05 December 2022 Finnish Minister of Defense Visits USS Arlington in Norfolk on Same Day U.S. Destroyer Visits Helsinki NORFOLK, Va. - As Finland awaits the finalization of their NATO membership process following its May North Atlantic Treaty Organization application, the Honorable Antti Kaikkonen, Finland’s Minister of Defense, visited the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington...
20 August 2022 Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) visit Baltic allies Four U.S. Navy vessels arrived in the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for scheduled port visits, Aug. 20...
05 August 2022 Kearsarge ARG-22nd MEU visits Baltic Sea allies and partners The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in multiple Baltic Sea ports for scheduled port visits to allied and partner nations, August 5, 2022...
22 May 2022 USS Arlington, 22nd MEU Arrive in Alexandroupoli, Greece, Concluding ATG22 The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), attached to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Alexandroupoli, Greece for a scheduled port visit, May 21, 2022...
03 May 2022 USS Arlington Sailors, Marines participate in Arctic Circle ceremony San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) Sailors and Marines gain acceptance into the “Order of the Blue Nose” April 22, days after crossing into the Arctic Circle...
16 April 2022 U.S., Iceland wrap up exercise Northern Viking 2022 Out at sea, French, German and Norwegian surface combatants were joined by American and German maritime patrol aircraft in a hunt for adversary submarines while small boats from Arlington and Icelandic vessels conducted visit, board, search and seizure missions on suspect vessels...
14 April 2022 USS Arlington (LPD 24) Arrives In Reykjavik, Iceland The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland for a scheduled port visit to enhance U.S.-Iceland relations and build NATO Alliance cohesion,...