News from around the Fleet
09 October 2019
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy Andrew L. Winternitz visited the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) in Souda Bay, Greece, Oct. 8, 2019...
20 September 2019
Christopher D. Thayer, U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) director, ship management, visited the U.S. 6th Fleet Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in Gaeta, Italy, Sept. 19, 2019...
19 September 2019
Teams from U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 deployed from commander, Task Force 68 out of Rota, Spain, and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia, participated in the annual multinational exercise Northern Coasts 2019, Sept. 4-19,...
18 September 2019
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 participate in the first Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) exercise hosted by the Portuguese Navy in Lisbon, Portugal, Sept...
16 September 2019
A platoon from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 deployed from Task Force 68 out of Rota, Spain, and a team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia, are working together during exercise Northern Coasts 2019 to quickly neutralize maritime...
17 August 2019
Military Sealift Command (MSC) Civil Service Mariner Abraham Asante, first engineer aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7), reunited with his wife and family members during an Africa Partnership Station (APS) deployment to the Gulf of Guinea in...
17 August 2019
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) arrived in Golcuk, Turkey, Aug. 16, 2019, for a scheduled port visit as part of our continued Black Sea presence and support to our regional partners...