051007-N-0057D-210. [Complete] Scene Caption: The US Sixth Fleet flagship US Navy (USN) Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) leads a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Response Force off the Italian coast of Sardinia during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The WHITNEY is flanked by the Turkish Navy Tepe (Knox) Class Frigate TCG (Republic of Turkey Ship) MUAVENET (F 250) (foreground) and Hellenic Navy (Greece) Elle (Kortenaer) Class HS (Hellenic Ship) LIMNOS (F 451) (background). The exercise is a medium-scale NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
051007-N-0057D-210. [Complete] Scene Caption: The US Sixth Fleet flagship US Navy (USN) Blue Ridge Class Amphibious Command Ship USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC 20) leads a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Response Force off the Italian coast of Sardinia during Exercise DESTINED GLORY (Loyal Midas) 2005. The WHITNEY is flanked by the Turkish Navy Tepe (Knox) Class Frigate TCG (Republic of Turkey Ship) MUAVENET (F 250) (foreground) and Hellenic Navy (Greece) Elle (Kortenaer) Class HS (Hellenic Ship) LIMNOS (F 451) (background). The exercise is a medium-scale NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) amphibious live exercise designed to certify selected NATO units and assigned forces. US participation is to enhance the training for NATO partners, provide training for US forces and to show US commitment. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
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