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CSG 11 getting ready to deploy, sailors undergoing COVID19 testing

Posted on April 26, 2020 by alert5

Sailors assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG 11) is undergoing swab sampling for COVID19 as the warships prepare for its upcoming deployment.

200222-N-KO930-1117 PACIFIC OCEAN (FEB 21, 2020) – The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) passes Mount Rainier while transiting the Puget Sound. Nimitz is currently underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Olivia Banmally Nichols/Released)

Russia’s Northern Fleet carried out Bastion deployment drills in Arctic

Posted on April 26, 2020April 25, 2020 by alert5

A Bastion coastal anti-ship missile unit recently carried out drills on Alexandra Land which is up north in the Arctic.

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#StallionSaturday

Posted on April 25, 2020April 22, 2020 by alert5

The CH-53K King Stallion successfully plugs into a funnel-shaped drogue towed behind a KC-130J during aerial refueling wake testing over the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Erik Hildebrandt.

Last USN Super Hornet Block II goes to VFA-34

Posted on April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 by alert5

The U.S. Navy (USN) has taken delivery of its last Super Hornet Block II jet on Apr. 17. The aircraft is destined for NAS Oceana to be assigned with VFA-34.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary Prill
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Sailor dies aboard USS Carl Vinson

Posted on April 22, 2020 by alert5

A U.S. Navy first-class petty officer has died aboard USS Carl Vision. The person was found unresponsive in his work center on Apr. 18.

170204-N-BL637-204 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 04, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of U.S. 3rd Fleet. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/Released)

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