IONIAN SEA - Spanish and U.S. Navy Sailors capped off two days of combined operations with aircraft flying over the Spanish Navy ship ESPS Juan Carlos I (LHD 61) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Ionian Sea, Sept. 27, 2022.

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy - Naval leaders from the U.S., U.K., and French submarine forces met at U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa’s (NAVEUR-NAVAF) headquarters for the convening of the Group and Major Commanders’ Officer Training Symposium (GAMCOTS), Sept. 21-22, onboard Naval Support

SOUDA BAY, Greece - The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) arrived in Souda Bay, Greece for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 27, 2022.

U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY - “General quarters, general quarters, all hands man your battle stations!”

ADRIATIC SEA - Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) , Sept. 22.

ADRIATIC SEA – The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) completed a series of tactical air defense exercises (ADEX) with the Italian Navy Orizzonte-class destroyer ITS Caio Duilio (D 554) in the Adriatic Sea, Sept. 16, 2022.

HEBRIDES, Scotland - Identifying and destroying their target took only minutes. Closely coordinated U.K and U.S. allies in the air, on land and sea launched munitions from more than 100 miles over the horizon during the long planned multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) Atlantic Thunder 22 (AT22).

ATLANTIC OCEAN - Ships and aircraft from the United Kingdom and the United States conducted a long planned multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) called Atlantic Thunder 22 in the North Atlantic, Sept. 7, 2022.

SAO TOME and PRINCIPE - The U.S. Embassy Office of Security Cooperation and engineers assigned to U.S. Navy Commander, Task Force Six Eight (CTF 68) attended the 47th annual Sao Tome Armed Forces Day celebration, Sept. 6, 2022.

JIJEL, Algeria - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrived in the commercial port of Djen Djen, Algeria near the city of Jijel, for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 18, 2022.