European International Studies Association Olympia Summer Academy Terrorism & Counterterrorism Nafplio – Greece July 9th – 14th 2017 By Steph Moran (Research Fellow) Throughout 2017, Dartmouth Centre for Seapower and Strategy (DCSS) staff had the privilege of delivering several ‘Future Terrorist Threats’ presentations to a multitude of serving military personnel in the UK and overseas.… Continue reading OLYMPIA SUMMER ACADEMY TERRORISM & COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP
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ROYAL NAVY’S SUPPORT SHIP COMPLETES MARATHON MEDITERRANEAN MISSION
Home with just seven days to spare before Christmas Day are the sailors and Royal Marines on RFA Mounts Bay which has completed a marathon deployment in the Mediterranean. The amphibious support ship has been away from home for 349 days as one of the first vessels to deploy in 2016… and last to return.… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY’S SUPPORT SHIP COMPLETES MARATHON MEDITERRANEAN MISSION
ROYAL NAVY PROTECTS SHIPPING IN MIDDLE EAST
Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring has protected merchant vessels and Royal Navy ships sailing through the Bab al-Mandeb strait. The Portsmouth-based warship has provided reassurance in the region, being equipped to tackle possible air and surface threats with her combination of surveillance radars and Sea Viper missiles. The advanced air destroyer also escorted the Navy’s… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY PROTECTS SHIPPING IN MIDDLE EAST
ROYAL MARINES RESERVES HONE FIRING AND BATTLEFIELD SKILLS
Around 100 Reservists honed their skills on Exercise Commando Phoenix at Sennelager Training Area in Germany, with the exercise aiming to improve upon tactical training held in the UK over the past year. Over the fortnight, the marines used 13 rifle and live firing ranges starting from individual close-quarters battle and working up to large-scale… Continue reading ROYAL MARINES RESERVES HONE FIRING AND BATTLEFIELD SKILLS
TRIDENT JUNCTURE SUCCESS FOR ROYAL NAVY
Played out like a battlefield re-enactment, NATO representatives witnessed Royal Marines, from 45 Commando, simulate the storming of a beach in Troia, Portugal. Working alongside US marines the men from Zulu Company, 45 Cdo, came ashore in landing craft from HMS Bulwark before retaking a peninsula from hostile enemies; while that was happening Portuguese marines… Continue reading TRIDENT JUNCTURE SUCCESS FOR ROYAL NAVY
BRITISH WARSHIPS GEAR UP FOR “TRIDENT JUNCTURE” EXERCISE
HMS Ocean sailed from Livorno while HMS Bulwark sailed from Toulon straight into the warm up phase of Exercise Trident Juncture. Both vessels have spent months preparing for the ambitious exercise which will see around 36,000 personnel from more than 30 nations taking part in locations around Italy, Spain and Portugal. Ocean visited Livorno to… Continue reading BRITISH WARSHIPS GEAR UP FOR “TRIDENT JUNCTURE” EXERCISE
MV22 OSPREY RETURNS TO HMS OCEAN
The landing was the first step in demonstrating the partnership between the amphibious helicopter platform and the US Marines Corps (USMC) ahead of the major NATO exercise, Trident Juncture, which gets underway in a few weeks time. The USMC MV22 Osprey, callsign ‘Elvis’, visited HMS Ocean in the Atlantic off Portugal at the start of… Continue reading MV22 OSPREY RETURNS TO HMS OCEAN
846 NAS ‘CRAWL WALK, RUN’ AND FLY ON DECK LANDING TRAINING
For a number of 846 NAS aircrew this was the first time in over three years they had operated with a ship due to being on exchange with the RAF whilst undergoing conversion training from the Sea King Mk4 to the Merlin Mk3 at RAF Benson. Utilising the infamous ‘crawl, walk, run’ phrase, the first… Continue reading 846 NAS ‘CRAWL WALK, RUN’ AND FLY ON DECK LANDING TRAINING
HMS BULWARK AND HMS OCEAN SET SAIL FOR COUGAR 15 DEPLOYMENT
HMS Ocean deployed with Royal Marines from 45 Commando and Merlin, Apache and Chinook helicopters from the Fleet Air Arm, Army Air Corps and RAF, where the Navy’s helicopter carrier will join a task group of 70 warships from across NATO and host the task force commander Rear Admiral Tony Radakin. Joining her will be… Continue reading HMS BULWARK AND HMS OCEAN SET SAIL FOR COUGAR 15 DEPLOYMENT