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February 25 - 2021 PORT SUDAN USNS Carson City arrives at Port Sudan harbour on Wednesday (Picture: US Embassy Khartoum) A rapid transport ship of the US Military Maritime Transport Command USNS Carson City arrived at Port Sudan harbour on the Red Sea on Wednesday “to enhance maritime security in the region” in a new indication of a post-embargo thaw in Sudan-US relations this year. In a statement via social media on Wednesday, the US Embassy in Khartoum stated that the arrival of the US naval ship to Sudan is the first in decades, indicating that the ship’s arr...

392 A Sandy Hook native is serving aboard Commander Task Force (CTF) 63, a duty station in Naples, Italy. Lieutenant Michael Kirk is a 2010 Fairfield College Preparatory School graduate and a 2014 United States Merchant Marine Academy graduate. Today, Kirk serves as a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Strategic Sealift Officer Force (SSOF). “Our main purpose is to crew up cargo ships held in reserve to support the military’s logistics missions, in times of war or national emergency,” said Kirk. In my current job, I work as the SSOF Operations Officer at CTF 63, where I coordinate memb...

AP Photo/File The story of fighter directors is one of the last unknown stories of WW2. The epic of radar development is a familiar one. But less well known is the history of the information systems that made it work and the men who ran them. Innovative radar displays, combat information centers, helped, but, ultimately, it was the Combat Air Patrol quarterbacks, the superstar fighter directors (FDOs), who defended the fast carriers. In the beginning there were no criteria for selecting those who might be most adept at the job. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery reviewed British FDO selection...

Full article USS Vermont is the newest submarine in the US Fleet and is visiting Brazil’s newest submarine base the Itaguaí naval base in the state of Rio de Janeiro The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) is operating in the US 4th Fleet area of operations and conducted a brief stop for logistics in Rio de Janeiro December 10-15. Vermont is the newest submarine in the US Fleet and is visiting Brazil’s newest submarine base the Itaguaí naval base in the state of Rio de Janeiro. During Vermont’s visit, Brazil wi...

Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:37pm -- tim US Navy file photo of USS Vermont (SSN-792) underway on the Thames River at Groton, Connecticut (USA), on 15 October 2020. Vermont Business Magazine The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792) is operating in the US 4th Fleet area of operations and conducted a brief stop for logistics in Rio de Janeiro December 10-15. Vermont is the newest submarine in the US Fleet and is visiting Brazil’s newest submarine base the Itaguaí naval base in the state of Rio de Janeiro. During Vermont’s visit, Brazil will accept three Brazilian built Scorpe...