From Commander, U.S. Naval Forces
Europe-Africa/Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs
NAPLES, Italy (NNS) -- The Navy will
participate in the regularly scheduled Exercise Reliant Mermaid in the
Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 13-16.
Reliant Mermaid, in its 11th iteration,
is an annual search and rescue exercise designed to increase interoperability
by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating
nations, as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation.
Training with other military forces
enhances our mutual awareness and maritime capability of our partners. Reliant
Mermaid helps create an environment that promotes maritime safety and security
in the region, and interoperability among participating nations.
U.S. 6th Fleet units scheduled to
participate in the exercise are guided-missile destroyers USS Jason Dunham (DDG
109) and USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98), fleet replenishment oiler USNS John
Lenthall (T-AO 109), and a P-3 aircraft from Patrol Squadron 9 out of Honolulu,
Hawaii.
Reliant Mermaid is a regularly scheduled
exercise and is not associated with, or a reaction to any real world events.
U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples,
Italy, conducts a full range of maritime security operations and theater
security cooperation missions in concert with coalition, joint, interagency,
and other parties in order to advance security and stability in Europe and
Africa.
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