Author Archives: David Arkwright

Sailors manually fire the Mark 38 Mod 3 25 mm machine gun system during a pre-action calibration firing exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) in the Mediterranean Sea, Sept. 10, 2024.

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Today marks 66 years of FOST, World Class training. The last 12 months had seen us train: 11 ships from 4 allies 🇩🇪🇳🇴🇳🇱🇵🇹 22 vessles of the Royal Navy RFA Headquarters Our Silent Service & Continuous at Sea Deterrent and 1 x NATO Task force

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Hundreds of Australian submariners and civilians will receive specialist nuclear skills through training from #RoyalNavy engineers as part of UK-US-Australian military cooperation.

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Destination Normandy. HMS Cattistock, HMS Dasher and HMS Trumpeter, plus wartime motorboats and tugs escorted veterans on the Brittany Ferries ‘Mont St Michel’ out of Portsmouth today for D Day 80 events. Yesterday veterans reminisced with men of 47 Cdo RM.

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In 1988, an Iranian M-08 mine made a 25-foot (8 m) hole in the hull of the frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts, forcing the ship to seek temporary repairs in a dry dock in Dubai, UAE.

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German Navy Kalkgrund-class auxiliary vessel FGS Kalkgrund (Y898) coming into the Brunsbuttel Locks on the Kiel Canal in Germany – September 27, 2024.

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