TUNIS, Tunisia - Exercise Phoenix Express 2022, the 17th iteration of the North African maritime exercise, takes place May 23 – June 3, 2022, in Tunis, Tunisia, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea.

OEIRAS, Portugal – NATO is conducting vigilance activity NEPTUNE SHIELD 2022 (NESH22), which integrates high-end maritime expeditionary strike capabilities of Sea, Air and Land assets. The activities will take place in the Baltic, Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas, from 17-31 May.

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) departed Naval Station Rota, Spain, May 10, 2022, to begin its 11th Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations.

NAPLES, Italy - In a historic moment for the region, a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, USS Sioux City (LCS 11), deployed to U.S. Sixth Fleet’s area of operations, supporting U.S. and NATO Ally and Partner interests in Europe and Africa.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in the Port of Djibouti, Apr. 24, for a sustainment and logistics visit supported by the N4 supply department of Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ).

KARLSKRONA, Sweden - Senior military leaders from Europe and the U.S. convened the Cooperative Strategy Forum, April 20, 2022 to discuss emergent and enduring security issues in the European region, specifically the Baltic Sea.

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, following a successful maritime security patrol in the Gulf of Guinea, April 18, 2022.

ICELAND - Out at sea, French, German and Norwegian surface combatants were joined by American and German maritime patrol aircraft in a hunt for adversary submarines while small boats from Arlington and Icelandic vessels conducted visit, board, search and seizure missions on suspect vessels.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - A team of logisticians assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella and their mission partners supported the scheduled port visit of the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) and USS The Sullivans (DDG 68), conducted March 21, 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

TROMSØ, Norway — The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), flagship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrived in Tromsø, Norway for a scheduled port visit, April 11, 2022.