14 July 2025 Sea Breeze 25-2 Concludes Showcasing Unified Mine Warfare Capabilities off UK Coast PORTLAND PORT, England – Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 officially concluded following two weeks of multinational mine countermeasure operations in the waters off the United Kingdom’s southern coast July 11, 2025...
11 July 2025 Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 Demonstrates Enhanced NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Mine Countermeasures Capabilities in the UK Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, hosted at Portland Port, United Kingdom, is underway, showcasing strengthened collaboration in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and mine countermeasures (MCM) between NATO Allies and partners. The exercise focuses on mentorship and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP)...
28 February 2025 NSW Conducts Training with Lithuanian and German special operations forces Strengthening NATO alliances, U.S. East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) and U.S. Special Warfare Combat Crewmen (SWCC) recently conducted a two-week training exercise with Lithuanian and German Special Operations Forces...
07 November 2024 NATO Partners with NPS for Climate Security Education Military and civilian leaders from 19 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partner nations convened at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to share knowledge and address solutions to one of the most powerful forces effecting global security today – climate change. ...
19 June 2024 NATO Allies Participate in Joint Personnel Recovery Exercise Service members assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, in coordination with British and Lithuanian allies, participated in a personnel recovery exercise June 10, 2024, in the Baltic Sea...
05 June 2024 U.S. Sixth Fleet, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO to kick off BALTOPS 2024 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — Twenty NATO Allies, more than 50 ships, more than 85 aircraft, and approximately 9,000 personnel kicked off the 53rd iteration of annual exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 24) today during the pre-sail conference kick-off event...
12 April 2024 USS Gunston Hall Returns Home After NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) returned home to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, April 11, following Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades...
26 February 2024 NATO Assumes Command of U.S. and British Forces in Eastern Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Naval Striking Forces NATO will execute a Transfer of Authority (TOA), assuming command of more than 5,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines assigned to USS Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG)...
13 December 2023 Naval Special Warfare Enhances Allied Defense with Romanian Special Operations Forces CONTANTA, Romania — East-Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs) and the 164th Romanian Naval Special Operations Forces (ROUSOF) conducted training on maritime interdiction operations, special reconnaissance, and special operations tactics to enhance allied defense throughout the...
03 April 2023 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Completes COMPTUEX NORFOLK, Va. – The Sailors, ships, squadrons and staffs of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) successfully completed composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), April 2, 2023...