ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) returned to Rota, Spain, Dec. 20, marking the completion of her first Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations...

ROTA, Spain - Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) transferred its flagship as scheduled from U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) to U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) at Naval Station Rota on...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) returned to Rota, Spain, Dec. 23, 2021, completing her inaugural patrol as a member of the U.S. Navy’s Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) and culminating in a successful year of...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony signifying the completion of the cliff line erosion repair project on Naval Station Rota, Spain (NAVSTA Rota), Nov. 5, 2021...

ROTA, Spain - The Navy is now assigning chaplains to every destroyer in the fleet to support the establishment and sustainment of resiliency for surface warriors, an initiative that hits close to home for U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) held a change of command ceremony on the pier at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Oct. 8, 2021...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain to begin its first Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, Aug. 2, 2021...

NORFOLK, Va. - The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Maintenance Assist Team (MAT) recently returned to Norfolk following a three-week visit to Rota, Spain, to provide maintenance support to forward deployed ships...

ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, for the last time as a Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) destroyer, June 30, 2021...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), arrived at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, May 17, 2021 after its multi-week exercise conducted with the Portuguese Navy and...