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Navy Great Green Fleet The Navy conducted "Great Green Fleet" test exercises on July 18 in waters near Hawaii as part of the Rim of the Pacific event, the world's largest international maritime exercise. During the test, an aircraft carrier, jets and...

HMAS DARWIN JOINS MULTINATIONAL TASK GROUP 19 July 2012 HMAS Darwin (FFG 04) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tiarra Fulgham/Released) HMAS Darwin departed Pearl Harbor on 10 July, signalling...

Navy draws fire as it touts 'Green Fleet' By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Updated 10:37 p.m., Thursday, July 19, 2012 1 of 3 VIEW: Smaller | Hide Fleet replenishment oiler Henry J. Kaiser, left, delivers a 50-50 blend of advanced biofuels and traditional petroleum-based...

ABOARD THE USS NIMITZ – As a Royal Australian Navy helicopter lands on the deck of the USS Nimitz on Wednesday, two American destroyers, a cruiser and a fuel ship are steaming alongside the aircraft carrier some 100 miles north of Oahu. The ships in the...

The postcard commemorating the Battle of the River Plate sent to Southsea from the Falkland Islands and, inset, the back showing the recipient as Mrs L Fox By Chris Owen Published on Thursday 19 July 2012 15:12 Regular contributor Dave Aldous recently...

After 10-year wait, navy finally gets its hands on new planes The F35 Lightning II. Published on Thursday 19 July 2012 16:22 THE first of the Royal Navy’s new stealth fighter jets has been handed over to the MoD. Defence secretary Philip Hammond formally...

Chinese landing ship spotted By Jaime Laude (The Philippine Star) Updated July 20, 2012 12:00 AM Comments (58) Photo taken by Philippine Navy Western Command’s Islander Surveillance Plane 314 shows Yuting Class Chinese landing ship moored near Zamora...

Asylum seeker boats are destroyed off Christmas Island. Pictures: Stephen Cooper Source: The Daily Telegraph IT is a routine process performed more and more often by the Royal Australian Navy - empty asylum seeker boats being towed back out to sea and...

2012 120715-N-PK322-065 SINGAPORE - The USS Vandergrift (FFG-48) arrives at Changi Naval Base in Singapore to participate in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore 2012. CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the...

Missile Firing Success for Royal New Zealand Navy Warship 15:52 July 20, 2012 0 comments Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force “Command Approved, Sea Sparrow,” and with that the warship HMNZS TE KAHA let fly a NATO Sea Sparrow Missile in a live practice...