USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) Getting Underway
03/16/2015
03/16/2015: The Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) departs from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Credit: Commander Submarine Forces Pacific:1/6/15
General Dempsey Visits French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle
03/16/2015
03/16/2015: United States Army General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with French General Pierre de Villiers, French Chief of Defense Staff, aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. During the visit, they toured the ship’s spaces, observed flight operations and met with French…
USS America Test Firing Sea Sparrows
03/16/2015
03/16/2015: USS America Test Firing Sea Sparrows PACIFIC OCEAN (March 12, 2015) Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) test-fires a NATO Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile to intercept a remote-controlled drone during an exercise to test the ship’s defense capability. America is the first in class of a large…
Not Just in Darwin: The Aussies and the USMC Cooperate at Sea
03/15/2015
2015-03-15 According to a piece published on the Australian Ministry of Defence website on March 10, 2015, the USMC and the Royal Australian Navy have been collaborating at sea. HMAS Success’ ship’s company in the Middle East recently witnessed the awesome display of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s amphibious vessel…
Norway Hosts NATO Response Force in September 2015
03/15/2015
2015-03-15 According to a story on the Norwegian Ministry of Defence website published on January 30, 2015, Norway will host the NATO Response Force this Fall. Noble Ledger is a defence exercise conducted by NATO Response Force (NRF) starting mid-September. The exercise will mainly be executed in the southeast part…
Cope North 2015: The Japanese Perspective
03/15/2015
2015-03-15 The Cope North exercises tests allied capacity to cooperate in providing Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief in the Pacfic. According to a recent piece published on the Japanese Ministry of Defense website, the role of Japan was highlighted in the exercise: The ASDF took part in the trilateral combat…
The Libyan Challenge to Europe: A Conversation with Marco di Liddo
03/15/2015
2015-03-05 By Robbin Laird Recently, the Centro Studi Internazionali based in Rome published a report by Marco di Liddo and Gabriele Iacovino on Libya and the fluid situation in the country. Obviously, the general situation involving ISIL in the region, Egyptian reactions and the general dynamics of the region feed…
USS Carl Vinson and French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle
03/15/2015
03/15/2015: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and French aircraft carrier Charles de Gualle (R91) transit together in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are deployed supporting maritime security operation and strike operations in Iraq and Syria. Credit:Navy Media Content Services:3/8/15…