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U.S. Navy Divers Participate in Mine Clearance Exercises with Croatia
June 30, 2021
(June 23, 2021) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Austin Setzer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, and Croatian divers practice detonator build ups for a 2021 Humanitarian Mine Action certification training event, June 23, 2021. U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.
Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 Kicks Off in Ukraine
June 28, 2021
Sea Breeze 2021
USS Ross enters Black Sea for Exercise Sea Breeze
June 26, 2021
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) transit the Mediterranean Sea as a helicopter assigned to the French horizon-class frigate Chevalier Paul (D 621) flies overhead Sept. 3, 2018.
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrives in Senegal
June 25, 2021
(JUNE 21, 2021) The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) prepares to pull into Dakar, Senegal, June 21, 2021. Hershel “Woody” Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.
USS Laboon Concludes Black Sea Operations as USS Ross prepares to enter Black Sea for Exercise Sea Breeze 2021
June 25, 2021
The Romanian Navy frigate ROS Marasesti (F 111), right, sails in formation with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) during a passing and communication exercise in the Black Sea, June 23, 2021.
4th Annual Adriatic Partnership Maritime Interdiction Operations VBSS event concludes
June 24, 2021
(June 11, 2021) Participating members from Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and the U.S. pose for a group photo during the 4th annual Adriatic Partnership Maritime Interdiction Operations and Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure Event with the Croatian Navy in Split, Croatia, June 11, 2021. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, headquartered in Naples, Italy, Conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.
Fleet Master Chief Hosts Senior Enlisted Symposium
June 24, 2021
(June 15, 2021) U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Fleet Master Chief Derrick Walters, center, and Command Master Chief Johannes Gonzalez, U.S. Sixth Fleet Command Master Chief, center right, address attendees at a Command Senior Enlisted Symposium at Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, June 15, 2021. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, headquartered in Naples, Italy, Conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trey Fowler/Released)
USS Thomas Hudner Conducts Port Visit in Kiel Following Joint Maritime Exercise with NATO Allies and Partner Nations
June 23, 2021
KIEL, Germany (June 17, 2021) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) makes port in Kiel, Germany, June 17, 2021 in support of exercise BALTOPS 50. BALTOPS 50 is an annual international maritime-led joint exercise including 16 NATO allies and two partner nations demonstrating the ability of the alliance to contribute to deterring and if required defeating aggression. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
U.S. Navy Assumes Command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1
June 23, 2021
KIEL, Germany (June 19, 2021) Cmdr. Jan Wijchers, Royal Netherlands Navy, is relieved by Capt. Sam P. Brasfield as commanding officer of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1), aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), during the change of command ceremony, June 19, 2021 after exercise BALTOPS 50. Brasfield is the first U.S. commander to command a SNMCM. SNMCMGs provides Allied Maritime Command with constant MCM capabilities to ensure safe and secure sea lanes of communication.
COMSTRIKFORNATO, U.S. Sixth Fleet Visits Baltic Nations
June 23, 2021
210614-N-NO901-0001 RIGA, Latvia (June 14, 2021) Latvian Chief of Defense, Lt. Gen. Leonids Kalnins, Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Greer Chambless, senior defense official, U.S. Embassy Riga, visited Brethren Cemetery to participate in a “Day of Remembrance,” honoring those who were deported in 1941, June 14, 2021, in Riga, Latvia. The 50th BALTOPS represents a continuous, steady commitment to reinforcing interoperability in the Alliance and providing collective maritime security in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
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