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USS Porter Participates in Exercise Sea Breeze 2020
July 20, 2020 – USS Porter (DDG 78) entered the Black Sea July 19, 2020 to participate in exercise Sea Breeze 2020. This is Porter’s third trip to the Black Sea since the beginning of 2020. During its previous trips to the region, Porter participated in multiple tactical maneuvering, communications, and air defense exercises with regional partners. Sea Breeze, now…
Read MoreUSS Ross Completes Availability Early at Repair Maintenance Center Detachment Rota
July 9, 2020 – On July 1, Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) detachment Rota completed the USS Ross (DDG 71) Surface Incremental Availability (SIA) two days early, ensuring the ship’s readiness for continued operational tasking. Ross serves as one of the Navy’s four forward deployed Arleigh Burke-class destroyers homeported in Rota, Spain that support NATO’s regional security and ballistic…
Read MoreESPS Alvaro de Bazan Becomes SNMG2 Flagship
July 1, 2020 (Google Translation) – Last Tuesday, June 30 at the Rota Naval Base and on board the Italian frigate VIRGINIO FASAN, the act of relay of command of the NATO permanent group Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG2) took place, a command held by the Italian admiral Paolo Fantoni and that has been assumed by the captain of the…
Read MoreUSS New York stops at Naval Station Rota
June 29, 2020 – USS New York (LPD 21) visited the safe-haven port of Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, for scheduled maintenance and supplies, June 28. NAVSTA Rota is designated as a safe haven port for U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) ships and submarines during the coronavirus pandemic. The base is equipped to resupply naval vessels while pierside, protecting ships and…
Read MoreBALTOPS 20 Concludes
June 16, 2020 – Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) concludes Exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 20, the premiere annual maritime-focused U.S. European Command exercise in the Baltic region, June 16. BALTOPS is an annual maritime exercise, designed to enhance interoperability, flexibility, and demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces in defending the Baltic region. Twenty-eight air and 28 maritime…
Read MoreAtalaya Returns to Ferrol
April 30, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Navy ship sailed through the Gulf of Cádiz, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea, carrying out surveillance and maritime security tasks After more than 2000 miles sailed spread over ten voyages, the tall patrol boat “Atalaya” has returned this morning to its base port in Ferrol. During its navigation, the Spanish…
Read MoreHespérides Ends Her XXV Antarctic Campaign
April 22, 2020 (Google Translation) – The oceanographic research vessel (BIO) “Hespérides” has called this morning at its base port in the Arsenal of Cartagena, after concluding its XXV Antarctic Campaign. The ship returns 161 days after leaving that same port, and after a 42-day period of isolation on board since the last time its crew was able to set…
Read MoreTwo U.S. Destroyers Deploy From Rota
March 25, 2020 – Two forward deployed destroyers got underway for regularly scheduled patrols from Rota, Spain in support of regional maritime security, March 22-23. After taking precautions to ensure the health and safety of their crews, USS Porter (DDG 78) and USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), departed on time from their forward deployed berths in Rota. “We continue to…
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