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Vice Adm. Frank Pandolfe and senior Croatian military leaders talk while commemorating the near completion of USS Mount Whitney's 60-day maintenance availability.

RIJEKA, Croatia (Nov. 9, 2011) - (from left to right) Croatia's Minister of Defense, Dr. Davor Bozinovic speaks with Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Vice Adm. Frank Pandolfe; Croatian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Drago Lovric; and Croatian Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Adm. Ante Ulric; while commemorating the near completion of USS Mount Whitney's (LCC 20) 60-day maintenance availability at the Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia. The leaders gathered to discuss the growing partnership between one of NATO's newest members and the United States. Dowload higest-resolution version(3000 by -1 pixels)
November 9, 2011

RIJEKA, Croatia (Nov. 9, 2011) - (from left to right) Croatia's Minister of Defense, Dr. Davor Bozinovic speaks with Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, Vice Adm. Frank Pandolfe; Croatian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Drago Lovric; and Croatian Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Adm. Ante Ulric; while commemorating the near completion of USS Mount Whitney's (LCC 20) 60-day maintenance availability at the Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia. The leaders gathered to discuss the growing partnership between one of NATO's newest members and the United States.

(U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Collin Turner)

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