From U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public
Affairs
MEDITERANEAN SEA (NNS) -- The U.S Navy began the active
portion of the regularly-scheduled multinational exercise Noble Dina, along
with Greece and Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, March 26.
Noble Dina is a combined exercise designed to increase
interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies
of participating nations, as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding
and cooperation.
Noble Dina was designed to help create an environment that
promotes maritime safety and security in the region, and interoperability among
allied military forces. The overall goal of this training is to promote
cooperative solutions between participating nations to support regional
security and stability.
U.S. 6th Fleet units scheduled to participate in the
exercise are the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Donald Cook
(DDG 75) and USS Ramage (DDG 61), Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment
oiler USNS Lenthall (T-AO 189) and P-3 aircraft from Patrol Squadron 9, homeported
at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and currently forwarded deployed to U.S. 6th Fleet.
Noble Dina is an annual exercise and serves as an example of
how teamwork among different nations with common goals can help increase
stability, diminish threats to peace and strengthen relationships.
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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