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CNO Meets Naples Sailors, Highlights Readiness, Importance of Free, Open Maritime Commons
October 19, 2019 — Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, Oct. 18, to meet with forward deployed Sailors in the region and listen to their concerns...

Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Embarks USS Florida in Mediterranean
October 17, 2019 — Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, embarked the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) during routine operations in the Mediterranean, Oct. 15-16, 2019...

Top U.S. Department of Defense Official Visits USS Normandy
October 9, 2019 — Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy Andrew L. Winternitz visited the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) in Souda Bay, Greece, Oct. 8, 2019...

Military Sealift Command’s Top Leader Visits USS Mount Whitney
September 20, 2019 — Christopher D. Thayer, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) director, ship management, visited the U.S. 6th Fleet Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in Gaeta, Italy, Sept. 19, 2019...

U.S. Navy Expeditionary Units Participate in Exercise Northern Coasts 2019
September 19, 2019 — Teams from U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 deployed from commander, Task Force 68 out of Rota, Spain, and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia, participated in the annual multinational exercise Northern Coasts 2019, Sept. 4-19, 2019...

USS Porter and EOMDU 8 participate in exercise REP (MUS) 2019
September 18, 2019 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 participate in the first Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) exercise hosted by the Portuguese Navy in Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 8-20, 2019...

Effective Mine Countermeasure Training at Exercise Northern Coasts 2019
September 16, 2019 — A platoon from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 deployed from Task Force 68 out of Rota, Spain, and a team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia, are working together during exercise Northern Coasts 2019 to quickly neutralize maritime mine threats and validate the integration of unmanned maritime systems (UMS) and EOD forces at all levels...

Civil Service Mariner Visits Home on Africa Partnership Station Deployment
August 17, 2019 — Military Sealift Command (MSC) Civil Service Mariner Abraham Asante, first engineer aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7), reunited with his wife and family members during an Africa Partnership Station (APS) deployment to the Gulf of Guinea in Tema, Ghana, July 24-26, 2019...

USS Porter Visits Golcuk, Turkey
August 17, 2019 — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Golcuk, Turkey, Aug. 16, 2019, for a scheduled port visit as part of our continued Black Sea presence and support to our regional partners...