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Breeze 2024 Kicks off In the Black Sea
July 12, 2024 — Three P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and aircrew assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 10 began their participation in exercise Breeze 2024, July 11... MORE

NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (July 11, 2024) A P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 45 prepares to take off as part of the 28th iteration of the annual exercise Breeze 2024, July 11, 2024. Led by the Bulgarian Navy and scheduled in the Black Sea, Breeze 2024 is focused on anti-submarine warfare, search and rescue, force protection/anti-terrorism operations, maritime interdiction operations and anti-piracy mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan D. Berlier)

Commander, Task Force 63 Conducts a Change of Command Ceremony
July 11, 2024 — Capt. Todd B. Penrod relieved Capt. Kenneth S. Pickard as commodore, Commander, Task Force (CTF) 63 and Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa (MSCEURAF) during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, July 10, 2024... MORE

Captain Todd B. Penrod, incoming commanding officer of Commander, Task Force 63/Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa, and Captain Kenneth S. Pickard, former commanding officer of CTF-63/Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa, participate in cake cutting during change of command ceremony, July 10, 2024.

Exercise Sea Breeze 24, a Ukraine/US led multi-national Mine-Countermeasure exercise successfully completed in Scotland
July 8, 2024 — Exercise Sea Breeze took place of the west coast of Scotland for the second year where NATO and Ukrainian warships were supported by staff from 11 countries based in King George V docks in Glasgow. This two-week Mine Countermeasure exercise took place in the Firth of Clyde and Northen Minches, which was a culmination of two years of training for the Ukrainian staff and MCMV crews enabling them to successfully plan, control and execute mine countermeasure activities in a range of scenarios... MORE

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Commanding Officer Relieved of Duties
July 8, 2024 — Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee, Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet / Commander, Task Force SIX relieved Capt. Lenard C. Mitchell as the commanding officer of USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. Capt. Mitchell served as commanding officer of the Gold Crew since Nov. 20, 2022... MORE

NAVEUR-NAVAF Commander becomes U.S. Navy’s Old Goat
June 28, 2024 — Adm. John Aquilino, former Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, passed the title of Old Goat to Adm. Stuart Munsch, Commander of United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa and Commander of Allied Joint Force Command, Naples, on the National Mall, Jun. 26... MORE

Adm. John Aquilino, former Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, passed the title of Old Goat to Adm. Stuart Munsch, Commander of United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa and Commander of Allied Joint Force Command, Naples, on the National Mall, Jun. 26.

USS Wasp transits through the Strait of Gibraltar
June 27, 2024 — The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 26... MORE

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (June, 26, 2024) An AH-1Z Viper, left, assigned to the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 365 (Reinforced), and an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, flies patrol as the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) transits the Strait of Gibraltar, June 26, 2024.

BALTOPS 24 concludes in Kiel, Germany
June 22, 2024 — Twenty NATO Allies concluded the 53rd iteration of exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS-24) in Kiel, Germany, June 20, 2024... MORE

Ships participating in exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24) steam in formation through the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2024. BALTOPS24 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region.

NATO Allies Participate in Joint Personnel Recovery Exercise
June 19, 2024 — Service members assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, in coordination with British and Lithuanian allies, participated in a personnel recovery exercise June 10, 2024, in the Baltic Sea... MORE

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician assigned to EOD Mobile Unit Twelve fast-ropes from an MH-60S helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 at Truppenübungsplatz Putlos, Germany, during Baltic Operations Exercise (BALTOPS), June 14, 2024.

U.S. and NATO Allies conduct MCM during BALTOPS24
June 19, 2024 — U.S. and Allied forces are conducting mine hunting and mine detonation exercises in the Baltic Sea as part of Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2024, the premier maritime-focused annual military exercise in the Baltic Region... MORE

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 and maritime EOD technicians from the Royal Netherlands Navy conduct floating mine response drills as part of EOD's mine countermeasure capabilities in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Putlos, Germany, June 13, 2024.

Dutch, Finnish and U.S. Chaplain integration during BALTOPS24
June 18, 2024 — On June 9th, the Dutch amphibious ship Johan De Witt was the setting of a NATO chaplain engagement including chaplains from the Netherlands, Finland, and the United States. Finland’s Chief of Naval Chaplains, Paavo Ranta, and US Navy chaplain, CDR David Duprey, flew aboard the Johan De Witt as part of the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2024 exercise... MORE

BALTIC SEA (June 15, 2024) Chaplains from Norway and Romania are given a tour of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), June 15, 2024. Wasp is conducting operations in the Baltic Sea in support of the exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24) as the flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC).