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CNE-CNA/C6F Hosts the 2020 Europe and Africa Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium
February 23, 2020 — U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE- CNA) Fleet Master Chief Derrick A. Walters welcomed senior enlisted leaders from 17 different nations for the 2020 Europe and Africa Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium (EASELS) held at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. Feb. 16-22... MORE

Naval Forces Europe-Africa Fleet Master Chief Derrick Walters speaks to senior enlisted leaders from 17 different nations during the Europe-Africa Senior Enlisted Leadership Symposium, held at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, Feb. 17, 2020.

USS Ross en route to the Black Sea
February 23, 2020 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) began its north-bound international strait transit en route to the Black Sea Feb. 23, 2020, to conduct maritime security operations and enhance regional maritime stability, combined readiness, and naval capability with our NATO allies and partners in the region... MORE

USS Ross Hosts French Navy Rear Adm. Marc Aussedat
February 20, 2020 — French navy Rear Adm. Marc Aussedat, commander of Task Force (CTF) 473 embarked aboard the French aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91), visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) to tour the ship and to discuss Carrier Strike Group operations during mission FOCH in the Mediterranean Sea Feb. 15, 2020... MORE

U.S. 6th Fleet Celebrates 70th Anniversary at Sea and Shore
February 18, 2020 — U.S. 6th Fleet (C6F) celebrated its 70th anniversary at sea aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) and ashore at their headquarters in Naples, Italy, Feb. 12, 2020... MORE

USS Mount Whitney Visits Malta
February 18, 2020 — The U.S. 6th Fleet Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) departed Valletta, Malta on, Feb. 12, 2020 following a scheduled port visit to demonstrate our enduring partnership with Malta and our mutual commitment regional security and stability... MORE

U.S. 6th Fleet Turns 70
February 13, 2020 — Greetings from USS Mount Whitney, flagship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, underway in the Mediterranean Sea! Today marks a great day in our Navy’s history. Seventy years ago, on Feb. 12, 1950, the Navy formally established Sixth Fleet, building on the storied legacy of U.S. Navy ships that have sailed on the Mediterranean Sea since the early nineteenth century. From 1801, with the dispatch of USS Constitution and her sister ships to defeat the Barbary pirates, through today, American sea power has operated throughout this strategic region, which in ancient times was viewed as the center of the world... MORE

USS Ross Joins Charles de Gaulle Strike Group
February 9, 2020 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) joins Charles de Gaulle Strike Group, Feb. 9, 2020, for joint operations and strengthening the partnership between the U.S. and France... MORE

U.S., Spanish Service Members Complete Ice Diving Proficiency Training
February 7, 2020 — U.S. service members from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, and divers from the Spanish Navy Center for Diving (Centro de Buceo de la Armada, CBA) and Military Diving School (Escuela Militar de Buceo, EMB), conducted proficiency training, Feb. 3-7, 2020, as part of annual bi-lateral altitude and ice dive training in the Pyrenees Mountains... MORE

Podcast E15: Triple C, Spain-U.S. Maritime History, Guest CDR Kelley Jones
February 3, 2020 — In the 15th episode of “On the Horizon: Navigating the European and African Theaters,” Adm. James G. Foggo III, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (CNE-CNA), discussed naval activities in the European theater, and the strategic significance of Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain... MORE

On the Horizon; Adm. Foggo; USS Donald Cook (DDG 75); Episode 15

We Are MSC: Strategic Sealift Officer Cristina Fernandez-O’Toole
February 1, 2020 — I had the opportunity to sit down with my cubicle-mate, Lt. Cristina Fernandez-O’Toole, a former Military Sealift Command (MSC) second mate and current Strategic Sealift Officer with more than seven years of sea-time. Sitting next to Cristina the past few months, you would have no idea that she had so much salt under her nails... MORE