Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
Cmdr. Christopher W. Van Loenen, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), receives a plaque from Rear Adm. Tuomas Tiilikainen, commander of the Finnish Navy, during a distinguished visitor dinner with leaders of the Finnish and Swedish Navy and Marine Corps, during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
Cmdr. Christopher W. Van Loenen, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), speaks with Brig. Gen. Manu Toominen, assistant chief of staff J7, during a distinguished visitor dinner with leaders of the Finnish and Swedish Navy and Marine Corps, during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) hosts a distinguished visitor dinner with leaders of the Finnish and Swedish Navy and Marine Corps, during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, will demonstrate NATO’s ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to reinforce the defense of......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) hosts a distinguished visitor dinner with leaders of the Finnish and Swedish Navy and Marine Corps, during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, will demonstrate NATO’s ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to reinforce the defense of......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
Cmdr. Christopher W. Van Loenen, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), meets Rear Adm. Tuomas Tiilikainen, commander of the Finnish Navy, and Capt. Jyri Kopare, commander Nylands Brigade, during a distinguished visitor engagement with leaders of the Finnish and Swedish Navy and Marine Corps, during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024.......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Danielle Serocki | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 03.11.2024
Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Anaile Cardenas signals to Swedish Marines in a CB90-class fast assault craft, on the stern gate of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), during Steadfast Defender 24, March 11, 2024. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest exercise in decades, will demonstrate NATO’s ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Asato | Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes | 01.23.2023
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Jan. 23, 2023) Gunner's Mate 1st Class Nathan A. Fontaine, left, an instructor at Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes, supervises Master Chief Petty Officer of the Finnish Navy Aarne-Juhani Tak firing an M18 pistol on the virtual firearm simulator at Gunner's Mate "A" School during a visit to Naval Station Great Lakes accession training sites. The visit......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Schwab | USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) | 05.16.2022
BALTIC SEA (May 16, 2022) – The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Finnish Hämeenmaa-class Minelayer FNS Hämeenmaa (02), Finnish Rauma-class missile boat FNS Naantali (PTG 73), and Finnish Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel FNS Purunpaa (MHS 41), sail in formation as they conduct maneuvering exercises in the Baltic Sea, May 16, 2022. Kearsarge, flagship of......
