Category: Marines from all over the world

Super Bowl: You down there - we up here!

Super Bowl: You down there - we up here!

Gepostet von | 15 Feb 2023 | , , | 1

It's a well-practised ritual: with the last note of the national anthem before the start of the game, a formation of naval aviators thunders over the stadium in a flyover. "That's the sound of freedom!" as people in the USA proudly nod to each other when they can no longer hear anything. Formation The flyover formation on Sunday included two F/A-18F Super Hornets of the "Flying Eagles" of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-122, an F-35C Lightning II of the "Warhawks" of VFA-97 and an EA-18G Growler of the "Vikings" of Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-129. Three spare jets and a KC-135R Stratotanker also flew their courses a little to the side. We up here while...

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Pakistan: Large-scale naval manoeuvre with international participation

Pakistan: Large-scale naval manoeuvre with international participation

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

The Pakistani navy begins an exercise with 50 participating nations today, 10 February. Until 14 February, in addition to the participating naval and naval air forces, special forces will also be working on the basics of maritime warfare. The exercise is divided into two phases, with the port phase (10 - 12 February) comprising socio-cultural activities as well as seminars and working groups to plan operations at sea. Specialised naval forces (Pakistan Navy Special Services Group (SSG)) will demonstrate their counter-terrorism capabilities. At the same time, the Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference (PIMEC) will be held in Karachi. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, the...

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China balloon: U.S. Navy shows photos of the recovery operation

China balloon: U.S. Navy shows photos of the recovery operation

Gepostet von | 8 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

The U.S. Navy was standing by in the expected impact area at 2:40 p.m. local time on Saturday, 4 February 2023, when the Chinese "research balloon" was shot down, with the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and embarked teams from the FBI and NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) ready to recover the debris. Backup forces Three other Coast Guard cutters (USCGC Venturous (Reliance class), Richard Snyder, Nathan B. Bruckenthal, both Sentinel-class) and their flying component secured the area approximately six nautical miles off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while the cruiser USS Philippine Sea (Ticonderoga-class) and the destroyer USS Oscar Austin (Arleigh Burke-class) provided wide-area surveillance. The survey ship USNS Pathfinder (type ship)...

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Brazil: The next environmental disaster on the horizon

Brazil: The next environmental disaster on the horizon

Gepostet von | 5 Feb 2023 | , , | 5

Update from 5 February 2023 And it happened just as you could have counted on five fingers: On 4 February 2023, the Brazilian navy sank the scrap carrier "Sao Paolo", which had been drifting in the Atlantic for months and was contaminated with pollutants, in a controlled manner about 190 nautical miles (350 kilometres) off the coast - just inside the Brazilian economic zone - at a water depth of 5,000 metres, free of underwater cables and protection zones. There was "no alternative" - due to the high risk of the ailing, leaking ex-flagship sinking uncontrollably at any time. Environment - doomed to failure The only astonishing thing is that even after the change of government in Brazil...

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Netherlands: Hull Vane for the GRONINGEN

Netherlands: Hull Vane for the GRONINGEN

Gepostet von | 1 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

The first Hull Vane for the Royal Dutch Navy was delivered in Den Helder at the beginning of June 2022. This is a baffle plate to be fitted under the stern that makes ships faster and quieter, i.e. more efficient, while also improving their sea behaviour. This guide plate will be installed on the transom of the "HNLMS Groningen", one of the four 108-metre-long and, at 3,800 tonnes, frigate-sized ocean patrol vessels (OPV) of the "Holland" class, at the beginning of 2023. Development In 2015, Dutch hydrodynamics specialist Hull Vane BV, as the patent holder, calculated in a study that the guide plate could reduce the annual fuel costs for a patrol vessel by around 13 %. The Defence...

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