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USS Mount Whitney Returns to Gaeta, Italy
July 31, 2019 — The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) returned to Gaeta, Italy, after a three-month deployment July 30, 2019... MORE

USS Carney Arrives in Odesa, Ukraine
June 30, 2019 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) arrived in Odesa, Ukraine, June 30, for a scheduled port visit as part of multinational exercise Sea Breeze 2019... MORE

U.S. 6th Fleet commander Strengthens Bonds with Israeli Navy Partners
June 19, 2019 — Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, visited her Israeli Navy counterparts and U.S. Embassy leadership during a prescheduled trip to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel, June 17-19, 2019... MORE

Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, C6F, tours the Haifa Naval Base in Israel.

Navy to Rotate Four Guided-Missile Destroyers in Rota, add Helicopter Squadron
June 4, 2019 — The U.S. Navy plans to rotate the four currently Forward Deployed Naval Force-Europe (FDNF-E) ships with newer, modernized ships in order to posture the most capable forces forward in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). Additionally, the U.S. Navy intends to relocate a helicopter maritime strike squadron (HSM) to Rota, Spain, in support of the destroyers, which will enhance the multi-mission roles of these ships... MORE

USS Ross en Route to the Black Sea
April 14, 2019 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) began its north-bound transit of the Dardanelles Strait, en route to the Black Sea on April 14, 2019, 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

Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group Enters European Theater
April 8, 2019 — The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) commenced operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations April 8, 2019, continuing support to coalition theater security cooperation efforts in the region... MORE

U.S. 6th Fleet Commander Visits Naval Partners in Turkey
March 9, 2019 — Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, traveled to Ankara and Gölcük, Turkey March 4-6, 2019 to meet with the Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff Lt. Gen. Metin Gürak, Commander of the Turkish Fleet Vice Adm. Ercüment Tatlioglu, and other key Turkish Navy leadership to discuss opportunities for U.S. and Turkish Navy cooperation to ensure regional stability and security through combined maritime exercises and operations... MORE

Sixth Fleet Commander visits French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle
March 8, 2019 — The U.S. 6th Fleet commander, Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, at the invitation the operational commander for the Mediterranean, Vice Adm. Charles-Henri du Ché, visited the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle March 7, 2019 as the ship and its carrier strike group (CSG) began its long-planned deployment... MORE

Moored. Shift Colors – A Year in Review aboard USS Mount Whitney
March 6, 2019 — “Moored. Shift colors.” - Those words, heard countless times throughout the fleet, would normally signify nothing especially auspicious, just the end of another voyage. But, when they were used on the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) at the end of its final underway of 2018, they capped off the end of an amazing year for the ship... MORE

Mount Whitney, forward-deployed to Gaeta, Italy, operates with a combined crew of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civil service mariners.