>Four Sailors from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, saved a Turkish man's life by administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while on liberty in Marmaris, Turkey, from deployed aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class (AW) Christopher Hockey, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jacob Kudrin, Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Brian Jones, and Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman... Continue Reading →
>A fishing boat found a mine in its nets when it was hunting in Güllük Bay, Muğla.The rusted mine was brought to the harbor by the boat and was carefully lifted to the shore. In such cases the local authorities call in the naval special forces EOD teams in order to destroy the mine.In 2010 alone in three different occasions a... Continue Reading →
>Official Turkish Navy PhotoAdmiral Masahiko Sugimoto, the commander of Maritime Self Defence Forces was in Turkey between 3 and 6 February.He met with with his Turkish counterpart Admiral Eşref Uğur Yiğit as part of his formal visit to Ankara. As Japanese constitution prohibits Japan to export weapon systems the two admirals had not much to... Continue Reading →
>On Monday, 7 February 2011, Turkishparliament passed a motion submitted by the government, to extend thepresence of Turkish warships in Gulf of Aden for one year. This is the second extention for this mission.According to Defence Minister VecdiGönül on average, 360 - 380 Turkish flagged or owned merchant shipspass through the Gulf of Aden every... Continue Reading →
>TCSG - 301 in her better daysUndersecretariat For Maritime Affairs announced that a fire broke out in the engine room of Coast guard vessel TCSG-301 on 4 February 2010 2011.The fire started while the boat was onsea off the coast of Zonguldak. Another coast guard vessel TCSG-128help extinguishing the fire. The extend of the damage... Continue Reading →
>The oldest serving US Navy aircraft carrier CVN-65 USS Enterprise is in Marmaris, Turkey for a four day port visit.This will be the second port visit of USS Enterprise in her 21st deployment.Special security preparations were taken before the visit and during her stay in Marmaris USS Enterprise will be guarded by Turkish Coast Guard... Continue Reading →
>I have been toying withthe idea of combining my two presences in www, the Bosphorus NavalNews blog and Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy web page under thesame URL.I have been editing andmaintaining Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy since 1997. It allstarted as a small page on geocities, in the early days of web 1.0.For the... Continue Reading →
>Last week Zaman newspaper run a story about alleged irregularities by the acceptance of special forces infiltration boat.According to the article during the acceptance test the commission noticed a number of deficiencies in the main propulsion system and speed and handling performances of the boat. Although the inspection team did not approve the acceptance of... Continue Reading →
>Proud Manta 11 is not the only majorNATO naval exercise planned for this year in the Mediterranean. Exercise Bold Monarch 2011, a majorNATO live submarine escape and rescue exercise will be in theMediterranean off the coast of Cartegena, Spain from 1-9 June 2011.Approximately 2000 participants will come from over 10 nations,including 3 partner nations and 1... Continue Reading →
>The biggest NATO anti submarine warfareexercise Proud Manta (previously known as NOBLE MANTA) will be conducted in the Ionian Sea to theSoutheast of Sicily between 4 – 17 February 2011.Ten NATO nations, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States, will provide 6submarines, 19 aircraft (including ship based helos)... Continue Reading →
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