The U.S. as part of its NATO role is expanding the permanent deployment of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, equipped to fire Standard Missile 3 Block IIAs, capable of destroying Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, from four to six at Naval Station Rota. – RR

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NATO
Allied Maritime Command
December 14, 2022

SNMG2 transfers Flagship in ROTA

ROTA, Spain – Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) transferred its flagship as scheduled from U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman to U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E Williams at Naval Station Rota on Tuesday.

USS Forrest Sherman assumed flagship duties for SNMG2 on July 1.

While operating in the Euro-Atlantic area she provided continuous maritime capability by operating throughout the Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea. Her vigilance activities stretched from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Syrian Channel and as…