The US Navy's investigation into Iran's seizure of two of its Riverine Command Boats (RCBs) and their crews on 12 January has revealed numerous failings. The navy has said that the commanders of Taskforce 56 and Coastal Riverine Squadron 3, as well as the officer in charge of the ...
The Seventh Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet and Vice Admiral (VADM) Karl Thomas is the Commander. Ships of the Seventh Fleet recently completed the Resolute Dragon 22, October 10-13, 2022, with the U.S. Marines and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGS...
MUST READ:US Navy Facing 110,000 Cyber Attacks Every Hour Lt. Bender further noted that protecting information technology which has been the Air Force’s primary thrust in terms of cyber security for the last twenty years is merely 20 percent of the problem. Thus, the newly established task ...
The Egyptian Navy currently commands Combined Task Force 153, one of four multinational task forces organized under U.S.-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). The task force coordinates multinational maritime security efforts in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden. NAVCENT and CMF are h...
However, it may surprise you that the second most prolific user of the SBD, after Uncle Sam, was the Free French Air Force and Aeronavale. The French Navy,whose sole aircraft carrier never really had any teeth in the form of a credible air wing,ordered 174 early SBD-3s in 1940 but th...
The incident marks the first timethe Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet's new drone task force has been targeted by Iran. While the interception ended without incident, tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran asnegotiations over the Islamic Republic's tattered nuclear deal with wor...
U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia sends a message to China that America’s allies are cooperating to defend their security and democratic values.
From the Box: Your US Navy Combat Fleet is composed of 12 famous US Navy vessels, of types which would most commonly be found in a naval team at sea on a combat operation. All ships are accurately scaled to each other and may be either placed on the realistic bottom-of-the-box se...
A fleet of ships that could be switched between combat roles based on demand promised to make for a more dynamic Navy. If the changing geopolitical climate meant they needed more electronic reconnaissance vessels and fewer minesweepers, the Navy wouldn’t have to wait the better part of a deca...
Austin will convene a virtual meeting of international partners in Bahrain today to discuss the Houthi escalation. After visiting Bahrain, where the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is stationed, the defence secretary will stop aboard the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, currently in the eastern Mediterra...