USS Oscar Austin one of two U.S. Navy DDGS homeport shifting to Rota, Spain

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) stations during a photo exercise in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 while operating in the North Atlantic Ocean on May 15, 2023. On May 8, 2023, the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso, signed in Madrid on behalf of President Biden the enhancement of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Kingdom of Spain to increase the U.S. Navy’s presence at Rota Naval Base, Spain, from four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to six.