US Navy ROK Navy and Marines Kicked Off Ssang Yong 2016 Large Amphibious Exercise Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are participating in exercise Ssang Yong 16 (SY16), March 8-18, in and around Pohang, Republic of Korea (ROK). Ssang Yong, which means "...

US Navy ROK Navy and Marines Kicked Off Ssang Yong 2016 Large Amphibious Exercise Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are participating in exercise Ssang Yong 16 (SY16), March 8-18, in and around Pohang, Republic of Korea (ROK). Ssang Yong, which means "...

Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to head for Mediterranean in summer Russia's heavy aircraft carrier - Admiral Kuznetsov - in summer may go to the Mediterranean Sea, a high-ranking official at the Russian Navy told TASS on Saturday. "This summer, we plan the Admiral Kuznetsov's campaign in t...

Some photos of HMS Ambush at Gib:



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Some photos of HMS Ambush at Gib

Unmanned Air Vehicles:Written question - 29195 Asked by Mr David Anderson(Blaydon) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26409, what squadrons or elements other than Reaper Squadrons 39 and 13 make up the Reaper force as a whole. Answered ...

USA: Unmanned Air Vehicles:Written question - 29194 Asked by Mr David Anderson(Blaydon) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26409, what the role and location is of each of the six Reaper Force personnel embedded with the US Armed Forces;...

Thanks for your insight, GM. Always good to have a perspective from our man on the scene. Thanks arfah. In the end I expect that the vote from Gib will be a majority for 'in' - mainly due to the economic benefits Gib could stand to lose, with the border remaining open being a large part of that. I ...

For OPVs on WIGS/FIGS there are bases available. WIGS? Which bases are those? We don't have any in the region, so we are dependent on USN/USCG facilities in Florida at the moment - that may well be fine, but it would be nice to see us doing our own forward basing. We also need something bigger than...

A BBC piece on Gibraltar and the upcoming EU Referendum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35743731 Some interesting points on how a pro-British community fears Spain's reaction to Brexit. Trade, jobs, family, borders and cellphone roaming charges. Note however that it's not an accurate picture of...

I'm not sure how much faith I'd have in that poll. It's an anonymous website poll which means that it takes no account of demographics and is self-selecting and therefore open to abuse. I've just voted twice and the closest I've ever been to Gibraltar is a family holiday to the Costa del Sol in 198...

Chief Minister Meets PSOE Politicians The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, met with Salvador de la Encina, the PSOE representative for Cadiz, in his offices at No 6 today. The meeting was also attended by La Linea PSOE representative Miguel Tornay, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia and Minister...

PIRIOU Shipyard Launched the Second B2M Multi Mission Vessel for the French Navy The second D'Entrecasteaux class B2M (batiment multi-mission) vessel for the French Navy, Bougainville, was launched at Piriou shipyard in Brittany on February 26 2016. Kership (a joint Piriou DCNS company) won a contr...

HMS Ambush in Gibraltar after NATO exercise Dynamic Manta:

Breathing life back into HMS Albion Royal Navy amphibious command ship HMS Albion has reached a milestone in her major refit in dry dock in Devonport Docks, Plymouth. It has been five years since HMS Albion was placed into extended readiness, but work is now well underway breathing life back into h...

Royal Navy Warship rescues sailors from sinking vessel HMS St Albans was recently called upon to assist a stricken Dhow whilst conducting maritime security operations in the Gulf of Oman. HMS St Albans has been working in the Gulf with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), and was on a routine patrol...

POLL PUTS GIBRALTAR ‘OUT’ OF EU A Panorama online poll shows a swing ‘out’ of the European Union for Gibraltar. But it is a close thing, too close for comfort some will say. Since this poll was initiated, the ‘in’ vote had been ahead, at one point there was a difference of 10 points, which remained...

POLL PUTS GIBRALTAR ‘OUT’ OF EU A Panorama online poll shows a swing ‘out’ of the European Union for Gibraltar. But it is a close thing, too close for comfort some will say. Since this poll was initiated, the ‘in’ vote had been ahead, at one point there was a difference of 10 points, which remained...

HMS Ambush arrives at Gibraltar after NATO exercise Dynamic Manta

South Sudan: Deployment:Written question - 28833 Asked by Mr Kevan Jones(North Durham) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are expected to be deployed in support of the UN and African Union missions to South Sudan. Somalia: Deployment:Written question - 28834 ...

HMS Mersey isn't moored up in Grand Cayman today - presumably out joining the hunt for a local fishing boat posted missing yesterday morning with 3 adults and 2 children on board. Last spotted 12 miles offshore with one engine failed and seas worsening. It's not looking too good. RCIPS have their h...

To be honest the RN/RFA have no need for an additional Bay class LPD when you have a Albion class in mothballs. It was a joke. Also, I think there's a difference between "having no need" and "not being provided with the required funds". Albion is in refit now to take over next y...

My money's on the Solid Support Ship being built in the UK. It's likely that the Tides could've been had there been the capacity and a UK bid. Unlike the Tides which are, to be honest, a militarised variation of a common tanker design built by SK all the time, the SSS could include aspects that wou...

@GibMariner, whatever happened to that road you guys were building around the runway? AFAIK, it's expected to start up again this year after some sort of agreement is reached with the Spanish company that was taken to court by the Gib government. There are lots of rumours going around that I'm not ...

HMS Bulwark back at sea: