NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain – Landing support specialists braved the rough rotor wash beneath an MV-22B Osprey to deliver supplies during a helicopter support team exercise, July 6, 2016.

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, attach a 1,098 pound pallet of Meals, Ready to Eat to an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. External lifts allow pilots to deliver large cargo and supplies to Marines located in rough or unknown terrain without having to land the aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mackinnly Lewis, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, guides an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. This training prepares Marines to deliver and recover supplies and equipment quickly and efficiently in potential future missions around Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, lifts a 1,098 pound pallet of Meals, Ready to Eat during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. External lifts allow pilots to deliver large cargo and supplies to Marines located in rough or unknown terrain without having to land the aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, brace themselves against rotor wash as an MV-22B Osprey picks up a 1,098 pound pallet of Meals, Ready to Eat during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. External lift training prepares the Marines to efficiently attach cargo to the aircraft and helps qualify air crew in the mission-essential task of rapid insertion and extraction in a possible crisis response scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, attach a 1,098 pound pallet of Meals, Ready to Eat to an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. This training prepares the Marines to efficiently attach cargo to the aircraft and helps qualify air crew in the mission-essential task of rapid insertion and extraction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

Landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, await the arrival of an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. This training prepares Marines to deliver and recover supplies quickly and efficiently in potential future missions across Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

An MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, transports a 1,098 pound pallet of Meals, Ready to Eat during a helicopter support team exercise aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 6, 2016. External lift training prepares the Marines to efficiently attach cargo to the aircraft and helps qualify air crew in the mission-essential task of rapid insertion and extraction in a possible crisis response scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Tia Nagle/Released)

SOUDA BAY, Greece - A diver assigned to Mid Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center Norfolk, performs repairs on USS Carney (DDG 64) Jan. 13, 2016. Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U. S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)

150508-N-FQ994-161 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 8, 2015) USS Ross (DDG 71) transits the Mediterranean Sea May 8, 2015. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)

Sailors aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) launch a rigid hull inflatable boat in the Mediterranean Sea April 22, 2015. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)

USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) conducts flight quarters with a United Kingdom Royal Navy Lynx Helicopter, March 25, 2015. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)

Executive department personnel aboard USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) conduct a uniform inspection March 16, 2015, in preparation for the upcoming summer uniform shift. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera/Released)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Zullo from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station Rota, instructs a Romanian Jandarmeria member in the use of an M240B machine gun at the Romanian intelligence service shooting range in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 26, 2015. FASTEUR Marines conducted small arms marksmanship training with host nation forces during an embassy engagement to familiarize both forces on weapons normally used during security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Esdras Ruano/Released)

ROTA, Spain (Feb. 11, 2014) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) man the rails as the ship arrives in Rota, Spain. Donald Cook is the first of four Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers to be stationed in Rota.

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.

ROTA, Spain (July 8, 2011) - Navy Divers test and set-up water heaters aboard the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship, USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51). Grasp, MDSU-2 and Navy archeologists, scientists, and historians are currently preparing to deploy to the North Sea, to conduct diving expeditions and verify sites of suspected shipwrecks. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ja'lon A. Rhinehart/UNRELEASED)

ROTA, Spain (April 6, 2011) - The Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) pulls in port for refueling. Monterey, homeported in Norfolk, Va., is on a scheduled six-month deployment operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Edward Vasquez/Released)

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.

ROTA, Spain — Naval Station Rota (NAVSTA Rota), Spain, and Moron Air Base personnel have absorbed many U.S. military flights diverted from Northern European routes due to the airspace closure April 16 from ash being spewed from the Iceland volcanic eruption.

ROTA, Spain — Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 departed Rota, Spain, March 23 in support of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2010.

ROTA, Spain -- Marines attached to 2nd Platoon Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe, conducted convoy training with Spanish marines during exercise LISA AZUL.

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.

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.