Naval Operations

Visuals of sailors conducting small boat operations from ships, emphasizing teamwork and coordination during maritime exercises.

220403-N-UN585-1296 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 3, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) deploy a combat rubber raiding craft for use by U.S. Marines assigned to Task Group 61/2.4, April 4, 2022. Task Group 61/2.4 is part of Task Force 61/2, which will temporarily provide command and control support to the commander of U.S. Sixth fleet to synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.
220403-N-UN585-1296 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 3, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) deploy a combat rubber raiding craft for use by U.S. Marines assigned to Task Group 61/2.4, April 4, 2022. Task Group 61/2.4 is part of Task Force 61/2, which will temporarily provide command and control support to the commander of U.S. Sixth fleet to synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.