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USS Oak Hill, 26th MEU Visits Gdynia

The ship’s presence in the Baltic Sea is a demonstration of our continued commitment to the collective...

Winston S. Churchill Arrives in Palma de Mallorca

“This port visit to Palma de Mallorca is designed to continue efforts to strengthen maritime...

USS Donald Cook arrives in Haifa

The ship’s presence in the Mediterranean is a demonstration of our continued commitment to regional...

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New York, 26th MEU depart Piraeus, Greece

During the seven-day stop, New York completed maintenance normally done in its Mayport, Florida, homeport, ensuring the amphibious ship’s sustained operational readiness and ability to complete any U.S. 6th Fleet mission tasking. The approximately 400 Sailors and 700 Marines on New York also...

BALTOPS Daily Update - June 10

Mine-countermeasure ships and explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) teams located simulated munitions in the vicinity of Ustka, Poland, Klaipeda. Lithuania, and Bornholm Island, Denmark. The six ships assigned to commander, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasure Group (SNMCMG) 1 conducted anti-surface...

BALTOPS Daily Update - June 9

Vice. Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and Rear Adm. Guy Robinson, OBE, Royal Navy, deputy commander, STRIKFORNATO visited the crew of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-...

BALTOPS Daily Update - June 8

During an air defense and joint personnel recovery exercise two pilots were simulated to be shot down, one over land and the other over water. The pilot on land was rescued by a Polish Search and Rescue (SAR) team, while a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) from the Harpers Ferry-class dock...

Truman Strike Group, Carrier Air Wing One Support BALTOPS 2018

CVW-1 operations over the Baltic involved overflight of Europe from the Adriatic Sea, and represented the first instance that U.S. carrier aircraft have participated in the exercise, which began in 1972 and is now in its 46th year. F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter aircraft and E/A-18 Growler...

BALTOPS Daily Update - June 7

Approximately, 400 U.S. and Romanian Marines conducted an amphibious landing from the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) and the Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship ORP Krakow (823). Once ashore the Marines preformed combined tactical drills with Polish forces at the...