Sea Stories by Jerry Pait

Sea Stories by Jerry Pait

USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)

Details
SSN 680 - William H. Bates - Slideshow A
Hits: 11658

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) lazes patiently next to the pier in Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T., basking in the warm salt breeze of an Indian Ocean dusk

~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)

My comments Subscribe RSS

2000 Characters left


ss245-patch-02.jpg
ss267-patch-05.jpg
ssbn622-patch-04.jpg
ss361-patch-02.jpg
ssbn617-patch-02.jpg
ssbn656-patch-02.jpg

U.S. Naval Institute News

  • Pentagon: Red Hill Defueling on Track, Joint Task Force Starting Environmental Assessment
    This story has been updated to clarify that the Joint Task Force is responsible for defueling the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.  The Joint Task Force – Red Hill is on target to meet the July 2024 deadline to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii, the Department of Defense said […]
  • Japan Faces Readiness Hurdle As it Modernizes Military, Former Defense Chief Says
    Japan’s toughest hurdle, as it launches an unprecedented military modernization program and doubles defense spending, is the operational readiness of its air, naval and land forces, a former chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces said Thursday. Japan is “running out of maintenance capabilities” and stockpiles of fuel and ammunition for a protracted conflict, retired Adm. […]
  • Report on National Security Implications of 5G Networks
    The following is the March 14, 2023 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, National Security Implications of Fifth Generation (5G) Mobile Technologies.  From the report The fifth generation (5G) of mobile technologies will increase the speed of data transfer and improve bandwidth over existing fourth generation (4G) technologies, in turn enabling new military and commercial […]
  • INDOPACOM: China Has Not Responded to U.S. Attempts to Establish Communication
    China has not responded to any of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s requests to establish direct communication channels between its commander and the commanders of China’s main military commands, Adm. John Aquilino said Thursday. Defense chiefs of partner nations approached Aquilino in August 2021 during the annual Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense conference, hosted by INDOPACOM, and asked […]
0
Shares