07 July 2023 Nuclear Propulsion School First – Three Royal Australian Navy Officers Graduate the Program GOOSE CREEK, S.C. – Three Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officers graduated from the United States Navy’s Nuclear Power School (NPS) today, marking a significant step in Australia’s goal to operate conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs)...
18 January 2023 USS Mississippi Conducts Weapons Handling Exercise with Royal Australian Navy GARDEN ISLAND, Australia - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) completed a weapons-handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Mississippi to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) assets ashore and back to the submarine, while moored at HMAS...
17 October 2022 U.S. Navy Supports Australia’s Indo-Pacific Deployment Alongside Canada, Japan in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - Maritime forces from Canada, Japan, and the United States concluded exercises in the South China Sea in support of Royal Australian Navy forces, Oct. 17...
25 September 2022 USS Charleston participates in Exercise Kakadu 2022 DARWIN, Australia - The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) participated in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Exercise Kakadu 2022 (KA22) ashore in Darwin, Australia, and at sea in the waters off Northern Australian, Sept. 12-24...
20 July 2022 HMAS Canberra Focuses on Environmental Stewardship during RIMPAC 2022 PACIFIC OCEAN - Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Somaia Ahmadi is an Assistant Marine Engineer Officer whose ancillary duty as the environmental officer onboard Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) is to ensure all environmental matters are taken care of. Waste...
06 June 2022 Joint and coalition warfighters test tactical expertise during Navy FST-J exercise HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and 926th Operations Group, Detachment 1, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the U.S. Navy Fleet Synthetic Training-Joint exercise, or FST-J...
01 May 2022 Royal Australian Navy Conducts Weapons Handling Exercise with USS Springfield PERTH, Australia - The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield (SSN 761) completed a weapons handling exercise involving the transfer of an inert training shape from Royal Australian Navy assets ashore to the submarine, while moored at HMAS Stirling navy base, April 28, 2022...
17 March 2022 U.S., Japan, Australia Conduct Trilateral Naval Training in South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the South China Sea for multinational training which concluded March 15...
23 February 2022 Readout: Australia, Japan, U.S. Trilateral Engagement U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo hosted a trilateral engagement with the chiefs of navies from Australia and Japan in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Feb. 21-22...