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It's a strange feeling to share this aspect of my life. I'm taking a break to go back to school, but here's a peek into the part of my life I've kept hidden from the internet for many years. I was asked if I wanted to film my last mission and use it as an opportunity to explain "Multi-Domain Operations" to the public. After much consideration, I decided that this topic (especially the cyber-domain issue) was important and chose to help inform the public. My mission was to participate in a missile and torpedo engagement exercise at Pacific Missile Range...

Sailors load a Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile on to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) on July 3, 2018. US Navy Photo JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM – The Navy may once again arm its attack submarines with the Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile, after a sub-launched Harpoon performed well during a sinking exercise this month in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018 exercise. Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) fired a Harpoon at the ex-USS Racine (LST-1191) during the first of two SINKEX events in RIMPAC this month. That shot marked the first time a Harpoon...

The RSS Steadfast (left) leading the multi-national group sail with two other warships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (right) and US Navy (in far background).PHOTO: MINDEF SINGAPORE - The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) frigate RSS Steadfast is leading two other warships in a multi-national group sail from Okinawa, Japan, to Hawaii to participate in the Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. This is the first time a non-US Navy ship is commanding a group sail to the world's largest international maritime exercise. The two warships, which the RSN is leading from June 18 to 29, are from the Japan...

F/A-18 Hornets started to take off in waves just after 5 p.m. yesterday as more than 100 crew members wearing different colored shirts—including brown for maintenance, yellow for handlers and purple for fuelers—worked the deck of the ship, mostly using hand signals in the noisy and windy environment. Fifty miles south of Oahu, a two-seater Hornet powered up with enough force to cause a vibration in the chest and launched off the deck in less than three seconds at 150 mph. With 4,500 sailors and about 60 aircraft, the aircraft carrier Reagan is the centerpiece of the "Rim of the...

Big Island residents may soon hear low-flying planes or see naval vessels off the coast, as the 14-nation Rim of the Pacific exercise kicks off this week. "You'll be able to see ships over the horizon and hear more air traffic," Lt. Matthew Galan said, speaking from the exercise communications offices on Oahu. The planned maneuvers can be loud, bringing complaints online and by phone, he added.

Today during towage to China at coast of Kamchatka the diesel submarine has sunk deduced of structure of Pacific fleet, informs " the Echo of Moscow ". The submarine has left under water in area of the first Kuril passage. Fortunately, onboard a submarine nobody was. The crew of a tow also has not suffered. The reason of incident is now found out. However, on preliminary data, hatches have been onboard battened down not so densely therefore zabortnaja water has gradually got inside of a submarine. Let's remind, that the similar case took place on August, 30th 2003ã. when...