NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - As part of the ongoing At-Sea-Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 exercise, the U.S. Navy Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) fired two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to engage ballistic missile targets launched from the Hebrides Range, May...

SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), departed Souda Bay, Greece, May 30, after it’s three-day maintenance and logistics stop...

EL AOUINA, Tunisia - U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa (NAVAF) Director of maritime partnership program, Rear Adm. Jeffrey S. Spivey joined Tunisian Minister of Defense Brahim Bertegi, Read Adm. Kevin Jones from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Donald Blome in marking...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participates in the 16th iteration of exercise Phoenix Express 2021 (PE21) off the coast of Tunis, Tunisia, with Allied and partner nations during the at-sea portion of the multinational maritime exercise in North...

TUNIS, Tunisia - Allied and partner navies participating in exercise Phoenix Express 2021 got underway from Tunis, Tunisia, for the start of the at-sea portion of the multinational North African maritime exercise in the Mediterranean Sea on May 22, 2021...

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - The sea off the Scottish coast is rough on May 21, 2021. As part of the international force deployed for At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield, the French anti-air warfare destroyer (AAWD) Forbin is assigned a simulated mission to protect the priority maritime facilities of an Allied...

SOUDA BAY, Greece - The amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), operating as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Readiness Group (IWOARG), arrived in Souda Bay, Greece, May 27...

MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) joined French Navy Charles de Gaulle Strike Group (CDG CSG), May 26, 2021 in the Mediterranean in support of joint operations and interoperability training, demonstrating mutual commitment to stability...

NORTH SEA - Splitting the distance between Iceland and Norway, about four degrees latitude south of the arctic circle, there sits a small, remote archipelago named the Faroe Islands. These islands, an autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark, host a community known for its sheep and...

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 participated in the annual NATO exercise TIGER MEET operating out of Naval Station Rota, Spain. The exercise consisted of eight NATO countries and over 50 aircraft conducting coordinated maritime strike and anti-submarine...