11 June 2021 Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet Visits Five Destroyers in Rota, Spain NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet, visited five Arleigh-Burke guided-missile destroyers assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 65 during a visit to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, June 8, 2021...
10 June 2021 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Trains with U.S. Allies and Partners During 50th BALTOPS Exercise NORTH SEA - A blur of troops in various military uniforms dart around a room buzzing with a growing, focused chatter. Their eyes race back and forth on gently rocking computer screens while they develop plans to guide a multinational, military team to complete an operation hundreds of miles away...
09 June 2021 USS Laboon Conducts Port Visit in Souda Bay SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58), an element of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, conducted a scheduled port visit to Souda Bay, Greece, June 3...
08 June 2021 Submariners, SEALS Join Forces on USS New Mexico SOUDA BAY, Greece - Virginia-class submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779) embarked members of the Navy Special Warfare community for scheduled interoperability exercises during a brief stop in Souda Bay June 4, 2021...
08 June 2021 African Lion 21 exercise begins with 7,800 troops in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal AGADIR, Morocco - African Lion, U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint annual exercise, kicks off in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal for its 17th iteration June 7...
05 June 2021 USS Roosevelt Visits Gdynia, Poland prior to BALTOPS 50 GDYNIA, Poland - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) arrived in Gdynia, Poland alongside other NATO ships prior to the start of BALTOPS 50, June 5, 2021...
04 June 2021 At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 Concludes ANDØYA, NORWAY – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), the largest live-fire Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise in 2021 led by U.S. Sixth Fleet and conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), concluded June 2, 2021...
04 June 2021 USS Ross Conducts Live Fire Missile Exercise OUTER HEBRIDES - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fired a Standard Missile – 2 (SM-2) at a subsonic sea skimming target during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise (LFWAP), June 1, 2021, proving the ship is capable of air defense in a maritime environment...
03 June 2021 USS Mount Whitney Visits Oslo, Norway OSLO, Norway - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) made a scheduled logistics stop to Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2021...
02 June 2021 VP-4 Successfully Employs Harpoon during Joint Missile Defense Exercise KEFLAVIK, Iceland - Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-40 using two Air to Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge off the coast of Norway during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), May 31, 2021...