BORNHOLM, Denmark - In a notable first for the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise started in 1972, the Royal Danish Navy hosted the U.S. Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 from Williamsburg, Virginia, to conduct an on load of an inert SM-2 anti-aircraft missile aboard the Royal Danish Navy Iver...

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) participated in exercise Formidable Shield 2023 from the North Atlantic Ocean, May 8 to May 23, 2023...

HEBRIDES, United Kingdom - U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), recently observed high-end integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) activity during the ongoing exercise Formidable Shield 2023, May 20...

Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61), assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, and the UK worked together to conduct repairs that allowed the ship to maintain mission readiness, during a port visit in Liverpool, U.K., the week of May 25...

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Pensacola Navy community celebrated the 81st Battle of Midway Commemoration where retired Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, director of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) served as the guest speaker at the National Naval Aviation Museum on Naval Aviation Station Pensacola,...

ROTA, Spain - Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain on Monday, May 29th, 2023 in anticipation of the start of Flotilla Exercise 2023 (FLOTEX-23) hosted by the Spanish Navy in the western Mediterranean Sea...

WASHINGTON NAVY YARD - Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) confirmed the identity of a wreck site located in Japanese waters as USS Mannert L. Abele (DD 733) May 25...

TOULON, France – During a busy period in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) flagship, USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), carried out a series of exercises and activities with FS Languedoc (D653) of the French Navy...

MANAMA, Bahrain -- A French warship operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 conducted four illegal drug seizures between April 19 and May 18 worth a total estimated U.S. street value of $108 million from fishing vessels transiting international waters in the Indian Ocean...

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Surface Action Group (SAG) Sword, led by Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Blas De Lezo (F 103), steamed in formation from the north, readying their combat systems for the fight. To the south, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and SAG...