{"id":1231,"date":"2023-04-03T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2023-04-03T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:36:54","slug":"uss-porter-ddg-78-arrives-in-kalundborg-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=1231","title":{"rendered":"USS Porter (DDG 78) Arrives in Kalundborg, Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The ship\u2019s presence in the Baltic Sea is a demonstration of the U.S. Navy\u2019s continued commitment to collective defense of the European region and reinforces the strong bond between the United States and Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR) evolutions allow U.S. Navy ships to accomplish necessary and preventative repairs to continue their missions in the region while simultaneously strengthening relationships with host nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the chance to see Denmark and to enhance our relationship with a key NATO ally,\u201d said Cmdr. Joe Hamilton, Porter\u2019s commanding officer. \u201cOur time in Denmark is a chance for us to conduct vital maintenance and repairs as well as a great opportunity for the crew to meet the people of Kalundborg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porter has conducted previous port stops in Funchal, Portugal; Rostock, Germany; and Tallinn, Estonia while on its current deployment. This deployment follows Porter\u2019s homeport shift to Naval Station Norfolk in October 2022, after seven years forward-deployed to Europe as part of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces-Europe force, based at Naval Station Rota, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Porter&#8217;s crew has performed superbly since our return to the region for this deployment,\u201d said Hamilton. \u201cWe&#8217;ve learned and enjoyed our training with our allied and partner Navies. We are looking forward to our time in Kalundborg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. and Denmark are committed to working together and improving interoperability through port visits, operations, and exercises like Defender Europe and Baltic Operations (BALTOPS).<\/p>\n<p>For over 80 years, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-U.S. Naval Forces Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF) has forged strategic relationships with our allies and partners, leveraging a foundation of shared values to preserve security and stability.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Naples, Italy, NAVEUR-NAVAF operates U.S. naval forces in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) areas of responsibility. U.S. Sixth Fleet is permanently assigned to NAVEUR-NAVAF, and employs maritime forces through the full spectrum of joint and naval operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ship\u2019s presence in the Baltic Sea is a demonstration of the U.S. Navy\u2019s continued commitment to collective defense of the European region and reinforces the strong bond between the United States and Denmark. Mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR) evolutions allow U.S. Navy ships to accomplish necessary and preventative repairs to continue their missions in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}