BREAKING: #USSRoosevelt departs the Black Sea heading to the #Mediterranean Sea after completing a successful patrol in support of & with our @NATO Allies & partners in the region 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 🇷🇴 🇹🇷 🇧🇬 !
@USNavy vessels routinely conduct patrols & training in the #BlackSea.
The ship’s operations in the #BlackSea strengthens interoperability among #NATO allies and partners and demonstrate collective resolve to Black Sea security under #OperationAtlanticResolve.
During their time in the #BlackSea, 🇺🇸 #Roosevelt worked with our @NATO Ally 🇧🇬 #Bulgarian naval ships 🇧🇬 BGS Smeli (FFG 11) & 🇧🇬 BGS Tsibat (HMC 32) during a passing exercise on Sept. 28!
Maritime & governmental leaders from around the 🌍 have gathered in Accra, Ghana 🇬🇭 for the three day combined AMFS/NILS-A, the largest continent-wide event of its kind. ⚓️
“I look forward to working with our @Ghana_Navy 🇬🇭 hosts and all participants this week to support African-led solutions to pressing issues that connect our maritime and naval forces," said @USNavy 🇺🇸Adm. Stuart Munsch, commander, @USNavyEurope
Over the course of the next three days, African and international leaders will join a series of panels and focused discussions on maritime security challenges and opportunities.
📢ANNOUNCEMENT: #USSHershelWoodyWilliams shifted its homeport from Norfolk, Va., to #SoudaBay, 🇬🇷, effective 1, Oct., 2020. HWW conducts @USAfricaCommand missions in the #Med & waters around East, South & West Africa, to include the Gulf of Guinea operating w/ regional partners.
“Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams provides a new capability in the theater, which enhances our interoperability with our partners across the spectrum of maritime operations,” said Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet.
“Conducting exercises with our #Ukrainian#NATO partners demonstrates the combined strength and capacity that is always resident when our two nation’s navies come together. The 🇺🇸🇺🇦 partnership that has existed for decades has never been stronger.” - CO of #USSRoosevelt
🇷🇴 RDML Mihai Panait, #Romanian Fleet Commander said, “Constant & consistent presence of @NATO ships in the #BlackSea, boosts our demonstration to maintain a safe & open Black Sea. The #Romanian-#American cooperation becomes a tradition for naval diplomacy....”
“It’s been a pleasure operating alongside our #NATO Allies in the #BlackSea while demonstrating our commitment to stability & security in the region,” said CDR Trent, CO of #USSPorter. “It’s important to have these opportunities to train alongside our partners....”
"I encourage our younger #leaders – especially the Junior #Officers, Chief Petty Officers, and #Sailors out there – to join the debate, share your insights and innovative approaches. We have much to #learn from each other." - Admiral Foggo
"We face 2 strategic competitors— #China and #Russia, but we cannot forget other serious threats coming from #Iran and Violent Extremist Organizations. Competition can be good. It keeps us innovating and makes us better." - Admiral Foggo