SEPANGAR, Malaysia – Submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) arrived in Sepangar, Malaysia for a port call April 1. The visit is part of the U.S. Navy’s ongoing commitment to theater security cooperation and partnership with allied navies, and presents an opportunity to promote peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific Region. “I consider …
Read more »PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – President Benigno S. Aquino III will join today the nine other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the opening ceremony of the 45-year-old regional bloc’s 20th Leaders’ Summit, which is expected to tackle wide-ranging issues of political and socio-economic security, particularly Pyongyang’s planned rocket launch next week. …
Read more »JERUSALEM: Israeli defense officials are investigating a naval commander’s April Fools prank on Sunday in which he ordered three missile boat crews to urgently prep for “secret” manoeuver with the United States and Italian navies. Assuming the veracity of Maj. Gen. Admiral Ram Rothberg’s orders, some of the vessels’ crews alerted families that …
Read more »There’s a new landmark on San Diego Bay, one of a military stripe. Officials at North Island Naval Air Station have erected a lighted sign that reads “Fly Navy” as a celebration of the region’s role as the birthplace of naval aviation.The $76,000 sign was mounted in January on the side of a building and …
Read more »Dereham mayor, Robert Hambidge, right, hands over the naval shield to David Lambert of the Royal Naval Association to be restored. The shield represents Dereham Town’s cash donation made during World War II toward the bulding of the submarine HMS Safari. By DAISY WALLAGE, Reporter Monday, November 8, 2010 6:16 AM …
Read more »Dereham mayor, Robert Hambidge, right, hands over the naval shield to David Lambert of the Royal Naval Association to be restored. The shield represents Dereham Town’s cash donation made during World War II toward the bulding of the submarine HMS Safari. By DAISY WALLAGE, Reporter Monday, November 8, 2010 6:16 AM …
Read more »ATHENS [MENL] — Greece, Israel and the United States have conducted a majornaval exercise.On March 26, the three countries began a multi-staged exercise calledNoble Dina meant to replace annual U.S.-sponsored naval maneuvers betweenIsrael and Turkey. This marked the first naval exercise by Greece, Israeland the United States, which Athens could help end Turkish Navy intimidation.
Read more »By CHARISSA M. LUCI PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – President Benigno S. Aquino III will join today the nine other leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the opening ceremony of the 45-year-old regional bloc’s 20th Leaders’ Summit, which is expected to tackle wide-ranging issues of political and socio-economic security, particularly Pyongyang’s planned …
Read more »By JUDY DEMPSEY BERLIN — How wide is a beach? How long are internal waters? Whoever thought that German lawmakers would ask such questions? Yet that is what is going to happen in the coming weeks when the German Parliament will be asked to support what could turn out to be one of the European Union’s most …
Read more »By Daniel Fineren DUBAI | Mon Apr 2, 2012 3:20pm BST (Reuters) – The hijack success rate for Somali pirates has dropped sharply in recent months, a NATO official said on Monday, due in part to more merchant ships turning to armed security guards, razor wire and water pumps to protect themselves. Improved international cooperation on combating piracy …
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