PACOM Headlines Marines Train with Aussies By Cpl. Jonathan Wright Marine Corps Bases Japan SHOALWATER BAY, Australia – Marines hugged the walls inside buildings as they trained their eyes skyward from the edges of windows. The low hum that drove them to cover grew louder as high above the town hung the silhouette of an […]
PACOM Headlines 8th MP Brigade Hosts 2012 Hawaiian Islands Working Dog Competition By spc. Marcus Fichtl 8th Army Military Police Brigade Public Affairs SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii – Man and his best friend shed blood, sweat and fur as 17 working dog teams from the Korean Peninsula to Fort Eustis, Va., competed in the 2012 Hawaiian […]
Portland law firm Verrill Dana has formed a new practice group focused on maritime law and technology as the firm attempts to capitalize on some emerging legal issues specific to the high seas. While the maritime and marine technology practice group is really just a formalization of work already being done by many in the […]
Published on July 4, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to the Irish Marine Survey Office, cruise ships calling at Irish ports will be subject to “tighter” inspections as a result of the Costa Concordia sinking off Italy last January. Cruise ships calling to Irish ports face tighter inspections By Lorna Siggins, The Irish […]
Hyde Marine, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) has supplied the first ballast water treatment (BWT) system on a dedicated Great Lakes Vessel. The Hyde GUARDIAN® Model HG60 has been installed on the M/V Ranger III, a 128 passenger ferry providing service to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. Built […]
Muthi-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, Bangalore, July 1, 2012, DHNS: If you love the sea and the waves and don’t mind spending six months on a ship with water everywhere, then you may as well take notice. In a first in Karnataka, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) will introduce a four-year undergraduate course (BE) in marine engineering from the […]
ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia – Approximately 200 Marines with the Marine rotational force in Darwin returned to Australia June 26 and 27 to continue training with the Australian Defence Force. The Marines first arrived in Australia on April 3, 2012, following the force posture initiative announced by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and U.S. […]
Posted at 01:44 on 26 June, 2012 UTC A special contingent from the Tonga Defense Services will travel to Hawaii today to take part in the RimPac military training exercise. Coordinated by the US Marine Force the exercise involves more than 20 nations. Radio Tonga reports that the Tongan contingent has spent four weeks in […]
Just as independent analysts and pirates themselves attest to the impact the Puntland Marine Police Force is having on piracy in northern Somalia, pushing bosses from their bases and offering a shore-based solution nearly everyone says is needed, Robert Young Pelton of Somalia Report details the program’s backers, the UAE, has suddenly halted funding (h/t James Bridger): Around one hundred mostly African and South African expats […]
Today’s guest is Wayne P. Hughes, Jr., Captain USN (Retired), Profesor Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA You have written that the nation needs a national maritime strategy for the 21st Century. Much longer ago you asserted in both editions of your well-received book, Fleet Tactics, that small missile combatants have great potential to exploit, but […]