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Navy International
*Rear Admiral Sinan Azmi Tosun, Commander SNMG2/Acting Commander CTF 508
The need to co-ordinate the efforts of a wide variety of players in the counter-piracy mission - naval vessels and aircraft, headquarters (HQs) afloat ...
24-Apr-2012
*Interview: Commander Chris van den Berg, Commanding Officer, Holland
It is rare to see the letters CODOE in the propulsion specification for a major warship, but the combined diesel or electric arrangement in ...
23-Mar-2012
*Interview: Commander Boudewijn Boots, Commanding Officer, HrMs Evertsen
Since it was established in 1958, the UK's Plymouth-based Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) organisation has played a pivotal role in bringing Royal Navy...
19-Mar-2012
*Interview: Commander Gianmarco Conte, Commanding Officer, ITS Carlo Bergamini
In early October 2011 the first of six Bergamini-class (FREMM) frigates on order for the Italian Navy began contractor sea trials. Carlo Bergamini (F...
20-Dec-2011
*Lieutenant Commander Bjorn Baggesen, Commanding Officer, FGS Magdeburg
The German Navy, the ARGE K130 consortium* and the German Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement are putting a great deal of effort...
25-Nov-2011
NAVSEA allots surface and mine warfare roles to LCS variants
The first iteration of the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mine countermeasures (MCM) and surface warfare (SuW) mission packages are scheduled to achieve initial...
26-Oct-2011
*Interview: Lieutenant Commander Gunnar Beisland, Commanding Officer of KNM Skudd
One participant in September's joint 'DANEX/Northern Coasts' exercise in the western Baltic Sea stood out among the ranks of corvettes, minehunters and patrol craft:...
20-Oct-2011
*Commander Kristian Haumann, Commanding Officer, Iver Huitfeldt
In September Iv er Huitfeldt was alongside in Korsřr for outfitting, having been delivered to the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) by prime contractor Odense...
22-Sep-2011
*Lieutenant Commander Jurgen Van Daele, Commanding Officer, BNS Narcis
On 23 March, following NATO's request for assets to carry out embargo enforcement operations in support of UN Security Council Resolution 1970, the Belgian...
25-Aug-2011
*Interview: Admiral Alvaro Echandia Duran, Commander of the Colombian Navy
The Colombian Navy has two principal roles, one as old as the history of naval warfare, the other a consequence of late 20th/early 21st ...
20-May-2011
*Interview: Lieutenant Commander Brad Vizard, Commanding Officer, HMAS Yarra, Royal Australian Navy
Little ships can still play major roles. Lieutenant Commander Brad Vizard, commanding officer of the minehunter HMAS Yarra , talks to Guy Toremans about...
20-Apr-2011
*Interview: Commander Blake McBride, Arctic Action Officer, US Navy
The Arctic is emerging as a region of increasing interest for the US Navy (USN), as rising sea levels and melting polar ice present ...
24-Mar-2011
*Interview: Rear Admiral Tihomir Erceg, Deputy Commander, Croatian Navy
In June 2006, when the Croatian Ministry of Defence's Long-Term Development Plan (LTDP) 2006-2015 was published, there was a bold optimism surrounding plans to ...
23-Feb-2011
*Rear Admiral Carlos Zarate, Commander Submarines, Peruvian Navy
A prime concern for the Peruvian Navy's (Marina de Guerra del Perú/MGP's) submarine service is the maintenance of optimal levels of crew training, a ...
15-Dec-2010
*Interview: Admiral Viktor Maksymov, Commander-in-Chief, Ukraine Navy
Ukraine took another step in its push towards full NATO membership at the 8th Regional Seapower Symposium (RSS) of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, ...
18-Nov-2010
*Interview: Captain Keith Blount, Commanding Officer, HMS Ocean
Culminating in a mock amphibious assault on the US Marine Corps (USMC) training area at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, the five-week 'Auriga' deployment...
20-Oct-2010
*Interview: Vice Admiral Juha Rannikko, Commander-in-Chief, Finnish Navy
The acquisition of three new mine-hunters under the MCMV 2010 programme is the Finnish Navy's most important initiative. Flooding at shipbuilder Intermarine's yard in ...
