{"id":25286,"date":"2023-08-29T15:47:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=25286"},"modified":"2023-08-30T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T06:49:12","slug":"uss-paul-ignatius-ddg-117-completes-exercise-atlas-handshake-with-the-royal-moroccan-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=25286","title":{"rendered":"USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Completes Exercise Atlas Handshake with the Royal Moroccan Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The exercise, which kicked off Aug. 25, entailed a bilateral naval surface fire support training evolution between Paul Ignatius and Royal Moroccan Navy Sigma-class frigate Sultan Moulay Ismael at Morocco\u2019s Tan-Tan Range.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opportunity to work alongside our Moroccan partners is key to improving our tactical readiness and responsiveness in today\u2019s dynamic security environment,\u201d said Cmdr. Corry Lougee, commanding officer, USS Paul Ignatius. \u201cExercises like Atlas Handshake demonstrate our collective ability to train and operate in a joint, high-intensity security environment, demonstrating our commitment to regional stability and maritime security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Multinational training with allies and partners enhances the level of interoperability between forces. The U.S. Navy and Royal Moroccan Navy are committed to working together to promote a secure and peaceful region, and exercise like Atlas Handshake bolster their combined capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important objective of this exercise is the development of joint operations between our naval units, as they carried out together a series of maritime activities off the coast, between Agadir and Tan-Tan,\u201d said Capitaine de Vaisseau El Ghazi Aberghaz, commander of frigate Sultan Moulay Ismail. \u201cThis exercise constitutes an excellent opportunity to exchange experiences with our American colleagues, thus increasing our readiness to effectively address the growing challenges facing the maritime field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlas Handshake 23-1 is a bilateral naval exercise sponsored by the U.S. and Moroccan navies aimed at strengthening and enhancing the combat readiness of participating forces in maritime operations and security.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Ignatius, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ## patrol in the U.S. 6th fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.<\/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<p>U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exercise, which kicked off Aug. 25, entailed a bilateral naval surface fire support training evolution between Paul Ignatius and Royal Moroccan Navy Sigma-class frigate Sultan Moulay Ismael at Morocco\u2019s Tan-Tan Range. \u201cThe opportunity to work alongside our Moroccan partners is key to improving our tactical readiness and responsiveness in today\u2019s dynamic security environment,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25286","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\/25286","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=25286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25288,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25286\/revisions\/25288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}