Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mario Coto | USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) | 05.08.2025
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (May 8, 2025) – The Blue Ridge-class communications ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on May 8, 2025, for a scheduled port visit....
Story by Capt. Angelica White | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.03.2024
Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) will return home in several waves beginning Mar. 16, 2024 after successfully completing an extended eight-month deployment embarked aboard the amphibious warships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) in U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/6th Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/5th......
Story by Lt. Chelsea Cannaday | Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two | 10.09.2024
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 operated alongside 17 NATO Ally and partner nations at Exercise Northern Challenge 2024, Sept. 26-Oct. 9, 2024. Northern Challenge demonstrates the United States’ commitment to NATO Allies and partners by integrating efforts to plan and execute complex EOD detection, neutralization, and exploitation capabilities within a multinational framework....
Story by Seaman Joseph Macklin | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 01.30.2024
The Honorable Celeste Wallander, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs visits the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) and is provided a tour by Cmdr. Richard Slye, commanding officer of the BULKELEY, on Naval Base, Rota....
Courtesy Story | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 01.04.2024
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) returned to Norfolk, Va., Jan. 4, 2024 after an 8-month deployment to the Atlantic Ocean and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of operations....
Courtesy Story | Carrier Strike Group 10 | 03.13.2023
Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Striking and Support Forces NATO, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven L. Basham, deputy commander, U.S. European Command, embarked aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), March 8-9, 2023....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Ingram | Patrol Squadron 46 | 09.25.2022
The ‘Grey Knights’ of Patrol Squadron (VP) 46 returned to their homeport of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island after a six month deployment to the US Fifth and Sixth Fleet Area of Operations, Oct. 1st, 2022....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Kris Lindstrom | Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet | 04.27.2022
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) departed Naval Station Mayport, April 27, for a routine patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations and a homeport shift to Rota, Spain....