29-Sep-2010
*Vice Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe, Commander, Sri Lanka Navy
The ending of Sri Lanka's civil war in May 2009 has seen the maritime environment transform radically with the removal of fishing curfews and ...
19-Aug-2010
*Interview: Admiral Edmundo González, Commander-in-Chief, Chilean Navy
As a former commander of frigates, fast missile craft and several shore establishments, Admiral Edmundo González assumed that his appointment in June 2009 as ...
06-Jul-2010
*Interview: Commander Mats Agnéus, Commanding Officer, HMS Helsingborg
Two of the Royal Swedish Navy's (RSwN's) five Visby-class corvettes, HMS Helsingborg and HMS Härnösand, have been modified in order to conduct missions far ...
26-May-2010
*Interview: Captain Mirza Foad Amin Baig, Commanding Officer, PNS Zulfiquar
Launched by China State Shipbuilding Corporation at its Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on 19 April 2008, PNS Zulfiquar - the first of the Pakistan...
22-Apr-2010
*Interview: Captain Andre De Wet, Senior Officer Submarines, South African Navy
Ambitious submariners in the South African Navy (SAN) have to pass the rigorous Submarine Officer Command (SMOC) course before they are allowed to drive ...
19-Mar-2010
*Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, US Coast Guard
An arm of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the US Coast Guard (USCG) is among the most diverse of the United States' ...
22-Feb-2010
General Dynamics wins SSBN contract
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a USD118 million contract by US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for the continuation of development work ...
29-Jan-2010
*Interview: Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson, Commander (Operations) to Commander-in-Chief Fleet, UK Royal Navy
During the Cold War the threat posed by Soviet nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) led to huge investment by the UK Royal Navy (RN) in anti-submarine ...
21-Dec-2009
*Interview: Commander Ole Morton Sandquist, Commanding Officer, KNM Fridtjof Nansen
During the afternoon of 11 November 2009, guns rattled some 83 n miles off the northern Somali town of Bosaaso. While conducting a routine ...
23-Nov-2009
*Interview: Commander Johnny Ley, Commanding Officer, HMS Cornwall
NATO has succeeded in "disrupting and deterring" piracy in the Gulf of Aden, according to Commander Johnny Ley, the commanding officer of the UK ...
22-Oct-2009
*Interview: Captain Malcolm Cree, FOST Director (South), UK Royal Navy
Recognised as Europe's leading practitioner for the delivery of maritime operational warfare training, the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) organisation ...
18-Sep-2009
*Interview: Admiral Pierre-François Forissier, Chief of the Naval Staff, French Navy
On 26 June, French Defence Minister Hervé Morin placed an order with state-owned shipbuilder DCNS for a second Barracuda nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), Duguay-Trouin. ...
19-Aug-2009
*Vice-Admiral David J Dorsett, Director of Naval Intelligence, US Navy
After nearly 20 years of budget cuts across the United States' military intelligence community, the 9/11 attacks served as the catalyst for a resurgence ...
22-Jun-2009
*Interview: Admiral Giuseppe Lertora, Former Commander-in-Chief of Fleet, Italian Navy
When Germany handed over command of the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) Maritime Task Force to the European Maritime Force (EUROMARFOR) in ...
20-May-2009
*Interview: Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong, Chief of Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy
On 16 January, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commissioned its fifth and sixth Formidable-class frigates, RSS Stalwart and RSS Supreme, at a ceremony ...
23-Apr-2009
*Interview: Vice-Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, Chief of Materiel (Fleet), UK Ministry of Defence
In December 2008 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that the Fleet Tanker element of the GBP2.5 billion (USD3.5 billion) Maritime Afloat Reach ...
19-Mar-2009
*Interview: Commodore Per Bigum Christensen, Former Commander, Combined Task Force 150
Denmark's decision to assume command of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) was a logical step for a seafaring nation anxious to play its ...
26-Feb-2009
*Interview: Captain James J White, Master, USNS Lewis and Clark
Having served in almost every type of vessel operated by US Military Sealift Command (MSC), Captain James J White is well placed to comment ...
18-Dec-2008
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