USS Iwo Jima Departs Naval Station Norfolk. Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima (IWO) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) – 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment.

 

 

 

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HMS Dauntless and HNoMS Roald Amundsen, a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy, CSG25, tied up in Yokosuka, Japan.

 

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USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) steams alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a replenishment-at-sea.

 

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New video of the crash between Chinese vessels, the Coast Guard Cutter Nanyu (3104), and the People’s Liberation Army Navy Destroyer Guilin (164). Destroyers bow just coming into the picture, top left.

https://youtu.be/XTanIEbTf1A         https://youtu.be/XfqFUjpOrLE        https://youtu.be/cm4E2HeEYio

 

 

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Italian Navy water tanker, A 5376, ITS Ticino. It is a Simeto-class water tanker. The ship was recently seen arriving in Valletta, Malta, on August 3, 2025, and an Offshore Patrol Vessel, OPV P404, Cassiopea Class, ITS Vega.

 

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The collision at sea of China Coast Guard 3104 and PLA Navy 164 in the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc in Zambales, Philippines. Before this, the Chinese navy and coast guard ships nearly collided twice trying to outmanoeuvre BRP Suluan of the Philippine Coast Guard. Apparently, if they cannot hit one of theirs, they hit their own.

https://x.com/i/status/1954869527080042791 

A critical national defence asset costing more than £1Bm, HMS Ambush has been alongside in Faslane and not put to sea in nearly 3 years. It is believed she has been robbed for spare parts to keep other boats going.

 

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German Navy Baden-Württemberg-class frigate FGS Nordrhein-Westfalen (F223) in Rostock, Germany – August 10, 2025.

 

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