Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Nye | USS BULKELEY (DDG 84) | 04.11.2025
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain – (April 11, 2025) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Tamara Cervantes (left), and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Jalynn Simmons assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), rig the jack staff while pulling into Naval Station Rota, Spain on April 11, 2025. USS Bulkeley is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations......
Photo by Seaman Whitten Helton | USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) | 11.27.2024
SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 28, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) raise the jack staff as they arrive at U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay. USS The Sullivans is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S.......
Photo by Seaman Whitten Helton | USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) | 11.27.2024
SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 28, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) prepare to raise the jack staff as they arrive at U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay. USS The Sullivans is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations supporting U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa to defend U.S., allied and partner......
Photo by Seaman Jason Waite | Carrier Strike Group 12 | 10.25.2019
191025-N-SS350-1041 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 25, 2019) Sailors carry the jack staff to the bull nose aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), Oct. 25, 2019. Bainbridge, attached to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, is independently deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.......
Photo by Seaman Jason Waite | Carrier Strike Group 12 | 08.14.2019
190814-N-SS350-1009 ARABIAN GULF (Aug 14, 2019) Sailors remove the jack staff from the bow aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96). Bainbridge is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Price | U.S. Navy | 06.18.2017
170618-N-FQ994-038 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 18, 2017) Sailors transport the jack staff aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) as the ship arrives in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a scheduled port visit. Ross is forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe......
Photo by Jess Toner | U.S. Navy | 10.07.2016
NORFOLK (Oct. 7, 2016) – Sailors raise the Jack staff on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in preparation to pull in to Naval Station Norfolk to onload more than 500 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and nearly 300 pallets of supplies. Iwo Jima is awaiting further tasking as Hurricane Matthew develops. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Price | U.S. Navy | 07.09.2016
160709-N-FQ994-092 ALGECIRAS, Spain (July 9, 2016) Sailors hoist the jack staff aboard USS Porter (DDG 78) as the ship sails past the Rock of Gibraltar en route to arrive in Algeciras, Spain July 9, 2016. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national......
