Naval Station Rota, Spain Story Archive
Change in Housing Policy at NAVSTA Rota Offers Families Flexibility (10 January 2011)
Mandatory assignment to housing for incoming families has been discontinued aboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota in accordance with a policy change set forth by Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia Jan. 1.
The U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, and the 3rd Air Force Commander visited Naval Station Rota, Spain March 31, delivering a message of appreciation to Spanish and U.S. forces.
Navy and Marine Corps leadership aboard U.S. Naval Station (NS) Rota, Spain, attended a U.S. Fleet Forces Command training workshop May 16-17, that focused on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR), suicide awareness, and substance abuse prevention.
MCPON Visits Naval Station Rota (18 May 2011)
The master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON) visited service members aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, May 10-14.
Rota Fire Department Assists with Local Blaze (18 May 2011)
The Naval Station (NS) Rota Spain Fire Department supported the Rota Protection Civil Fire Department during a nine-hour firefight off base, May 6th.
Capt. Scott Kraverath assumed command of U.S. Naval Activities, Spain/U.S. Naval Station Rota, Spain, May 26.
Rota Sailors Honor Memorial Day in France (1 June 2011)
Naval Station (NS) Rota, Spain, service members participated in a Memorial Day ceremony at Rhone American Cemetery in Draguignan, France, to commemorate the 55th year of remembrance there, May 29.
US Ambassador to Spain and Andorra visits Rota (9 March 2012)
The U.S. ambassador to Spain and Andorra toured Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 8, as part of a regional tour.
Marines Train With Partner Nations at Exercise Lisa Azul (13 March 2012)
As part of the trilateral exercise Lisa Azul, U.S. Marines from 3rd Platoon, Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe trained with Spanish marines from the 10th Mechanized Infantry Company and U.K. marines from the Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines, March 7.
Reigniting US - Spanish Traditions in Rota (22 March 2012)
U.S. and Spanish service members reignited a tradition of cooperation at Hay Motivo Club aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 2.
NMCB 3 Joins the Fight (22 March 2012)
In preparation for the trilateral exercise Lisa Azul, Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 assembled a building-clearing obstacle course at the simulated urban terrain compound Hogan's Alley aboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, March 6.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Juan M. Garcia III, visited Naval Station Rota, Spain, March 23, marking the fifth and final stop of a three-continent tour showcasing the new 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative.
US, Spanish Chiefs Building Stronger Relations (15 June 2012)
Naval Station Rota, Spain chief petty officers boarded the Spanish navy's flagship LHD Juan Carlos I (L 61) ship, June 5, to tour the ship and meet with their Spanish navy chief counterparts.
The commander of Navy Installations Command visited Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 22, to look at base operations and check on-the-ground progress toward homeporting four U.S. Navy destroyers here as forward deployed naval forces (FDNF) by 2015.
U.S. service members assigned to Naval Station Rota, Spain raised the U.S. flag aboard the Spanish Naval Base July 4 by special permission of the Spanish base commander.