21 October 2022 George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supports EURONAVAL 2022 U.S. military personnel, aircraft and equipment from USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, flagship of George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) represented the United States at this year’s World Naval Defence Exhibition (EURONAVAL) trade show in Paris, France October...
04 July 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrives in Victoria, Seychelles The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) anchored out in Victoria, Seychelles, July 3, 2022, for a scheduled visit...
16 May 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams BLUE MILCREW Begins Deployment The Blue military crew (MILCREW) of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) departed Civitavecchia, Italy, to begin a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 14, 2022...
16 May 2022 U.S., Estonia Kick Off Exercise Hedgehog 22 TALLINN, Estonia - Members of Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/2d Marine Division (TF-61/2), operating under U.S. Sixth Fleet, joined their Estonian counterparts to kick off exercise Siil 22, also known in English as Exercise Hedgehog, in Tallinn, Estonia, May 16...
16 May 2022 Mare Aperto 22-1: U.S. Sixth Fleet trains alongside Italian and Allied navies Units and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth Fleet joined their Italian counterparts and other Allied navies in the Italian-led exercise Mare Aperto 22-1/Italian Minex 22 in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, May 15, 2022...
02 April 2022 U.S., Iceland Kick Off Exercise Northern Viking 2022 U.S. Sailors and Marines joined multiple Allied Nations in kicking off U.S. Sixth Fleet’s Exercise Northern Viking 2022 (NV22) in Keflavik, Iceland, April 2, 2022...
01 April 2022 U.S. Sixth Fleet Establishes Naval Amphibious Forces Europe Supporting Fully Integrated Navy-Marine Operations and Experimentation U.S. Sixth Fleet stood up Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/ 2d Marine Division (TF-61/2) to synchronize command and control of deployed Navy and Marine Corps amphibious forces and advance the integrated Marine Corps capability in the Sixth Fleet area of operations (AOO) on March 16,...
25 February 2022 U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVAF) and Royal Moroccan Navy Conduct Staff Talks in Morocco Leadership from U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT) and the Royal Moroccan Navy participated in staff talks to discuss future maritime interoperability and strengthening the bilateral relationship in Casablanca, Morocco, Feb. 21, 2022...
13 October 2021 USS Porter Holds Change of Command Ceremony NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) held a change of command ceremony on the pier at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Oct. 8, 2021...
06 October 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet CTF 68 Operates Throughout NAVEUR-NAVAF NAPLES, Italy - In recent weeks, personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet’s (NAVEUR-NAVAF-SIXTHFLT) Commander, Task Force 68 and Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Detachment (Det.) Rota (CTG 68.3) have participated in exercises and operations...