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First submarine fully integrated for coed crews to join U.S. Navy fleet next...
WASHINGTON — The first submarine fully integrated for mixed gender crews will join the Navy fleet next week during a commissioning ceremony in its namesake state of New Jersey. The future USS New...
View ArticleRNZNComms 2024 Reunion Clothing Update/Attendance – Reminder
A reminder about the 2024 Reunion clothing available, as listed under Reunion 2024 on the website. Those wanting to order items are requested to do so sooner rather than later. Payment at the time of...
View ArticleObesity among troops costs Pentagon more than $1 billion per year, new study...
American troops are too fat, and it is costing the Pentagon more than $1 billion of taxpayer funding each year, a study of obesity among active-duty service members published Wednesday found. Obesity...
View ArticleU.S. VA ordered to provide hundreds of additional shelter beds, build nearly...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs must establish hundreds of additional shelter beds within 18 months and build another 1,800 units of subsidized apartments by 2030 after a federal...
View ArticleUS military and allies have found over 100 mines in the Black Sea
More than 100 mines have been spotted by U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft and allies in the Black Sea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, the commanding officer...
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Fusiliers parade through London 100 years after being granted freedom of City
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers as they exercised their freedom of the City of London, 100 years since the privilege was granted. Starting from the Tower of London, members of the Royal Regiment of...
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Navy commissions USS New Jersey, the service’s first submarine designed for...
The USS New Jersey, the first fast-attack Virginia-class submarine in the Navy to fully integrate mixed gender crews, was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on Saturday at Naval Weapons Station...
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RNZN Comms Association AGM 2024
The 2024 AGM of the RNZN Communicators Association will be held at the Birkenhead RSA on Saturday, 21 September 2024 starting at 1100. A Zoom meeting invitation for those unable to attend the meeting...
View ArticleAirline Warns Passengers About Using Black, Navy, or Grey Suitcases
Traveling can be stressful, especially when it comes to finding your suitcase at the baggage carousel.If you, like most travelers, use a black, navy, or grey suitcase, the chances of grabbing the...
View ArticlePutin: Use missiles and it’s war
VLADIMIR Putin has warned the West that letting Ukraine strike his country with long-range weapons will mean NATO is “at war” with Russia.It came amid growing signs that UK PM Sir Keir Starmer and US...
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U P D A T E – 20th Sep 2024 Reunion Clothing Orders Closing DateThe last day for ordering and paying for Reunion 2024 clothing is Friday, 27 September 2024. Details of the items available and how to...
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How Eggs Give Away the Location of Nuclear Submarines
Here’s why submarines are frightened by eggs. Nuclear submarines carry on board hundreds of dozens of eggs. And a very well-known fact among submariners is you don’t mess with The Egg.Skip the...
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A request from Gerry Wright who is writing a story on HMNZS Tui.
Could you please ask the communicators if anyone has a photo of Tui’s mast with awnings hoisted as a sail?I would like a copy of that incident to add to the story of ‘Tui under my command’ January...
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A Welcoming Road Sign – Waiouru
I wonder how many Sailors failed to disembark from the train from Auckland at Waiouru in the middle of the night, and ending up at the Taihape Station?
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