“The USS Gunston Hall, a US Navy Dock Landing Ship, Has Arrived in Denmark for Essential Mid-Deployment Repairs”

T?? W?i???? Isl?n?-cl?ss ??ck l?n?in? s?i? USS G?nst?n H?ll (LSD 44) ?n? ?m???k?? M??in?s wit? t?? 22n? M??in? Ex???iti?n??? Unit (MEU) ???iv?? in C???n????n, D?nm??k, J?l? 8, 2022, t? c?m?l?t? ? sc????l?? m?int?n?nc? ?v?il??ilit? ?n? t? st??n?t??n ??l?ti?ns wit? ? k?? NATO ?ll?. T?? m?int?n?nc? ???i??, t??m?? ? mi?-???l??m?nt v????? ????i? (MDVR), ?ll?ws t?? s?i? t? c?m?l?t? c????ctiv? ?n? ???v?nt?tiv? m?int?n?nc? t??t c?nn?t ?? ?cc?m?lis??? w?il? ?t s??, ?n? c?n??ctin? t?? MDVR in D?nm??k ???vi??s ? w??lt? ?? ??n??its t? t?? s?i? ?n? c??w. G?nst?n H?ll ???iv?? in C???n????n ??t?? t????-?n?-?-??l? m?nt?s ?? ???l??m?nt in t?? U.S. N?v?l F??c?s E????? (NAVEUR) ???? ?? ?????ti?ns w???? t??? ??v? ???tici??t?? in N??t???n Vikin? 22, N??t?n? S?i?l?, H???????, BALTOPS 22 ?n? m?lti?l? int????????ilit? ?x??cis?s wit? ?lli?s ?n? ???tn??s. Mi?-???l??m?nt v????? ????i?s ??? ?s?? t? c?m?l?t? ????i?s ?n? m?int?n?nc? t? ?ns??? t?? s?i? ??m?ins m?c??nic?ll? ????? t????????t t?? ??m?in??? ?? t??i? tim? ?n ???l??m?nt.

S?il??s ?n? M??in?s ?????? G?nst?n H?ll ?ls? ??v? t?? ?????t?nit? t? ???tici??t? in ??c???ti?n?l ?ctiviti?s in C???n????n, incl??in? visitin? t?? Tiv?li G????ns, Littl? M??m?i? St?t??, R?s?n???? C?stl?, N?ti?n?l M?s??m, ?n? l?c?l ??t?nic?l ?n? z??l??ic?l ?????ns, ?ll w?il? ??il?in? ??i?n?s?i?s wit? t?? l?c?l ????l?ti?n. T?? K???s???? ARG ?n? ?m???k?? 22n? MEU ??? ?n??? t?? c?mm?n? ?n? c?nt??l ?? T?sk F??c? 61/2. T?? ARG c?nsists ?? W?s?-cl?ss ?m??i?i??s ?ss??lt s?i? USS K???s???? (LHD 3); S?n-Ant?ni? cl?ss ?m??i?i??s t??ns???t ??ck s?i? USS A?lin?t?n (LPD 24); ?n? G?nst?n H?ll. Em???k?? c?mm?n?s wit? t?? K???s???? ARG incl??? Am??i?i??s S??????n SIX, 22n? MEU, Fl??t S???ic?l T??m 2, Fl??t S???ic?l T??m 4, T?ctic?l Ai? C?nt??l S??????n 22, H?lic??t?? S?? C?m??t S??????n 22, H?lic??t?? S?? C?m??t S??????n 28, Ass??lt C???t Unit 2, Ass??lt C???t Unit 4, N?v?l B??c? G???? 2, ?n? B??c? M?st?? Unit 2.

USS G?nst?n H?ll (LSD-44) is ? W?i???? Isl?n?-cl?ss ??ck l?n?in? s?i? ?? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v?. S?? w?s t?? s?c?n? N?v? s?i? t? ?? n?m?? ??? G?nst?n H?ll, t?? M?s?n N?ck, Vi??ini? ?st?t? ?? G????? M?s?n, ?n? ?? Vi??ini?’s R?v?l?ti?n??? ?i????s, ?n? “F?t??? ?? t?? Bill ?? Ri??ts”. G?nst?n H?ll w?s l?i? ??wn ?n 26 M?? 1986, ?t t?? Av?n??l? S?i?????s, N?w O?l??ns, L??isi?n?. T?? s?i? w?s l??nc??? ?n 27 J?n? 1987, c?mmissi?n?? ?n 22 A??il 1989 ?n? ?ssi?n?? t? N?v?l Am??i?i??s B?s? Littl? C???k. G?nst?n H?ll is c????ntl? ??m????t?? ?t J?int Ex???iti?n??? B?s? Littl? C???k-F??t St???, Vi??ini?, ?n? ?ssi?n?? t? Am??i?i??s G???? 2 ?? t?? Atl?ntic Fl??t. On 13 M?? 2022, G?nst?n H?ll t??k ???t in ? PASSEX t??inin? wit? t?? Finnis? ?n? Sw??is? n?vi?s in t?? n??t???n B?ltic S??, ?n? in J?n? s?? t??k ???t in t?? BALTOPS 2022 ?x??cis?.

 

 

Am??i?i??s ????? ?????s ?n? l????? ?m??i?i??s t?sk ???c?s ???vi?? milit??? c?mm?n???s ? wi?? ??n?? ?? ?l?xi?l? c????iliti?s incl??in? m??itim? s?c??it? ?????ti?ns, ?x???iti?n??? ??w?? ???j?cti?n, st?ik? ?????ti?ns, ???w??? n?v?l ???s?nc?, c?isis ??s??ns?, s?? c?nt??l, ??t????nc?, c??nt??-t?????ism, in???m?ti?n ?????ti?ns, s?c??it? c??????ti?n ?n? c??nt??-???li????ti?n, ?n? ??m?nit??i?n ?ssist?nc? ?n? ?is?st?? ??li??. F?? ?v?? 80 ????s, U.S. N?v?l F??c?s E?????-U.S. N?v?l F??c?s A??ic? (NAVEUR-NAVAF) ??s ?????? st??t??ic ??l?ti?ns?i?s wit? ??? Alli?s ?n? P??tn??s, l?v????in? ? ???n??ti?n ?? s????? v?l??s t? ???s??v? s?c??it? ?n? st??ilit?. H???????t???? in N??l?s, It?l?, NAVEUR-NAVAF ?????t?s U.S. n?v?l ???c?s in t?? U.S. E??????n C?mm?n? (USEUCOM) ?n? U.S. A??ic? C?mm?n? (USAFRICOM) ????s ?? ??s??nsi?ilit?. U.S. Sixt? Fl??t is ???m?n?ntl? ?ssi?n?? t? NAVEUR-NAVAF, ?n? ?m?l??s m??itim? ???c?s t?????? t?? ??ll s??ct??m ?? j?int ?n? n?v?l ?????ti?ns.