07 December 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Hosts FS Auvergne, Porter Visits Marseille, France NAPLES, Italy - U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) hosted French FREMM Frigate FS Auvergne’s (D 654) leadership at its headquarters in Naples, Italy, while France welcomed the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) to Marseille, France this past week...
05 December 2021 USS Arleigh Burke Arrives in Constanta, Romania CONSTANTA, Romania - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) arrived in Constanta, Romania for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 5, 2021...
03 December 2021 USS Porter Concludes Participation in French Exercise POLARIS MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) successfully concluded participation in the French exercise POLARIS 21, December 2, 2021...
03 December 2021 3-year, $8.3 Million Cliff Line Erosion Repair Project Completed by Seabees on Naval Station Rota, Spain 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...
02 December 2021 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples Visits Charles de Gaulle MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Adm. Robert Burke, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) and Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, visited the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R 91) during the French exercise POLARIS 21, Dec. 2, 2021...
30 November 2021 USS Arleigh Burke Departs Varna, Bulgaria VARNA, Bulgaria - The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departed Varna, Bulgaria, Nov. 28, 2021, to resume operations in the Black Sea...
24 November 2021 USS The Sullivans Conducts Interoperability with Tunisian Navy MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and Tunisian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels TNS Jugurtha (P610) and TNS Carthage (P503), conducted multiple tactical operations to enhance maritime security and increase interoperability between the two...
24 November 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Joins France's Polaris 21 Exercise MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67, and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthal (T-AO 189) began participation in the French-led multilateral maritime...
23 November 2021 Destroyer Squadron 60 Chaplains Serve Surface Warriors 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...
18 November 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Staffs Complete Operations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas GAETA, Italy - The U.S. Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and embarked SIXTHFLT and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) staffs, returned to Gaeta, Italy, Nov. 18...