Global Britain is the country’s post-Brexit blueprint to exert British influence around the world in a number of areas, including in the case of the two warships, military security.īritain in March released a sweeping review of its military and foreign policy, in which it recognized a tilt toward the Indo-Pacific in the coming decade and warned of the challenges coming from China. Witness our spectacular departure tomorrow in accordance with the QHM website. We are leading the way and promoting #GlobalBritain. “They will act as the eyes and ears of the Navy – and nation – in the region, working alongside Britain’s allies, carrying out security patrols to deal with drug-running, smuggling, terrorism and other illegal activities, joining in exercises with other navies and armed forces, and flying the flag for Global Britain,” the Defense Ministry statement said.Ĭlear your diaries! #TeamTamar is about to deploy for the Royal Navy's enduring mission to the #IAP. In the center of that region is China, with whom tensions have been heating up with Britain’s top ally, the United States. While patrolling the waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, the warships will venture as far north as the Bering Sea and as far south as New Zealand and the Australian state of Tasmania. Ben Evans, commanding officer of HMS Spey, a 2,000-ton, 300-foot-long offshore patrol vessel that will team with HMS Tamar for a mission that is not expected to see them return to their Portsmouth home port until 2026.
“Two-thirds of the world is our playground,” said Lt. U.S.Two Royal Navy patrol ships left the United Kingdom on Tuesday for a five-year deployment that will see them act as “the eyes and ears” of Britain from the west coast of Africa, to the west coast of the United States, according to a British Defense Ministry statement. The base now hosts more than 150 tenant commands and remains the homeport for nearly a third of the Navy’s afloat assets in the Pacific. Naval Station San Diego was realigned under Commander, Navy Region Southwest, and the name changed again to Naval Base San Diego. Pacific Fleet when Long Beach Naval Shipyard closed. In the 1990s, the base became the principal homeport of the U.S. On 15 September 1946, the Secretary of the Navy re-designated the repair base Naval Station San Diego. After the war, operations changed again and with that came a new mission-that of providing logistical support (including repair and dry-docking) for ships of the active fleet. During World War II, base operations expanded, and the Navy determined that the base had exceeded its function as a destroyer base. Naval Base San Diego was established on 23 February 1922 as U.S.
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