Video by Seaman Kayla Hepburn | AFN Rota | 09.25.2024
ROTA, Spain (Sept. 25, 2024) Capt. Jeremy Wheat relieves Capt. Geoffrey Townsend as commodore of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68 at a change of command ceremony, Sept. 25, 2024. As the "Gateway to the Mediterranean,” NAVSTA Rota provides U.S., NATO and allied forces a strategic hub for operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. NAVSTA Rota is a force multiplier, capable of promptly......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Conner Blake | AFN Rota | 06.05.2024
ROTA, Spain (June 5, 2024) U.S. Navy Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, participate in an expeditionary warfare field training exercise held on Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 5, 2024. CTF 68 provides explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security, and......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Brown | AFN Rota | 06.05.2024
ROTA, Spain (June 5, 2024) U.S. Navy Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, participate in an expeditionary warfare field training exercise held on Naval Station Rota, Spain, June 5, 2024. CTF 68 provides explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security, and......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Justin Stumberg | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 12.22.2020
201222-N-XT273-0001 NAPLES, Italy (Dec. 22, 2020) Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68 end of year video that highlight forward deployed operations. CTF 68 commands all Naval Expeditionary Forces in U.S. European Command (EUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) areas of responsibility in direct support of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa and Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet (CNE-CNA/C6F)......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Caine Storino | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 | 04.07.2020
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (April 7, 2020) – Electronics Technician 1st Class James Merryman, from Rosebud, Texas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, removes completed ear guards from the command’s additive manufacturing printer on Naval Station Rota, Spain, April 7, 2020. The ear guards will be utilized by medical personnel and patients at Naval Hospital Rota. NMCB 1......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Caine Storino | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 | 04.06.2020
NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (April 6, 2020) – Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 set up a Base-X tent in front of Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, April 6, 2020. The pre-staging area will assist medical personnel in screening and testing patients for COVID-19. NMCB 1 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colbey L Livingston | Commander Task Force 68 | 11.19.2019
191119-N-GX781-2001 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Nov. 19, 2019) - Underwater Construction Team Sailors conduct medical and rapid penetration soil test equipment training onboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. UCT 1 is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations where they are providing construction, inspection, repair and maintenance of coastal and ocean facilities. (U.S. Navy video by Mass......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Bigley | Commander Task Force 68 | 07.24.2019
190724-N-LL146-2002 NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, Bulgaria (July 24, 2019) ¬– Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) participated in a simulated raid with Bulgarian service members during exercise Platinum Lion 2019 in Novo Selo Training Range, Bulgaria, July 8-19, 2019. Platinum Lion is a Bulgarian-hosted multinational maritime exercise held at the Novo......
