The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) returned to Naval Station Norfolk today following a six-month deployment in the U.S. Fleet Forces and 6th Fleet Areas of Operations.
The 6th Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) arrived in Theoule-sur-Mer, France, Aug. 13 to partake in commemorative events honoring the liberation of southern France by Allied forces during World War II.
Twenty Benin participants of a recent boarding team operations course received course completion certificates April 19, a milestone that capped nearly three months of a multilateral maritime capacity building that has taken place on the Belgian navy command and logistical support ship BNS Godetia (A960).
An MV-22 Osprey operating from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) crashed in a Royal Moroccan military training area southwest of Agadir, Morocco, while participating in the bilateral Exercise African Lion. Four U.S. Marine Corps personnel were on the aircraft at the time of the incident. Two personnel died as a result of their injuries sustained in the crash. The two other personnel were severely injured in the crash and are...
