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May 12, 2012
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson participated in a multinational training exercise aboard the Hellenic navy training ship Aris at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operations Training Center in support of exercise Phoenix Express 2012 in Souda Bay, Crete, May 12.
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January 18, 2012
Within EUCOM’s area of resposnibility, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
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October 5, 2011
Statement by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Stationing Aegis Ships at Rota, Spain
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September 21, 2011
Service members of the Spanish armed forces are expanding their communications skills and strengthening relationships with more than 35 other nations from around the world during Combined Endeavor 2011, which began, Sept. 8, in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
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January 18, 2011
Naval Station Rota hosted Personnel Recovery training for more than 800 Sailors and Marines assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68 Jan. 10 – 14.
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December 10, 2010
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, met with service members and toured facilities at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain, Dec. 9.
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November 18, 2010
Vice Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet, strengthened ties with Spanish government and military officials on the island of Palma de Mallorca, Nov. 17.
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August 2, 2010
USS TAYLOR, Meditteranean Sea — USS Taylor (FFG 50) rendered assistance to three stranded Spanish boaters southeast of Gibraltar Aug 2.
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May 19, 2010
SOUDA BAY, Greece — Teams from eight ships came together to participate in damage control training as a part of exercise Phoenix Express 2010 (PE10) at Marathi Pier in Souda Bay, Greece, May 19.
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May 11, 2010
ROTA, Spain — U.S. Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain dedicated a baseball field May 8 to an officer who was killed last year while deployed to Camp Liberty in Iraq.
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April 27, 2010
ROTA, Spain — A Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) team from Morocco, along with U.S. Marines from Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Europe (FASTEUR) and Spanish marines conducted Helicopter Rope Suspension Training (HRST) from a Spanish navy helicopter in preparation for excercise Phoenix Express 2010 at Naval Station Rota, Spain April 27.
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April 22, 2010
ROTA, Spain — As medical and logistic military flights are diverted from northern European air routes due to volcanic ash from Iceland, Naval Station Rota and Moron Air Base continue to provide staging support at almost double capacity.
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April 20, 2010
ROTA, Spain — A funeral service was held April 20 at the Rota Naval Base Squadron 10 hangar for the four Spanish soldiers who died April 16 when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near Haiti.
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March 29, 2010
ROTA, Spain — Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 departed Rota, Spain, March 23 in support of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2010.
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February 22, 2010
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- The 555th Fighter Squadron and the 555th Aircraft Maintenance Unit returned to Aviano after a training deployment to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, Jan. 22 to Feb. 12, during which the pilots and maintainers were given opportunities to work side-by-side with the Spanish air force and accomplish vital training exercises.
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December 4, 2009
ROTA, Spain - Naval Station Rota, Spain's fire department held an interagency drill with the Spanish navy and the city of Rota fire departments here Dec. 4.
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May 15, 2009
ROTA, Spain - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8, Detachment Europe, at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota hosted their Spanish navy counterparts, the Unidad Especial Desactivated De Explosivo (U.E.D.E) from Cartagena, Spain during Magre 09-01, May 12-15.
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May 13, 2009
USNS LCPL ROY M. WHEAT, at sea - Exercise Phoenix Express (PE09) continued in the Mediterranean this week aboard USNS Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat with sailors from Algeria, Turkey, Portugal and the United States and Marines from Italy using the ship for visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercises.
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May 12, 2009
ROTA, Spain - Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota-s last EA-3B (A-3) "Skywarrior" departed southern Spain with the help of the crew of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) April 30.
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May 1, 2009
SOUDA BAY, Greece - Marines from Italy hosted damage control training aboard Italian vessel ITS Cigala Fulgosi to Phoenix Express participants from Turkey, Spain and the U.S. April 29.
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