210523-N-AZ966-0182 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 21, 2021) Navy Capt. Rafael C. Facundo, commanding officer, Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, right, salutes as he receives a wreath to lay at the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Memorial during a Battle of Crete commemoration ceremony in Chania, Greece, May 21, 2021. This year marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, which began the morning of May 20, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merker (Operation Mercury). NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore
210523-N-AZ966-0182 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (May 21, 2021) Navy Capt. Rafael C. Facundo, commanding officer, Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, right, salutes as he receives a wreath to lay at the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Memorial during a Battle of Crete commemoration ceremony in Chania, Greece, May 21, 2021. This year marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Crete, which began the morning of May 20, 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merker (Operation Mercury). NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables , allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia.
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