kilby spoke to media gathered for the Carl Vinson homecoming at Naval Air Station North […]
In the waters off the coast of Japan at 0130hrs on June 17th (local time) the Guided Missile Destroyer USS Fitzgerald DDG-62 was struck with a glancing blow on her starboard side by a cargo container ship heavily laden. The Fitzgerald was badly damaged and compromised below the water line. The extensive damage to the vessel […]
SOFREP writer and Navy veteran, Coriolanus appeared on “The South Florida Morning Show” to discuss the latest details of the USS Fitzgerald collision. Seven sailors died and several more were injured when the USS Fitzgerald was struck by a merchant ship. You can catch the segment with Coriolanus at the 16:27 minute maker. https://soundcloud.com/user-243639406/the-south-florida-morning-show-6-20-17 Featured […]
One of the seven sailors who died aboard the USS Fitzgerald saved more than a dozen of his fellow shipmates before he ultimately lost his own life, The Daily Beast reported. The USS Fitzgerald collided with aPhilippine-flagged merchant vessel about 56 miles off the coast of Japan on Saturday. Seven sailors were later found dead […]
Navy Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, addressed the collision of the USS Fitzgerald with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal in the Philippine Sea on Sunday, calling the crew’s efforts in the hours following the incident “heroic.” According to Admiral Aucoin, the crew’s response “was swift and effective, and […]
Yokosuka, Japan- The 7th Fleet released the names of the seven deceased sailors found inside the USS Fitzgerald. The US Navy ended the massive search for the missing sailors after divers found their remains in the flooded berthing compartments damaged in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal. The […]
The US Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team is welcoming back to service the famous “Fat Albert” C-130 Hercules as the logistics and transport aircraft for the unit. Fat Albert has always been a huge fan favorite at Blue Angels airshows featuring a Jet Assisted Takeoff (JATO). Watch Fat Albert perform a Jet Assisted Takeoff […]
Yokosuka, Japan– The 7th Fleet released an update on the search for the seven sailors that went missing following the collision of the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found. According to the update, “a number of sailors” were discovered by divers in flooded berthing compartments that were damaged by the impact. None […]
After years of pilot complaints detailing bouts of hypoxia and oxygen starvation the Navy’s latest effort to resolve the issue has come up with few answers according to their latest report. Since 2010 Navy pilots have reported over 460 episodes in the F-18 Hornet and T-45 Goshawk training aircraft. The source of the problem remains […]
President Trumps’ goal of fielding a 355 ship American Navy has led officials to reconsider the decommissioning of Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates that were retired from service in the 2000s. The frigates were retired early in an attempt to reduce costs, but they could technically be returned to duty for a decade or […]
Iranian naval patrol boats have again conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter with the US Navy in international waters near a critical choke point for maritime traffic, but this time they took a different approach. The Iranian navy ship, identified as a Houdong-class by the US Naval institute, came within 800 yards of the USS Bataan […]
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