Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, level a sentry tower during exercise Sea Breeze 2017 at Shiroky Lan training base. US Navy Photo
Navy Seabees are building a maritime operations center on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, for use during annual U.S. and Ukrainian military exercises and to assist allied maritime operations. Read More
Russian and Chinese troops shake hands during Exercise Joint-Sea 2015. Sputnik Photo
China and Russia planned exercise in the Baltic Sea is raising eyebrows in northern Europe, NATO headquarters and Washington. Read More
A P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, arrives in Keflavik, Iceland, for anti-submarine warfare training. US Navy Photo
THE PENTAGON — Cold War allies U.K., Norway and U.S. agreed on Thursday to more closely tie operations of the trio’s sub-hunting aircraft together and set the stage for joint efforts to hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. Read More
Two Russian Navy ships fired four cruise missiles into Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials confirmed to USNI News. Read More
Russian surveillance ship Liman. Russian Navy Photo
A Russian Navy surveillance ship has sunk after colliding with a freighter in the Black Sea, according to Turkish officials. Read More
Two Steregushchiy-class corvettes moored at the Russian naval base in Kaliningrad
A Russian Navy surface action group is headed to the Eastern Mediterranean departing shortly after a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airfield, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Monday. Read More
Russian Admiral Grigorovich frigate leaving the Black Sea on April 7, 2017 following US Tomahawk strikes in Syria. Photo by Alper Böler used with permission
The Russian Navy has sent its most advanced Black Sea frigate into the Eastern Mediterranean on Friday following a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airfield, according to ship spotters in Turkey. Read More
Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser makes port call in Tartus, Syria. Sputnik Photo
Russia will start construction on a planned five-year expansion of its naval base in Syria this spring, officials said in Russian state media. Read More
Admiral Grigorovich on March 1, 2017. Bosphorus Observer photo used with permission
One of the Russian Navy’s most advanced frigates left the Black Sea on Thursday bound for Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean, according to images provided to USNI News by ship spotters in Istanbul. Read More
Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser makes port call in Tartus, Syria. Sputnik Photo
Russia and Syria have signed an agreement this week to expand Russia’s sole foreign base – a naval repair facility in Syria – into a larger naval base capable of permanently hosting 11 ships, according to the agreement issued by the Russian government. Read More
