Release Date: 08/20/2009
USS STOUT, At sea — Naval forces from Israel, Turkey, and the U. S. conducted the underway portion of exercise Reliant Mermaid 2009 Aug. 19, as they departed from Aksaz Turkish Naval Base and entered the East Mediterranean Sea.
Release Date: 08/18/2009
AKSAZ, Turkey — U.S. Navy Sailors gathered Aug. 17 with naval forces from Israel and Turkey on Aksaz Turkish Naval Base to commence exercise Reliant Mermaid 2009.
Release Date: 08/14/2009
AKSAZ, Turkey — The trilateral maritime search and rescue exercise Reliant Mermaid 2009 is set to commence Aug. 17, rolling out a four-day series of evolutions in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Release Date: 08/13/2009
NAPLES, Italy— Adm. James G. Stavridis, Commander, U.S. European Command, arrived in Naples today to meet with locally-based U.S. Navy leadership.
Release Date: 08/07/2009
NAPLES, Italy —The Naples Fleet Mail Center is changing and improving operations for the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa/Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet (NAVEUR-NAVAF/C6F) staff in August.
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USS STOUT, At sea (August 19, 2009) – USS Stout (DDG 55) Sailors help direct a Turkish helicopter during flight deck operations as part of exercise Reliant Mermaid 2009. The annual exercise between forces from Israel, Turkey and the US is based on scripted humanitarian search and rescue scenarios and designed to enhance maritime interoperability between participating nations.
US Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Nate Curtis/Released
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 "We need to build trust and confidence in each other. If we don't share
information amongst nations, we're doomed to failure. The most important
aspect is the transparency of being able to share information. This starts
allowing us to share information across borders. The information shared
will continue to enhance maritime safety and security for the continent of
Africa and help combat challenges such as piracy, illegal fishing, illegal
migration and drug smuggling.
We couldn't do this without the participation of so many countries and so
many people from different agencies within governments. It's important to
thwart the many threats that we have not just in Africa, but ones that could
migrate to other parts of the world."
Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe—Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa (May 2009) |
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