Adm. Mark Ferguson meets with Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Rodriguez-Garat and Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Ruiz-Casas.

ROTA, Spain (Nov. 21, 2011) - Adm. Mark Ferguson, vice chief of naval operations (center), meets with Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Rodriguez-Garat, chief of high readiness naval headquarters and naval action, (left), and Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Ruiz-Casas, commander-in-chief Rota Naval Base, (right), on Naval Station Rota, Nov. 21. Ferguson was in Rota to examine plans and requirements to homeport four U.S. Navy Aegis-capable destroyers here by 2015. Dowload higest-resolution version(4288 by -1 pixels)

ROTA, Spain (Nov. 21, 2011) - Adm. Mark Ferguson, vice chief of naval operations (center), meets with Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Rodriguez-Garat, chief of high readiness naval headquarters and naval action, (left), and Spanish Rear Adm. Juan Ruiz-Casas, commander-in-chief Rota Naval Base, (right), on Naval Station Rota, Nov. 21. Ferguson was in Rota to examine plans and requirements to homeport four U.S. Navy Aegis-capable destroyers here by 2015.

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