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UCT-1 Completes Ice Diving Operations during Exercise Cold Response 2020
February 28, 2020 — Underwater Construction Team ONE (UCT-1), part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, is breaking the ice with engineering forces from Norway and the Netherlands, while conducting diving operations at a frozen lake in Skjold, Norway during Exercise Cold Response (ECR) 2020, which will run through mid-March... MORE

USS Ross Arrives in Varna
February 27, 2020 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria on February 27, 2020 for a scheduled port visit as part of continued Black Sea presence and support to regional partners by U.S. naval vessels... MORE

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Operates in U.S. 6th Fleet
February 27, 2020 — The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in U.S. 6th Fleet to support maritime security operations in international waters alongside our allies and partners... MORE

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