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Scottish CND Slam ‘Strike Warrior’ Exercise The bi-annual NATO war games are currently underway around Britain and Ireland. The Exercise usually codenamed ‘Joint Warrior’ is this year termed ‘Strike Warrior and involves a combination of warships, submarines, aircraft and land forces from a range of NATO countries. A few days ago ahead of the Exercise Scottish CND expressed anger that the exercise was using Scotland as a ‘military playground’ and voiced environmental concerns. In the past the ‘Joint Warrior’ series of exercises have been associated with deaths of marine mamma...

US Navy commissions expeditionary sea base vessel Miguel Keith 10 May 2021 (Last Updated May 11th, 2021 12:22) The US Navy has commissioned the Lewis B Puller-class expeditionary sea base (ESB) USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. Share Article USS Miguel Keith’s sister ship USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3) at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia (USA). Credit: U.S. Navy Combat Camera Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Kolmel. The 785ft-long vessel has been named after US Marine Corps...

A native of Paris, Texas, is serving aboard one of the nation’s newest, most versatile warships, the future USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5). Airman Apprentice Grant Sulsar is a 2019 North Lamar High School graduate. According to Sulsar, the values required to succeed in the Navy are like those found in Paris. “I feel my hometown helped me be successful by teaching me the importance of being respectful,” Suslar said. “Respect goes both ways.” Miguel Keith is an Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship that was to be commissioned by the U.S. Navy on May 8 in San Diego. Ship commissio...

The once sleepy port of Alexandroupolis, in extreme northeast Greece, figures prominently in a major US-led multi-national exercise throughout Europe this month, with the US Military Sealift Command transporting resources – including attack helicopters – for a division-sized deployment. The port authority of Alexandroupolis, which is up for privatization, has over the past few years found itself directly on natural gas routes, with a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) coming on-line in the near future off the coast. The use of the port by US and NATO allies for the Defender-E...

Toggle open close This spring, Russia has been conducting a sizeable military buildup along its border with Ukraine and in occupied Crimea. Most of these deployments seem spontaneous and unrelated to any scheduled training exercises. Russia’s activity has not been limited to the land. There has also been a Russian buildup at sea. Recently, four Russian warships from the Baltic fleet have moved to the Black Sea. In addition, 15 vessels from the Caspian flotilla have just arrived in the Sea of Azov. This means a total of at least 50 Russian warships are now operating in the waters around Ukra...