11 June 2021 Patrol Squadron 40 Completes NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender The “Fighting Marlins” of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 operated two P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Naval Air Station Rota, Spain in the NATO-led Steadfast Defender 2021 Maritime Live Exercise from May 20-31, 2021. Two of the squadron’s 12 Combat Aircrews executed multiple flight events conducting...
11 June 2021 Broadening High School Horizons: Naval STEM Expands Virtual Student Outreach ARLINGTON, Va. - Meet some of the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) interns and scholar alumni. Learn about engineering design for parachutes; bio-inspired research, including the science of seal tracking; and deep-submergence rescue vehicles,...
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...
11 June 2021 USS Curtis Wilbur Conducts Bilateral Operations with HMAS Ballarat SOUTH CHINA SEA - Forces from the U. S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy concluded a week of bilateral operations in the South China Sea, June 11...