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Royal Australian Navy nets huge illegal drug shipment in the Middle EastThe crew of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga have spent the Christmas season hard at work, spending nearly three days seizing almost eight tonnes of hashish and 69...

The 28th Chinese naval escort taskforce arrived at the east waters of the Gulf of Aden on Dec 23, local time, to replace the 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce.A mission handover ceremony was held by the two escort taskforces...

The Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark has finished its eight-day humanitarian medical service in Timor-Leste and left the Dili Port for home.During its stay in Timor-Leste till Thursday, a total of 7,289 people were treated by Chinese doctors.The...

Royal Navy flagship HMS Ocean arrived in Devonport on Dec 19, after today's forecast of thick fog brought her final operational homecoming forward by a day.Ocean, which will be decommissioned next year, left Plymouth at the end of...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) returned to its homeport at Norfolk Naval Station, Dec. 15, following an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation.Vella Gulf departed Norfolk April 23, as an independent deployer,...

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's hospital ship Peace Ark (Hull 866), currently on its "Harmonious Mission 2017" task, arrived in Dili, capital of Timor-Leste, on Dec 14 for an 8-day friendly visit and humanitarian medical services.This is...

Washington-based ships assigned to Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 returned Dec. 10, just in time for the upcoming holidays following a six-month deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and the Arabian Gulf.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), with...

The U.S. Navy will deploy a team of deep water salvage experts to search for the C-2A Greyhound aircraft that crashed in the Philippine Sea on the way to USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Nov. 22.While the aircraft's last...

Between November 27 and December 12, NATO Task Group with ships provided by Italy and Turkey, are conducting focused security patrols in international waters of the Central and Eastern Mediterranean Sea for the Operation Sea Guardian. The intent for this mission is to collect...

Littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) and the "Wildcards" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 returned home from an 18-month deployment, Dec. 5. HSC-23 disembarked the ship earlier in the day, flying back to Naval Air Station North...